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Polymestor

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Polymestor
slays Priam’s youngest son Polydorus, who had been entrusted to his care. [Gk. Drama: Euripides Hecuba in Benét, 450]
See : Treachery
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Anyone versed in Greek mythology (there were more then than there are now) would have remembered that, according to Euripides, in later life Hecuba was turned into a dog for blinding Polymestor, the murderer of her son Polydorus, so you might consider Hector to have been a literal pup, perhaps even the original SOB.
Hector's puppyhood was long time ago by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
 
 
 
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