Hector was the greatest fighter for Troy and was the Trojan prince. In Homer's perspective, Hector was a peaceful and loving husband and father, and had no dark motives. Hector did not approve of the war between the Greeks and the Trojans. His kleos was that his family knew him as the greatest fighter and he was very humble; Priam, Hector's father, said: "But one, one remains for me, to guard my walls, my people - the one you killed the other day, defending his homeland, my Hector" (24.584-86 )! After his death, his father Priam begged for his body because he needed a proper burial for him being the prince. Hector had a splendid funeral all thanks to his father giving up his pride to get his body back from Achilles. (And once they returned home to Troy, and reunited again they shared a splendid funeral banquet in honor of Hector, celebrated in the house of Priam, king at the behest of Zeus