Editing Hector (section)

==Etymology==
In Greek, {{Transliteration|grc|Héktōr}} is a derivative of the verb [[wikt:ἔχειν|ἔχειν]] ''ékhein'', archaic form *{{langx|grc|ἕχειν|hékhein|label=none}} ('to have' or 'to hold'), from [[Proto-Indo-European]] *''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/seǵʰ-|seɡ́ʰ-]]'' ('to hold').<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beekes |first=R. S. P. |author-link=Robert S. P. Beekes |title=Etymological Dictionary of Greek |publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]] |year=2010 |volume=1 |pages=399}}</ref> {{Transliteration|grc|Héktōr}}, or {{Transliteration|grc|Éktōr}} as found in [[Aeolic]] poetry, is also an epithet of [[Zeus]] in his capacity as 'he who holds [everything together]'. Hector's name could thus be taken to mean 'holding fast'.<ref>This etymology is given under "[https://www.etymonline.com/word/hector#etymonline_v_46401 Hector]" in the ''Online Etymological Dictionary'', which, if true, would make it an [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] name whose ultimate origin would be the root *''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/seǵʰ-|seĝh-]]''.</ref> The name was in use during [[Mycenaean Greece|Mycenaean]] times, as evidenced by a servant with the name referred to in a [[Linear B]] tablet. In the tablet, the name is spelled {{lang|gmy|{{script|Linb|𐀁𐀒𐀵}}}}, ''E-ko-to''.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Michael|editor1-last=Ventris|editor2-first=John|editor2-last=Chadwick |title=Documents in Mycenaean Greek|edition=2nd|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1973|page=104|isbn=978-0-521-08558-8}}</ref>

[[Moses I. Finley]] proposed that the Homeric hero was partly based on an earlier Theban hero of the same name.<ref>{{cite book |first=Moses|last=Finley|title=The World of Odysseus|edition=Revised|date=1978|orig-year=1954 |page=44|publisher=Viking Press}}</ref>