So now I meet my doom. Well let me die - but not without struggle, not without glory, no, in some great clash of arms that even men to come will hear of down the years!

So now I meet my doom. Well let me die –
but not without struggle, not without glory, no,
in some great clash of arms that even men to come
will hear of down the years!

– Homer

The Iliad, Book 22, lines 359-362. Even in the face of certain death at the hand of Achilles, Hector is striving for glory. A proud warrior, he looks forward to the death struggle and the clash of arms that will be remembered down the years.

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