OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
Paper 5
Revise: Ideology, Hubris and Personal MotivationsFor the Trojans, freedom includes keeping their city from conquest. Their struggle against the Greeks is therefore a defence of their community, not simply a contest between individual heroes. In Iliad 6, Hector asks his mother to organise prayers to Athena for the protection of Troy’s women and children.