Iliad

what did the balance of zeus say about hectors death

does the death of hector was prophecy?

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"Alas! the gods have lured me on to my destruction. ... death is now indeed exceedingly near at hand and there is no way out of it- for so Zeus and his son Apollo the far-darter have willed it, though heretofore they have been ever ready to protect me. My doom has come upon me; let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter."

Hector himself cites that his death has been willed by the gods. This was not a prophecy, but rather a removal of protection. 

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