Achilles Dragged His Enemy Behind a Chariot for Days

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Did you know that in Greek mythology, Achilles dragged a dead body around a city for 12 straight days just to make people suffer? Everyone thinks Achilles was this perfect hero, but when his boyfriend Patroclus got killed by Hector, Achilles literally lost his mind with grief and became an absolute psychopath. After he finally got his revenge and killed Hector in combat, you'd [music] think that would be enough, right? Wrong. Achilles tied Hector's corpse to the back of his chariot and dragged it around the walls of Troy for 12 days straight while Hector's parents and wife watched from the city walls screaming and crying.

[00:00:35]This wasn't just murder. This was psychological torture on a massive scale. In Greek culture, not getting a proper burial meant your soul couldn't rest in the afterlife. So, Achilles was basically damning Hector's soul for eternity while traumatizing an entire city. The craziest part? Even Zeus and the other gods were like, "Dude, this is way too far." and had to step in to make him stop. When you're too extreme for the Greek gods, you know you've crossed every possible line.