And the other sons of Achaea, running up around him,
crowded closer, all of them gazing wonder-struck
at the build and marvelous, lithe beauty of Hector.
And not a man came forward who did not stab his body,
glancing toward a comrade, laughing: "Ah, look here –
how much softer he is to handle now, this Hector,
than when he gutted our ships with roaring fire!"
– Homer
The Iliad, Book 22, lines 435-441. When Achilles pulls his spear from Hector’s body, the other Achaeans abuse the corpse, stabbing it and verbally mocking the dead Trojan prince. The corpse will be further desecrated in a particularly disgraceful way by Achilles.