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Ector's Saga or Hector's saga is a fictional late medieval chivalric saga believed to have been composed in Iceland in the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century. .

Synopsis
After a brief summary of the events of the Trojan War, the saga begins when Ector, a descendant of King Priam of Troy, for whom great things are predicted, and six knights in his service, separate for a year in pursuit of adventure. The fates of the several knights are related in turn. All of the knights are successful in their endeavors apart from one. Aprival, the sixth knight boasts to King Troilus of Mesopotanea about the superiority of Ector and his company but is defeated in a tournament by Eneas, the son of King Troilus. On the appointed day of return for the knights Aprival fails to return and and Ector leads his army in search of him. Eneas, son of King Troilus, is captured by Ector and his army but is able to win his freedom through his sister Trobil, who agrees to marry Ector.

Manuscripts
There are approximately 45 manuscripts of Ector's saga, 25 of which date to the nineteenth century. .

Arnamagnasan Institute, Copenhagen: AM 152, fol. (15th a), vellum; AM 181d, fol. (ca. 1650), defective; AM 567, 4°, XIII (15th a), vellum, 4 lvs.; AM 579, 4° (15th a), vellum, 2 lvs.; AM 584, 4° (early 16th a), vellum; AM 585a, 4° (late 17th a), defective; AM 589d, 4° (15th a), vellum; AM 948a, 4° (19th c.).—Royal Library, Copenhagen: GKS 1002, fol. (17th a), vellum; NKS 1147, fol. (17th a), vellum; NKS 1190, fol. (late 18thc); Kall612,4° (1753).—The British Library, London: Add. 4874, 4° (ca. 1773).—National Library, Reykjavik: Lbs 675, fol. (late 17th c); Lbs 677,4° (1817); Lbs 840,4° (1737); Lbs 996, 4° (1867-88); Lbs 1495, 4° (1880-1905); Lbs 1656, 4° (1884-85); Lbs 1767, 4° (1857-63); Lbs 1971, 4° (early 19th a); Lbs 1998, 4° (1790-94); Lbs 2785, 4° (1832-79); Lbs 3936, 4° (1880-86); Lbs 4652, 4° (1859); Lbs 984, 8° (1830); Lbs 1584, 8° (ca. 1840); Lbs 2184, 8° (19th c), fragment; Lbs 2229, 8° (1855-56); Lbs 2788, 8° (1872-73); Lbs 2913, 8° (19th c); Lbs 2956, 8° (1858-64); Lbs 3931,8° (1855); JS 11,8° (1780); IB 175,4° (ca. 1850); IB 269,4° (ca. 1680-1700); IB 892, 8° (ca. 1850); IBR 5, fol. (1680); IBR 42, 8° (19th a).—National Museum, Reykjavik: AsbuSarsafn: Sogubok (1892).—*Private Collections, Iceland: Jon Ofeigsson, Hafnarnes, HornafjorSur, MS. XI (late 19th a); Sveinn Bjornsson, Hvammur, Dalir, MS. 2 (1872); Karl Jonsson, Purkey, MS 3, 4° (late 19th a).—Royal Library, Stockholm: Perg. fol. nr 7 (late 15th c), vellum, defective.—University Library, Uppsala: R:699 (1661).

Editions
Loth, Agnete, ed. "Ectors saga." In >Late Medieval Icelandic Romances, I...(1962). Pp. 79-186. 52 BIBLIOGRAPHY Text: AM 152, fol.—Notes: Am 579,4°; AM 584,4° ; AM 589d, 4°; Stockh. Perg. fol. nr 7.—With a resume in English. L[oth], A[gnete]. "Et indledningskapitel til Ectors saga." Opuscula, IV (1970), 363-65. (Bibliotheca Arnamagnaeana, XXX). "Ectors saga." In ^>Fornaldarsagas and Late Medieval Romances... (1977).