1. Excellence and Honor in The Iliad
For example Achilles gets upset when Agamemnon takes Achilles' war prize, Briseis, after Agamemnon was forced to give back his own prize, Chrysies. ... Achilles' does all the work just to have Agamemnon take his prize away from him. ... Agamemnon questions Achilles' honor as a true warrior by implying that the only reason Achilles accomplishes anything is because he has help from the gods. When Agamemnon took away Briseis, which you could also call Achilles' honor because she was given to him for his duty, he gained honor in his own right because he took her away from the g...
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