Inevitable_Fate_Of_Achilleus

Inevitable Fate Of Achilleus To become honourable, one must show their courage, strength, stamina and leadership. Thus honour, also known as timç, is most commonly gained on the battlefield and is a virtue amongst the mortals in Homeric society. When Achilleus was given a choice of destiny, he chose the short victorious life that was full of individual honour. Achilleus later withdraws himself from the battle, knowing full well that he will lose his timç. However, despite Achilleus’ attempt to dismiss personal honour, his fate of living an honourable life is inevitable. After being dishonoured by Agamemnon, Achilleus withdraws himself from the battle. Achilleus, who is considered the greatest warrior, acknowledges the fact that withdrawing himself from battle means that he will lose his chance to become honorable. This is understood when he says “I carry two sorts of destiny toward my day of death. Either, if I stay here and fight beside the city of the Trojans, my return here is gone, but my glory shall be everlasting; but if I return home to the beloved land of my fathers, the excellence of my glory is gone, but there will be a long life left achilleus, life, fate, honour, battle, agamemnon, il, honourable, himself, glory, back, thus, short, live, however, destiny, being, withdraws, warrior, trojans, treasures, timç, taken, same, return, regain, one, lose, long, living, little, lack, keeps, home