Iliad by Homer To Live or to Die

Robert Fitzgerald translated The Iliad, composed orally by Homer three thousand years ago. In this book the idea of "honor" was considered significant to the ancient Greeks and the Trojan. It meant the values attributed to a person by his clan and society. The quest for honor and the anxiety over dishonor often related. For the ancient Greeks the idea of honor in war involved the public acknowledgement of value and glory and through elaborate ceremonies to honor the heroes such as Achilles. The actual prizes themselves had meaning to Achilles, but even more important was the honor and resp…