Homer and History, revisited 2. Gods and Men in the Iliad 3. The Death of Hector 1.
Men learn by suffering.
And it is this agony of death that makes the world of men matter , that makes it serious , that makes higher ideals such as loyalty, honor, duty worth the pain of suffering, worth consideration as important values. Achilles like a god, or, better, both greater than and lesser than human kills suppliants, esp. Lycaon at pp.