page_title: Glory (honor)
section_title: In Greek culture (Kleos)
hierarchical_section_title: Glory (honor) / In Greek culture (Kleos)
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Korinthische Chytra
context_page_description: Glory is high renown, praise, and honor obtained by notable achievements, and based in extensive common consent. In Greek culture fame and glory were highly considered, as it is explained in The Symposium, one of Plato's dialogs.
context_section_description: Kleos (Greek: κλέος) is the Greek word often translated to "renown", or "glory". It is related to the word "to hear" and carries the implied meaning of "what others hear about you". A Greek hero earns kleos through accomplishing great deeds, often through his own death. Kleos is invariably transferred from father to son; the son is responsible for carrying on and building upon the "glory" of the father.
  Kleos is a common theme in Homer's epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the main example in the latter being that of Odysseus and his son Telemachus, who is concerned that his father may have died a pathetic and pitiable death at sea rather than a reputable and gracious one in battle.
caption: Achilles mourning the death of Patroclus. Corinthian Chytra
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