Ronnie Panas: Not about family? The whole pretense of the war is based on Agamemnon's support for his cuckolded brother. Whether that was his intention or just an excuse for war is irrelevant, Homer records it as so. Also let us not forget Hector's duel with Achilles outside the walls of Troy. He knew he was doomed. Why did he fight? For glory? That was the reason for the Greeks being there. Hector, like all Trojans fought for his city, his family, for his people's way of life, as did the rest of the Trojan army. For the Trojans it was not a fight of conquest it was a fight for survival and what better reason to fight than to protect ones family?...Show more
Nicolas Cooley: it is not, the iliad is not about family
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