Keeping with the dualistic nature of Epic literature to be a hero requires great tragedy. One must all at once bring and preserve life while taking it. Within this text, war is clearly demarcated as a symbol of achieving glory.
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Fast Times at Ilium: The Glorious Lives & Deaths Homer’s Iliad
