Heroic Values and Violence Flashcards
“Fight like men…”
“Fight like men…that comrade who meets his death and destiny, let him die! He dies fighting for fatherland - no dishonour there!”
“be men…”
“Be men, my friends….maintain your pride in the eyes of other men. Remember sons, wives, wealth, parents…”
Patroclus to Achilles
“What good will a man, even one in the next generation, get unless you defend the Argives from disaster…Thetis was not your mother…”
What is Achilles’ ‘pain’?
‘That’s the pain that wounds me, suffering such humiliation…treating me like some vagabond, some outcast stripped of all my rights’
Young vs Old death
“for a young man all looks noble if he goes down in war…all wounds are marks of glory. When an old man’s killed, and the dogs go at the grey head…cruellest sight in all our wretched lives!”
‘the glory of…’
‘the glory of armour lit the skies and the whole earth laughed’
