Achilles Honor Achilles, the son of the mortal Peleus, and the goddess Thetis, left his home nine years previous to the opening of the Iliad. For nine years he and the other Greeks have fought to destroy the city of Troy; and for those nine years they have been unsuccessful. Troy, the city fated to fall to the Greeks, has stood unconquerable, unwavering in front of the forces of the Achaeans. Throughout most of the …showed first 75 words of 582 total…

…showed last 75 words of 582 total…fought well and triumphed, but later broke down and withdrew from life. He hid like a coward, until he couldn’t hide anymore. Then he sucked it up and fought like a demon, killing everyone in his path. He regained his honor, and in the end the city of Troy fell. But what Achilles didn’t know was that honor is not in what other people think of you, but what you think of yourself.