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Apollo sends a plague to the Achaen camp killing many soldiers. When Achilles asks a seer why this is happening, he reveals that it is the work of Apollo and Chryses for Agamemnon not releasing Chryseis. After that, Agamemnon says he will return Chryseis only if Achilles will relinquish Briseis. Later on that night Agamemnon puts Chryseis on a ship back to her father and sends heralds to have Briseis escorted from Achilles' tent. When Agamemnon loses his prize, he seeks out the next highest prize so he can have the most honor of all the Achaens. Achilles ensuing rage is the basis for the entire epic. Because two of the highest ranking Achaens are fighting over who has the highest honor, it can easily be seen how important honor is in their society.
             Although the Iliad presents possessions as objects that are attained for honor more than the Odyssey, it still has many passages where objects are used as identification. In Book 9 Agamemnon offers many gifts to Achilles to take the place of Briseis. Although the gifts Agamemnon offers far outnumber and outweigh the value of Briseis, Achilles declines the offer furiously saying, "But now that he's torn my honor from my hands, robbed me, lied to me "don't let him try me now. I know him too well "he'll never win me over!-(Iliad 9.417). What Achilles really wants is the glory he secured from Briseis, something that Agamemnon cannot restore after he robbed her from him.
             The Iliad also exemplifies this when Hera enters the war heavily armored in all white representing her status and symbolizing her authority (5.841). Hera's white armor can be compared to a uniform that sports teams wear in today's world, because it is something that enables her to be recognized immediately by everyone on the battlefield. Another great example of this is when in Book 16 of the Iliad Patroclus fights in Achilles' armor. As soon as Patroclus is seen in Achilles' armor, the momentum of the battle shifts entirely to the Achaens' side all because the Trojans think that Achilles is the man behind the armor.


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