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The Bronze Age Hero

Let glory, Zeus of the wide brows, go forth with him." (16:239-241).
             In Book Twenty Achilleus returns to the battlefield after avoiding war for so long. His guilt and hostility for the death of Patroklos has chewed him up inside, and he is now ready to gain honor and glory in the art of war. His anger posses him to kill every Trojan in his path and make his way to Hektor. He will accomplish this feat and gain all the honor and glory he deserves. This is not his intention. He no longer wants honor and glory. He has overlooked these in favor of revenge. This is very similar to his action in Book Nine when he declines the gifts from Agamemnon. He wants to revenge the death of Patroklos and to give him back his glory by retrieving his body and giving him a proper burial. This will also take away the shame and the guilt that he suffered for his actions. Hektor's death can be considered the moment where Achilleus regains all his honor and glory as the ultimate warrior. Achilleus is seen by all of his fellow Achaians and Myrmidons as this Great War hero, but he does not care about this title. .
             Achilleus has accomplished his farewell to Patroklos, but this is where he should have stopped and ended his reign of terror. He makes a fool of Hektor by dragging his dead carcass from the back of his chariot. This attempt to glorify himself by use of war is the last attempt he has and seems as an act that only brings him shame. He goes too far and mocks Hektor's body in the same fashion he gloriously fights against him in the previous battle. Hektor's wife claims that Achilleus action may have ended Hektor's pride: "I fear that Achilleus might have cut off bold Hektor / alone, away from the city, and be driving him into the flat land / might put an end to that bitter pride of courage, that always / was on him" (22:454-57).
             Achilles" action of dragging the dead body of Hektor around the tomb of Patroklos was enough to anger some of the gods.


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