Pride And Honor In The Iliad

Throughout the Iliad, the notion of honor is prevalent. The Iliad demonstrates how essential honor and pride is to the Greek heroes and how the heroes rather die then lose their honor. This paper argues that the pride and honor of the Homeric heroes triggered the epic, lengthy Trojan War. It will do so by examining various situations that Homer presents the readers with in the Iliad that are due to the heroes protecting their personal honor and pride.
Pride and honor are important themes in the Iliad that are significant to understanding the motivations behind the Homeric heroes. In the Iliad, pride shapes the motivations and decisions of nearly all male characters and id depicted as a destructive force that lead to conflicts between many characters.