Magnanimity in the Iliad

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Magnanimity Strength, honor, and unconditional bravery are held dear to the Achaians and Trojans alike. Among those people, qualities that reveal leadership and might are highly regarded as indicative of a magnanimous human being. Yet, Agamemnon, Achilleus, and Hektor all perceive magnanimity in different ways, and each attempts to exude it as he understands it. Public recognition is a key element for one to be honored in Greek and Trojan societies, however, the three men …

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…a Trojan warrior and prince in the hope that he will remain always as a father to his children and a husband to his wife. All three men are magnanimous. All exude power, respect, and honor. However, the degree of their honor measured either by public recognition, or by love of self, of by love of family differentiates each of the men from one another. Bibliography The Iliad of Homer as translated by Richmond Lattimore