Trojan War Is Achilles Selfish

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Achilles During the Trojan war, was the Greek hero Achilles more selfish, or more self-preserving? There is much evidence supporting both claims, but only one is more prevalent. There is three examples of how Achilles was more selfish then self-preserving, these are, when Achilles quit the Trojan War because of Agamemnon selfishness, when Achilles was not willing to be persuaded by Odysseus, how he came only to win honor and glory, and how he went into battle to slay hector. The Iliad is first presented as Achilles and Agamemnon arguing, for Agamemnon was being selfish himself, relentlessly denying Achilles his spoils for what he earns. This in turn made Achilles very mad, and in an act of selfishness, asked his mother to convince Zeus to

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