Messages conveyed in the Iliad and the movie Troy

The message behind the Iliad and the movie Troy is glory comes before family. An example of a character expressed in the Iliad and the movie that shows that glory comes first is Achilles. Achilles is a fighter and in the Iliad he strives for glory he would kill many men to make his name great so he may be remembered throughout the years. An example of glory comes before family is where Achilles speaks to Thetis and is faced with a decision to stay here with his family or go fight in troy the consequences being he would die "If you stay in Larisa you will find peace. You will find a wonderful woman. You will have sons and daughters, and they will have children. And they will love you. When you are gone, they will remember you. But when your children are dead and their children after them your name will be lost. If you go to Troy glory will be yours. They will write stories about your victories for thousands of years. The world will remember your name. But if you go to Troy you will never come home. For your glory walks hand in hand with your doom. And I shall never see you again”- quote from the Movie Troy. Whoever Achilles faced no matter who it was it seemed that Achilles would put glory before anybody else. Another message behind the Iliad and the movie Troy is Fight for the ones you love. An example of a character that shows fight for the ones u love is Hektor. Hektor is a man who fights not only for his country but also his family too. When hektor would face an enemy on the battlefield he wouldn’t kill them for glory, he would kill them for the safety of his people and for the safety of his city. An example of fight for the ones you love is where Hektor is fighting Achilles and tries to reason with him but only leads to “Hektors’ death where Achilles kills him for glory as hektor died trying to keep his city and family safe. I pray you by your life and knees, and by your parents, let not dogs devour me at the ships of the Achaeans, but accept the rich treasure of gold and bronze which my father and mother will offer you, and send my body home, that the Trojans and their wives may give me my dues of fire when I am dead." Hector with his dying breath then said, "I know you what you are, and was sure that I should not move you, for your heart is hard as iron; look to it that I bring not heaven's anger upon you on the day when Paris and Phoebus Apollo, valiant though you be, shall slay you at the Scaean gates."- Book XXII.