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Originally Posted by DMB
I think it's an interesting question to consider whether an ancient Greek audience would have sympathised with Achilles, the greatest Greek hero, or thought he was behaving badly. That raises the whole question of men's "honour" and what it means. This is still a live question today, with so many so-called "honour killings".
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Same word, used for two utterly different things.
Honor to Achilles meant something along the lines of "my worth as a man reflected by my personal valor."
Honor to the barbarians who kill their daughters & sisters means something like "my social status reflected by my ability to control my women."
Not "honor killings." "Status killings."