Read the excerpts about Achilleus and Hektor from The Iliad of Homer.
Excerpt 1, Achilleus:
But brilliant Achilleus kept shaking his head at his own people
and would not let them throw their bitter projectiles at Hektor
for fear the thrower might win the glory, and himself come second.
Excerpt 2, Hektor:
I feel shame before the Trojans and the Trojan women with trailing
robes, that someone who is less of a man than I will say of me:
"Hektor believed in his own strength and ruined his people.”
Thus they will speak; and as for me, it would be much better
at that time, to go against Achilleus, and slay him, and come back,
or else be killed by him in glory in front of the city.
Which of the men’s traits is best established in the excerpts?
their pride
their loyalty
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It seems that both Achilleus and Hektor show a great deal of loyalty in the excerpts. Achilleus is loyal to his people by not letting them throw projectiles at Hektor out of fear that they would steal the glory from him. Similarly, Hektor is loyal to his people and is concerned about what they will think of him if he does not face Achilleus in battle.
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