Hector discussing reasons why he fights against Greeks and against Achilles. What appears to be his main motivation for fighting? What does this teach us about ancient Greek society and its values? Prof. GoldenWeekly Response No.2HIST 103Due on ThursdayText: Homer, Iliad, two selections.1-Homer, Iliad Book 6 excerpt (the selection titled "Homer's Idea of Excellence" in theAdditional Readings section on Blackboard).2-Homer, Iliad Book 22 excerpt printed below.For historical context, consult Cole, Symes Chapter 2 on Mycenaean Greece andChapter 3 on Greek culture in general.Question: Once you have read the selections noted above, please write a short, 1-pageresponse, answering the following the question:In these two passages, we see Hector discussing the reasons why he fights against theGreeks and against Achilles. What appears to be his main motivation for fighting?What does this teach us about ancient Greek society and its values?Please be sure to use the evidence provided in the text to support your answer.Format: Please submit your response through Blackboard. Upload your response eitheras a text file of some sort (using Word or any other word processing program that canbe saved into a readable format: .txt .rtf.doc.docx .odt), a PDF (.pdf), or at the very leastjust paste your text into the Write Submission box. Do not send me a link to thedocument in a cloud-based system (for example, Google Docs). GDocs has an option todownload your work as a PDF or .docx file. The same is true for Microsoft OneDrive.Upload that. If you have trouble uploading, as I mentioned, you can also click the WriteSubmission button and then copy and paste your response into the text submissionarea.Text: Homer, Iliad Book 22 excerpt (trans. S. Butler):[Note: in this passage, Hector is about to face Achilles in the final battle before thewalls of Troy]"Alas," said he [Hector] to himself in the heaviness of his heart, "if I go within thegates, Polydamas will be the first to heap reproach upon me, for it was he that urged meto lead the Trojans back to the city on that awful night when Achilles again came forthagainst us. I would not listen, but it would have been indeed better if I had done so.Now that my folly has destroyed the host, I dare not look Trojan men and Trojanwomen in the face, lest a worse man should say, 'Hector has ruined us by his self-confidence.' Surely it would be better for me to return after having fought Achilles andslain him, or to die gloriously here before the city.What, again, if were to lay down my shield and helmet, lean my spear againstthe wall and go straight up to noble Achilles? What if I were to promise to give upHelen, who was the fountainhead of all this war, and all the treasure that Alexander[Paris] brought with him in his ships to Troy, aye, and to let the Achaeans divide thehalf of everything that the city contains among themselves? I might make the Trojans,by the mouths of their princes, take a solemn oath that they would hide nothing, butwould divide into two shares all that is within the city- but why argue with myself inthis way? Were I to go up to him he would show me no kind of mercy; he would kill methen and there as easily as though I were a woman, when I had off my armor. There isno parleying with him from some rock or oak tree as young men and maidens prattle

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Hector discussing reasons why he fights against Greeks and against Achilles. What appears to be his main motivation for fighting? What does this teach us about ancient Greek society and its values? Prof. GoldenWeekly Response No.2HIST 103Due on ThursdayText: Homer, Iliad, two selections.1-Homer, Iliad Book 6 excerpt (the selection titled &#34;Homer's Idea of Excellence&#34; in theAdditional Readings section on Blackboard).2-Homer, Iliad Book 22 excerpt printed below.For historical context, consult Cole, Symes Chapter 2 on Mycenaean Greece andChapter 3 on Greek culture in general.Question: Once you have read the selections noted above, please write a short, 1-pageresponse, answering the following the question:In these two passages, we see Hector discussing the reasons why he fights against theGreeks and against Achilles. What appears to be his main motivation for fighting?What does this teach us about ancient Greek society and its values?Please be sure to use the evidence provided in the text to support your answer.Format: Please submit your response through Blackboard. Upload your response eitheras a text file of some sort (using Word or any other word processing program that canbe saved into a readable format: .txt .rtf.doc.docx .odt), a PDF (.pdf), or at the very leastjust paste your text into the Write Submission box. Do not send me a link to thedocument in a cloud-based system (for example, Google Docs). GDocs has an option todownload your work as a PDF or .docx file. The same is true for Microsoft OneDrive.Upload that. If you have trouble uploading, as I mentioned, you can also click the WriteSubmission button and then copy and paste your response into the text submissionarea.Text: Homer, Iliad Book 22 excerpt (trans. S. Butler):[Note: in this passage, Hector is about to face Achilles in the final battle before thewalls of Troy]&#34;Alas,&#34; said he [Hector] to himself in the heaviness of his heart, &#34;if I go within thegates, Polydamas will be the first to heap reproach upon me, for it was he that urged meto lead the Trojans back to the city on that awful night when Achilles again came forthagainst us. I would not listen, but it would have been indeed better if I had done so.Now that my folly has destroyed the host, I dare not look Trojan men and Trojanwomen in the face, lest a worse man should say, 'Hector has ruined us by his self-confidence.' Surely it would be better for me to return after having fought Achilles andslain him, or to die gloriously here before the city.What, again, if were to lay down my shield and helmet, lean my spear againstthe wall and go straight up to noble Achilles? What if I were to promise to give upHelen, who was the fountainhead of all this war, and all the treasure that Alexander[Paris] brought with him in his ships to Troy, aye, and to let the Achaeans divide thehalf of everything that the city contains among themselves? I might make the Trojans,by the mouths of their princes, take a solemn oath that they would hide nothing, butwould divide into two shares all that is within the city- but why argue with myself inthis way? Were I to go up to him he would show me no kind of mercy; he would kill methen and there as easily as though I were a woman, when I had off my armor. There isno parleying with him from some rock or oak tree as young men and maidens prattle

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The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem written by ancient Greek poet Homer. Iliad and Odyssey are…