. . grab you, strip the clothing off you, cloak, tunic and rags that wrap your private parts, and whip you howling naked back to the fast ships.” (1.302-08) shows that Odysseus sees himself as someone higher, nobler, and all around better than a lowly disfigured common solider and that he has no say in the decisions made by King Agamemnon. The martial code may have given the heroes power and the ability to achieve honorable statuses but it also governed their lives. This “honor code” according to G. Betcher of Iowa University, exists for heroes to achieve honor because a hero without honor is no hero at all. Furthermore, Betcher explains the requirements necessary the heroes to pass in order to achieve their honor. It is quite different from the civil code as these rules are unwritten and may have variation dependent on a hero to hero basis. Firstly “Honor is gained through engagement in life-threatening activities” (1). It is the courage one shows in the face of adversity, and engaging into adversity that gives one honor
. . grab you, strip the clothing off you, cloak, tunic and rags that wrap your private parts, and whip you howling naked back to the fast ships.” (1.302-08) shows that Odysseus sees himself as someone higher, nobler, and all around better than a lowly disfigured common solider and that he has no say in the decisions made by King Agamemnon. The martial code may have given the heroes power and the ability to achieve honorable statuses but it also governed their lives. This “honor code” according to G. Betcher of Iowa University, exists for heroes to achieve honor because a hero without honor is no hero at all. Furthermore, Betcher explains the requirements necessary the heroes to pass in order to achieve their honor. It is quite different from the civil code as these rules are unwritten and may have variation dependent on a hero to hero basis. Firstly “Honor is gained through engagement in life-threatening activities” (1). It is the courage one shows in the face of adversity, and engaging into adversity that gives one honor