Analysis Of Achilleus 'Accepting Agamemnon'

Achilleus should accept the offer Agamemnon has offered him. Achilleus is weighing his options and deciding if he should stay and fight or concede and sail back home. Before he decides what to do Agamemnon gives him and offer Which he cannot refuse. The reasons Achilleus should accept Agamemnon’s offer are, he will be able to get his main prize his wife Briseis back, Achilleus will be able to accumulate great wealth from Agamemnon’s offer and be able to obtain great glory something he has always wanted. He will also not have to live in guilt knowing that he could have done more for the Achaian people and he will not give up on getting his wife Briseis back
The main reason Achilleus is fighting in the Trojan war is to get Briseis back which Agamemnon has given him the chance to do. The reason Achilleus is fighting in the war against the trojans in the first place is he wants to get is main prize back his wife Briseis. He has gone through the hardship of battle the scrapes with death, having to deal with Agamemnon a man he cannot stand, so he too could get the women that was ripped away from him. He knows can get her back through Agamemnon’s offer which at this point he cannot refuse. He has every right to despise Agamemnon for …show more content…
The main problem with this point is if he goes and lives a long life without fighting he is good as dead. Achilleus will be back home without the one thing he fought to get back his wife Briseis. Without her there was no reason to go and fight and the first place. If Achilleus lives a long life without glory he will also be very unhappy in his long life. Achilleus is a great warrior who is at his best when he is on the battle field, he lives to win great glory. Achilleus would hate himself and be stricken with guilt if he sails back instead of fighting the