The Iliad 2

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…showed last 75 words of 1436 total…nemesis. The gods would sometimes punish the hero directly; sometimes other human beings would punish him. He wanted the people of Greece to bow down to him. He wanted to hear the people say that they needed his help. He wanted to hear that they needed him, and that is why he stayed out of the war. He wanted to hear that the people needed him. To Achilles that meant that his people honored him.