#8220;Therefore Akhilleus best embodies the heroic code. He is a greater fighter than everyone else and, despite his selfishness, emerges as the most admirable hero, at least to the Greek mind.” Is the heroic code a barbaric way of life or is it survival? To many this question cannot be answered in a simple response. Akhilleus was from birth raised to be a warrior and to be more than just a good warrior but a warrior that strived for the very best in everything. With this kind of upbringing is there any other way for him to think of what is important in life? If you are conditioned from birth that this is the most important attribute you can contribute to life than would it be consider barbaric? Akhilleus was raised to be the best warrior and therefore what started out as the willingness to achieve greatness, evolved into a barbaric way of life, which then turned into survival. Survival of the fittest was to live by the code to be the best and to kill or be killed and to be known as the greatest warrior of all. Akhilleus has willingness to destroy anything or anyone that stood in his way of achieving his goal in life. ...
