@BowsacNoodle THE ILLIAD ACCOUNT IS "OH WELL THE HEROES HAVE DIED OUT AND OR KILLED EACH OTHER"
BUT THE ILLIAD IS ALSO KIND OF DAMNING OF THESE LARGER THAN LIFE GUYS AS BASICALLY ACTING LIKE THE GODS. THE GODS ARE LIGHT-HEARTED AND THEY RUIN PEOPLE'S LIVES ON A WHIM, AND HEROES ARE ALSO LIKE THAT
THEY'RE SO COOL AND SO STRONG AND YET LOOK AT WHAT THEY FUCKING DO -- THE ONLY THING LEFT AFTER THEM IS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, AND ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GO HOME AND HAVE PEACE ENDED UP WELL AFTER THE TROJAN WAR.