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Originally Posted by VenusHalley
yes, it's a spin off from ancient myths. I am so glad somebody recognized this.
So it's somewhat theoretical just like "long boring life versus short and exciting one".
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It's interesting though because Achilles initially chose to live a
long yet unremarkable life and withdrew completely from the Trojan war, nearly allowing the Greeks to be defeated by the Trojans. It was only after his dearest friend was killed that he decided to fight again. So there are a lot of different perspectives one can draw from this, and I'm not so convinced that even Achilles cared that much about his impact on history.
Although perhaps I'm distracted from the original question and am making this into a literary discussion. Haha, woops.
