In Ancient Greece "Homeric Ideals" were very important. For instance, Greece went to war with Troy just to get Helen back. This showed that honor was very important to the Greeks. When Menelaus' honor was taken by Paris he wanted to take it back. On the other hand, not being able to fight was seen as undesirable. Paris was almost killed by Menelaus and Hector had to kill Menelaus in order to save his brother. Paris was then seen as weak and dishonorable. Hector was a great fighter and everyone loved him for this. He also died for his country which was honorable. Achilles was a great warrior too and he received a lot of praise for this. His pride and lack of state ship was considered dishonorable though. Agamemnon was honored because he united Greece. The movie Troy shows how influential Homeric Ideals were to Greek society.