THE MYCENEAN ARMOR SEEN BELOW PUTS THE LIE TO THE ROMANTICISM OF WARFARE SO GRAPHICALLY DEPICTED IN MOVIES AND GAMES.
THE "ART OF WAR" OF THE ANCIENT WORLD, OF THE ILLIAD, WAS A BRUTAL, HORRIFIC AND MINDLESSLY INHUMAN EVENT.
THE INSANITY OF IT,
THE INEXPLICABLE NATURE OF IT,
THE SWIFTNESS AND ENGULFING CHAOS OF DEATH AND VIOLENCE WAS OVERWHELMING.
THE STORY OF ACHILLES DISPLAYED IN THE ILLIAD WAS NOT FOR THE GLORIFICATION OF CARNAGE BUT OF THE TRUE VALUE OF HUMANITY.
THE " MORAL" OF THE ILLIAD IS THAT EVEN "THE MOST VIOLENT MAN ON EARTH" COULD SURPASS THE GODS NOT BY HIS BRUTALITY BUT BY HIS BECOMING A TRUE AND FEELING HUMAN BEING.