The warriors' decision to enter battle, their anger, and the sacrifices they must make throughout the story are all triggered by the desire to gain honor. The warriors' decision to enter battle is prompted by their goal of achieving honor. The Trojan War, a long and bloody war waged by the Achaeans (Greeks) and the Danaans (Trojans) is not a war to protect their nation, or a war for social status, or a war over border disagreements, although at first glance it may seem like this; the Trojan War is actually a war fought primarily for honor. Every man who has gone to war desires honor, whether for himself, his family, or someone else. The idea that one can gain honor and then become a hero is what triggers the Trojan War in the first place; men join the war in order to have honor and be glorified by the gods and men around them only to become heroes in the end. Hector exemplifies men's lack of honor when he says to Achilles, "Let me at least not die without a fight, without glory, but first do something important, so that future men will know it" (22.304-305). Not only Hektor believes in it, achieving something great in the war