Read this excerpt from The Iliad.


Then thus the king: "Shall I my prize resign

With tame content, and thou possess'd of thine?

Great as thou art, and like a god in fight,

Think not to rob me of a soldier's right.

At thy demand shall I restore the maid?

First let the just equivalent be paid

The evidence supports the idea that Homer is reflecting the Greek emphasis on ____________?


selfishness

personal honor

power of the gods