You Win or You Die, That Old Thing?

The myth of choosing short, bloody, war-filled life to happy, peaceful, long one and nobody will remember you seems to be very much at the core of all the examples that we're going to be looking at. We do not know if any of the characters are even remotely historical or not. The Achilles story is atold by Homer is one that like the meat of it is powerful because the story goes that he's semi divine mother told him, you have a choice in front of you. There are two paths that you can follow. One that will lead to a long, happy life, but nobody will remember your name. Another one is going to be short and bloody and glorious