Is the Exaltation of Achilles Salutary?

Achilles has a choice of lives, right? And he chooses to die. So that my question is, what's the political i mean, if we'd think that homer really was wise in some ways,. He must have known that most people would not have got into this deeper level. To what degree is the is the exaltation of achilles salutary? How is that help me understand wh s good likewy?