Always be the best, my boy, the bravest,
and hold your head up high above the others.
Never disgrace the generation of your fathers.
They were the bravest champions born in Corinth,
In Lycia far and wide.
– Homer
The Iliad, Book 6, lines 247-250. The warrior Glaucus of Lycia recounts to Diomedes the advice he received from his father as he left for the Trojan War. His father’s emphasis is not on service to his country, community or to others, but one attaining glory for yourself.