"Happy man,
you died on the fields of Troy, a world away from home,
and the best of Trojan and Argive champions died around you,
fighting for your corpse."
– Homer
The Odyssey, Book 24, lines 38-41. Agamemnon’s ghost says this to Achilles in the underworld, underscoring Agamemnon’s belief in the value of a honorable death that results in glory, like in the case of the "happy man" Achilles who died on the battlefield.