BOOK 9 Achilles's Denial

The character Achilles  I find to be interesting in how he is introduced at the beginning of book 9. The way he is introduced in the beginning and how he is has almost a relaxed demeanor in the midst of all this war. He is singing of hero from the past and seems to be chasing the admiration similarly. When the set of men sent by Agamemnon had tried to persuade Achilles to join the fight, I initially had the belief that he would not be persuaded by the goods and spoils that were proposed to him. However, when the glory of being a hero among the ranks of all men, and the hero of stories ect, at this point I had believed it would be the reason for him to succumbed to the persuasion. Achilles response to this was interesting, he did not flat out deny the glory that would be received from aiding in the war, but rather he questioned the purpose of the war. This has me to believe the Achilles has a idealistic view of what his  legacy should be based on. Meaning, that not only should his greatness be gloried by man for generation to come, but he himself has to genuinely feel the satisfaction. In this case if he was to agree to helping  in the war, he would have in  his mind the fact that he in the end gave up his pride for glory of a war and a king he did not have his heart for.