Today, we have a tendency to make distinguishments in a way that is easily dichotomous with the distinguishments made in the cultures before us, such as that portrayed by Homer in the Iliad. Whereas we seek superiority over previous cultures, said cultures are often replete with people seeking and claiming superiority over other people in their own era. Often, this tendency of the older cultures is a subject we inherit our superiority from. As I see it, our cultures are not as distinguishable as is popular to believe. This position is perhaps most accepted in the episode following a reading of Book Four in the Iliad, following the Trojan Pandarus’ failed assassination attempt of Menelaus. Here, Agamemnon, sensing the curtailed pride and outright loss the Achaeans would face if they were to idle following the incident, embarks on a short mission to affirm the war’s continuation and rile the army. In the ensuing dialogue, ample evidence, both essential and minor, is epitomized to display our cultures’ similarities in terms of leadership, political rhetoric, meritocracy, and commonplace language. Like the image we imagine of infamous commander such as Robert E. Lee and Erwin Rommel, Agamemnon acts in a way in which no “tendency toward sloth or cowardice” could be detected. (IV. 241). Furthermore, Nestor, an elderly commander, commits an arguably immoral action when he arranges his army “So that willing or not they would be forced to fight” (IV. 321). It seems plausible that, though never a general, Harry Truman was endorsing Nestor’s actions when he purportedly retorted that "A leader is a man who has the ability to get other people to do what they don't want to do, and like it." Bolstering the parallel, President Truman served as commander in chief of the United States during World War Two’s conclusion. Like Nestor, Truman did not partake in any of the war he commanded. Though we constantly seek to detect a dichotomy between our generation and each before us, bragging of our advanced humanity and morality and occasionally inste