a “good Trojan” is one who exhibits heroic virtues, of course, that makes it especially heroic for a Greek to kill him.
That’s just a way of saying that Trojans are full player characters in the Iliad (and that is the key reason why their heroism matters and why killing a ‘good Trojan’ is seen as a true achievement), whereas Germans—good or bad—are just NPCs.
That’s just a way of saying that Trojans are full player characters in the Iliad (and that is the key reason why their heroism matters and why killing a ‘good Trojan’ is seen as a true achievement), whereas Germans—good or bad—are just NPCs.