Kleos in the Iliad- Achilles and Hector?

Kleos was the ancient Greeks Honor , usually earned through battle , but it was a bit like building greater Honor through the family as time went on, the kleos of the family got greater as son took over from father . He tried the build on the kleos earned by his father for the family name . Achilles and Hector both had great names earned by there forbears . To lose kleos for your family was a great shame, a warrior who lost it would have fallen on his sword rather than return home , the ancient Greek saying , when reaching manhood and being handed his first shield by his mother was return with this shield or upon it .