Because he still doesn't feel happy about his mortality.

因为他们仍旧对死亡感到惴惴不安
Though he accepts that this is a problem,

尽管他们承认这是一个
it's something that he still hankers after.

他们仍在追寻答案的问题
It's inevitable that people should,

这是必然的
and part of the answer is very Homeric.

并且其中一些答案是很荷马式的
It is the heroic ethic. At a certain place,

这是一种英雄主义的伦理观在某个地方
I think a couple of places in the Iliad,

我认为在《伊利亚特》中这样的地方不少
Achilles tell's us,

阿基里斯告诉我们
"Why did you come here to fight at Troy?"

"你为什么来到这里与特洛伊作战"
We know the legend says that Achilles was told before he came that

因为我们知道传说中他在出发前就被告知
if he did not go to Troy and fight in that war,

如果他不去特洛伊参战的话
because his mother was a goddess,

他将会用永生不死