Then Hector said, “Ajax, heaven has vouchsafed you stature and strength, and judgeent; and in wielding the spear you excel all others of the Achaeans. Let us for this day cease fighting; hereafter we will fight anew till heaven decide between us, and give victory to one or to the other; night is now falling, and the behests of night may not be well gainsaid.”
~ The Iliad - Book VII (Samuel Butler Translation. p48 / v287)
The Iliad Book VII. Hector challenges any of the Achaeans for one-on-one duel. Everyone hesitates. A few come forward later. They cast a lot and Ajax (the Greater) is choosen.
In Book 7 of The Iliad, Hector and Ajax duel for a long time, and they stop during nightfall. The people of those times seem to have more nobility than now. In a war today, one could expect enemies to attack relentlessly through physical and cyber mechanisms. What is the big difference? Is it that everyone during ancient times believed that gods above watched everything they did, and during the modern age, that is not the case (some believe and some don’t)?