While Helen’s seeming abduction is part of the reason for this declaration of war, it is also a pretext for a war that Agamemnon wants to wage for power, glory, and wealth. “Love” is being used as a pretext for violence. Note how Peleus believes that because a war against Troy might lead to wealth it will lead to honor—rather than honor being connected to some ideal, for this Greek society it is a product of money. Achilles, for his part, seems to be waiting for an actually more noble war—which implies that he thinks that such an actually noble war could occur is possible. It’s not clear that he’s right.