Greek mythology
Achilles
The supreme warrior of the Trojan War
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Children
- Neoptolemus
- Group
- Heroes · War · Demigods
- Appears in
- The Iliad · Judgment of Paris
- Places
- Troy · Elysium · River Styx
- Objects
- Shield of Achilles
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Achilles is the greatest fighter of the Greeks at Troy, son of the sea-nymph Thetis, invulnerable but for the heel by which she held him. His wrath at Agamemnon withdraws him from battle and costs the Greeks dearly, until the death of his beloved Patroclus sends him storming back to kill Hector. Knowing he is fated to die young at Troy, he chooses everlasting glory over a long and quiet life.
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- Who is Achilles?
- Achilles is the greatest fighter of the Greeks at Troy, son of the sea-nymph Thetis, invulnerable but for the heel by which she held him. His wrath at Agamemnon withdraws him from battle and costs the Greeks dearly, until the death of his beloved Patroclus sends him storming back to kill Hector.
- Which mythology does Achilles belong to?
- Achilles belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Achilles appear in?
- Achilles appears in The Iliad, Judgment of Paris, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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