Achilles
Sign in to saveIn Greek mythology, Achilles ( ) or Achilleus () was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors. The central character in Homer's Iliad, he was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia and famous Argonaut. Achilles was raised in Phthia along with his childhood companion Patroclus and received his education by the centaur Chiron. In the Iliad, he is presented as the commander of the mythical tribe of the Myrmidons.
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Achilles was the greatest warrior of the ancient Greeks, according to mythology, and serves as the central character in Homer's epic poem the Iliad, which recounts events from the Trojan War. Born to the sea nymph Thetis and King Peleus, he was raised alongside his companion Patroclus and trained by the centaur Chiron to become the commander of the Myrmidons, a legendary fighting force.
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- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Achilles
- Deity.image
- Achilles fighting against Memnon Leiden Rijksmuseum voor Oudheden.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Ancient Greek polychromatic pottery painting (dating ) of Achilles during the Trojan War
- Deity.abode
- Phthia
- Deity.consort
- Deidamia, Briseis
- Deity.parents
- Peleus and Thetis
- Deity.siblings
- Polymele
- Deity.children
- Neoptolemus, Oneiros
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32 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Other names
- Birth and early years
- Physical description
- Hidden on Skyros
- In the Trojan War
- Telephus
- Troilus
- In the ''Iliad''
- Penthesilea and Memnon
- Achilles and Patroclus
- Death
- Fate of Achilles's armour
- Achilles, Ajax and a game of ''petteia''
- Worship and heroic cult
- Reception during antiquity
- In Greek tragedy
- In Greek philosophy
- Zeno
- Plato
- In Roman and medieval literature
- In modern literature and arts
- Literature
- Visual arts
- Music
- Film and television
- Architecture
- Namesakes
- Gallery
- References
- Further reading
- External links
In Greek mythology, Achilles ( ) or Achilleus () was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors. The central character in Homer's Iliad, he was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia and famous Argonaut. Achilles was raised in Phthia along with his childhood companion Patroclus and received his education by the centaur Chiron. In the Iliad, he is presented as the commander of the mythical tribe of the Myrmidons.
Achilles's most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan prince Hector outside the gates of Troy. Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the Iliad, other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him with an arrow. Later legends (beginning with Statius's unfinished epic Achilleid, written in the first century CE) state that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for one heel. According to that myth, when his mother Thetis dipped him in the river Styx as an infant, she held him by one of his heels, leaving it untouched by the waters and thus his only vulnerable body part.