"Achilleus" redirects here. For the emperor with this name, see Achilleus (emperor). Achilleus (fl 3rd century AD assumed the title of emperor under Diocletian and reigned over Egypt for some time For other uses, see Achilles (disambiguation).

The Wrath of Achilles, by François-Léon Benouville (1821–1859) (Musée Fabre)

In Greek mythology, Achilles (also Akhilleus or Achilleus; Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad, which takes for its theme the Wrath of Achilles. François-Léon Benouville ( Paris, March 30 1821 - February 16 1859) was a French painter. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Musée Fabre is a museum in the French city of Montpellier, capital of the Hérault département. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions A hero (from Greek grc ἥρως hērōs) in Greek mythology and Folklore, was originally a Demigod, the offspring of a mortal and In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient

Achilles also has the attributes of being the most handsome of the heroes assembled against Troy,^[1] as well as the quickest. Central to his myth is his relationship with Patroclus, characterized in different sources as either deep friendship or passionate love. In Greek mythology, as recorded in the Iliad by Homer, Patroclus, or Patroklos (Gr

Achilles's death came as divine retribution for his hubristic murder of Troilus. Hubris, sometimes spelled hybris ( Ancient Greek ὕβρις is a term used in modern English to indicate overweening Pride, self-confidence Troilus (also Troilos, Troylus) ( Ancient Greek: Τρωίλος Troïlos Latin: Troilus is a legendary character associated with the story The Trojan boy had spurned his sexual advances and was killed by the enraged hero inside Apollo's temple. Greek Pederasty, as idealised by the Greeks from archaic times onward was a relationship and bond between an adolescent boy and an adult man outside Temenos ( from the Greek verb "to cut" plural temene is a piece of land cut off and assigned as an official domain especially to kings ^[2] Later legends (beginning with a poem by Statius in the first century AD) state that Achilles was invulnerable on all of his body except for his heel. Publius Papinius Statius (ca 45-96 was a Roman Poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature, born in Naples, Italy. These legends state that Achilles was killed in battle by an arrow to the heel, and so an "Achilles' heel" has come to mean a person's principal weakness. This article deals with the phrase For other uses see Achilles Heel.

Achilles is regarded as a peerless warrior, comparable to the Chinese general Lu Bu, though the latter was not semi-divine as Achilles was. Lü Bu (died 198 was a military general and later minor Warlord during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China.

Birth

Achilles was the son of the immortal Thetis (his mother), and his father Peleus was the king of the Myrmidons. In Farsala, Thessaly. Farsala or Pharsala (Φάρσαλα known in Antiquity as Pharsalus, is a city in southern Thessaly, in Greece. Thessalia redirects here For the Butterfly Genus, see Thessalia (butterfly. Zeus and Poseidon had been rivals for the hand of Thetis until Prometheus, the fire-bringer, warned Zeus of a prophecy that Thetis would bear a son greater than his father. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology In Greek mythology, Poseidon ( Greek:; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the Sea and as "Earth-Shaker" In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Προμηθεύς "forethought" is a Titan known for his wily intelligence who stole Fire from Zeus For this reason, the two gods withdrew their pursuit, and had her wed to Peleus. ^[3]

As with most mythology there is a tale which offers an alternative version of these events: in Argonautica (iv. The Argonautica ( Greek:) is a Greek Epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BCE. 760) Hera alludes to Thetis's chaste resistance to the advances of Zeus, that Thetis had been so loyal to Hera's marriage bond that she coolly rejected him. In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (ˈhɪərə or /ˈhɛrə/ Greek) or Here ( in Ionic and Homer Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology

The Education of Achilles (ca. 1772), by James Barry

According to the incomplete poem Achilleis written by Statius in the first century AD, and to no other sources, when Achilles was born Thetis tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx. James Barry ( 11 October 1741 &ndash 22 February 1806) Irish painter, best remembered for his six part series of Publius Papinius Statius (ca 45-96 was a Roman Poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature, born in Naples, Italy. However, she forgot to wet the heel she held him by, leaving him vulnerable at that spot. (See Achilles heel, Achilles' tendon. This article deals with the phrase For other uses see Achilles Heel. The Achilles tendon (or occasionally Achilles’ tendon) also known as the calcaneal tendon or the tendocalcaneous, is a Tendon of the posterior ) It is not clear if this version of events was known earlier. In another version of this story, Thetis anointed the boy in ambrosia and put him on top of a fire to burn away the mortal parts of his body. In ancient Greek mythology, ambrosia is sometimes the food sometimes the drink of the gods, often depicted as conferring ageless Immortality She was interrupted by Peleus and abandoned both father and son in a rage. ^[4]

However none of the sources before Statius makes any reference to this invulnerability. To the contrary, in the Iliad Homer mentions Achilles being wounded: in Book 21 the Paeonian hero Asteropaeus, son of Pelegon, challenged Achilles by the river Scamander. For the flower genus see Peony. Paionia or Paeonia (Παιονία was in ancient geography the land of the Paeonians In the Iliad, Asteropaios (Greek Ἀστεροπαῖος; Latin Asteropaeus) was the leader of the Trojan-allied Paionians along He cast two spears at once, one grazed Achilles' elbow, "drawing a spurt of blood. "

Also in the fragmentary poems of the Epic Cycle in which we can find description of the hero's death, Kùpria (unknown author), Aithiopis by Arctinus of Miletus, Ilias Mikrà by Lesche of Mytilene, Iliou pèrsis by Arctinus of Miletus, there is no trace of any reference to his invulnerability or his famous (achilles) heel; in the later vase-paintings presenting Achilles' death, the arrow (or in many cases, arrows) hit his body. The Epic Cycle (Επικός Κύκλος was a collection of Ancient Greek Epic poems that related the story of the Trojan War, which includes the The Cypria ( Ancient Greek: Kypria; Latin form Cypria) is an epic of ancient Greek literature that was quite Arctinus of Miletus or Arctinus Milesius (Ἀρκτῖνος Μιλήσιος was a Greek epic poet whose reputation is purely legendary as none of his works survive The Little Iliad ( Greek:, Ilias mikra; Latin: Ilias parva Arctinus of Miletus or Arctinus Milesius (Ἀρκτῖνος Μιλήσιος was a Greek epic poet whose reputation is purely legendary as none of his works survive

Peleus entrusted Achilles to Chiron the Centaur, on Mt. In Greek mythology, Chiron or Cheiron ("hand" was held as the superlative Centaur among his brethren In Greek mythology, the centaurs (from Ancient Greek: Κένταυροι - Kéntauroi are a race of creatures composed of part Human Pelion, to be raised. Pelion or Pelium (Πήλιο Pilio, Ancient/Katharevousa Πήλιον Lat) is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in central Greece ^[5]

Achilles in the Trojan War

The Rage of Achilles, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

The first two lines of the Iliad read:

μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος

οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί' Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε' ἔθηκεν,

Sing Goddess of the rage, of Peleus' son Achilles

the accursed rage that brought pain to thousands of the Achaeans. See also Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (or Giandomenico Tiepolo) or Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo, both sons of Giovanni Battista

Achilles is the only mortal to experience consuming rage (menis). His anger is at some times wavering, at other times absolute. The humanization of Achilles by the events of the war is an important theme of the narrative.

Telephus

When the Greeks left for the Trojan War, they accidentally stopped in Mysia, ruled by King Telephus. Mysia (Μυσία was a region in the northwest of ancient Asia Minor or Anatolia (part of modern Turkey) This article is about Telephus the son of Heracles. The name also refers to the father of Cyparissus. In the resulting battle, Achilles gave Telephus a wound that would not heal; Telephus consulted an oracle, who stated that "he that wounded shall heal".

According to other reports in Euripides' lost play about Telephus, he went to Aulis pretending to be a beggar and asked Achilles to heal his wound. Euripides ( Ancient Greek:) (ca 480 BC–406 BC was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens (the other two being Aeschylus Achilles refused, claiming to have no medical knowledge. Alternatively, Telephus held Orestes for ransom, the ransom being Achilles' aid in healing the wound. In Greek mythology, Orestes (in English /ɔ'ɹɛstiːz/ and in Greek,) was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon Odysseus reasoned that the spear had inflicted the wound; therefore, the spear must be able to heal it. grc-Latn Odysseus or la Ulysses ( Greek grc-Latn Odysseus; Latin: la Ulixes or more commonly Ulysses) oʊˈdɪsiəs Pieces of the spear were scraped off onto the wound and Telephus was healed. This is an example of sympathetic magic. Sympathetic magic, also known as imitative magic, is a type of magic based on imitation or correspondence

Cycnus of Colonae

According to traditions related by Plutarch and the Byzantine scholar John Tzetzes, once the Greek ships arrived in Troy, Achilles fought and killed Cycnus of Colonae, a son of Poseidon. Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus ( Greek: Μέστριος Πλούταρχος c John (Johannes Tzetzes (Ιωάννης Τζέτζης (c 1110 &ndash 1180 was a Byzantine Poet and Grammarian known to have lived at Constantinople In Greek mythology, four people were known as Cycnus or Cygnus. Cycnus was invulnerable, except for his head. ^[6]

Troilus

According to Dares Phrygius' Account of the Destruction of Troy,^[7] the Latin summary through which the story of Achilles was transmitted to medieval Europe, while Troilus, the youngest son of Priam and Hecuba (who some say was fathered by Apollo), was watering his horses at the Lion Fountain outside the walls of Troy, Achilles saw him and fell in love with his beauty (whose "loveliness of form" was described by Ibycus as being like "gold thrice refined"). Dares Phrygius, according to Homer ( Iliad, 59 527 was a Trojan priest of Hephaestus. Troilus (also Troilos, Troylus) ( Ancient Greek: Τρωίλος Troïlos Latin: Troilus is a legendary character associated with the story In Greek mythology, Priam ( Greek Πρίαμος Priamos) was the king of Troy during the Trojan War and youngest son This page is about the mythological figure for the Butterfly, see Morpho hecuba; for the Asteroid, see 108 Hecuba Ibycus ( Ancient Greek:) (6th century BC of Rhegium in Italy, was an Ancient Greek lyric Poet. The youth rejected his advances and took refuge inside the temple of Apollo. Achilles pursued him into the sanctuary and decapitated him on the god's own altar. ^[8] At the time, Troilus was said to be a year short of his twentieth birthday, and the First Vatican Mythographer reports that if Troilus had lived to be twenty, Troy would have been invincible. The Vatican Mythographer ( Mythographus Vaticanus) a major

In the Iliad

Achilles sacrificing to Zeus, from the Ambrosian Iliad, a 5th century illuminated manuscript. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology The Ambrosian Iliad (Milan Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Cod F 205 Inf

Main article: Iliad

Homer's Iliad is the most famous narrative of Achilles' deeds in the Trojan War. The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her The Homeric epic only covers a few weeks of the war, and does not narrate Achilles' death. It begins with Achilles' withdrawal from battle after he is dishonored by Agamemnon, the commander of the Achaean forces. In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (very resolute / ( ancient Greek:) is a hero, the son of King Atreus of Mycenae Agamemnon had taken a woman named Chryseis as his slave. In Greek mythology, Chryseis ( Greek: Χρύσηίς Khrysēís) was a Trojan woman the daughter of Chryses. Her father Chryses, a priest of Apollo, begged Agamemnon to return her to him. In Greek mythology, Chryses ( English: /'krai siz/ Greek: Χρύσης Khrýsēs) was a priest of Apollo at Chryse near the Agamemnon refused and Apollo sent a plague amongst the Greeks. The prophet Calchas correctly determined the source of the troubles but would not speak unless Achilles vowed to protect him. In Greek mythology, Calchas ("bronze-man" son of Thestor was a Argive Seer, with a gift for interpreting the flight of birds that he received Achilles did so and Calchas declared Chryseis must be returned to her father. Agamemnon consented, but then commanded that Achilles' battle prize Briseis be brought to replace Chryseis. In Greek mythology, Brisēís ( Greek Βρισηίς was a Trojan widow (from Lyrnessus) Angry at the dishonor (and as he says later, because he loved Briseis)^[9] and at the urging of Thetis, Achilles refused to fight or lead his troops alongside the other Greek forces.

As the battle turned against the Greeks, Nestor declared that had Agamemnon not angered Achilles, the Trojans would not be winning and urged Agamemnon to appease Achilles. In Greek mythology, Nestor of Gerênia ( Greek: Νέστωρ) was the son of Neleus and Chloris, and the King of Pylos. Agamemnon agreed and sent Odysseus and two other chieftains to Achilles with the offer of the return of Briseis and other gifts. grc-Latn Odysseus or la Ulysses ( Greek grc-Latn Odysseus; Latin: la Ulixes or more commonly Ulysses) oʊˈdɪsiəs Achilles refused and urged the Greeks to sail home as he was planning to do.

Eventually, however, hoping to retain glory despite his absence from the battle, Achilles prayed to his mother Thetis, asking her to plead with Zeus to allow the Trojans to push back the Greek forces.

The Trojans, led by Hector, subsequently pushed the Greek army back toward the beaches and assaulted the Greek ships. In Greek mythology, Hectōr ( "holding fast" or Hektōr, is a Trojan prince and one of the greatest fighters in the With the Greek forces on the verge of absolute destruction, Achilles consented to Patroclus leading the Myrmidons into battle, though Achilles would remain at his camp. The Myrmidons (or Myrmidones; Greek: Μυρμιδόνες were an ancient nation of Greek mythology. Patroclus succeeded in pushing the Trojans back from the beaches, but was killed by Hector before he could lead a proper assault on the city of Troy.

Achilles versus Hector

Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector's lifeless body in front of the Gates of Troy. Troy ( Greek: grc Τροία Troia, also, Ilion; Latin: Trōia, Īlium, Hittite: Wilusa or (From a panoramic fresco on the upper level of the main hall of the Achilleion)

After receiving the news of the death of Patroclus from Antilochus, the son of Nestor, Achilles grieved over his friend and held many funeral games in his honor. In its most general sense a panorama is any wide view of a physical space Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or Achilleion ( Greek: Αχίλλειο or Αχίλλειον) is a palace built in Corfu by Empress (Kaiserin of Austria Elisabeth of Bavaria In Greek mythology, Antilochus (also transliterated as Antílokhos) was the son of Nestor, king of Pylos. His mother Thetis came to comfort the distraught Achilles. She persuaded Hephaestus to make new armor for him, in place of the armor that Patroclus had been wearing which was taken by Hector. Hephaestus (hɨˈfiːstəs or /hɨˈfɛstəs/ Greek Hēphaistos) was a Greek god whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan. In Greek mythology, Hectōr ( "holding fast" or Hektōr, is a Trojan prince and one of the greatest fighters in the The new armor included the Shield of Achilles, described in great detail by the poet. This article is about the shield of Achilles For the poems by W

Enraged over the death of Patroclus, Achilles ended his refusal to fight and took the field killing many men in his rage but always seeking out Hector. Achilles even engaged in battle with the river god Scamander who became angry that Achilles was choking his waters with all the men he killed. In Greek mythology, Scamander ( Skamandros) was a river god son of Oceanus and Tethys according to Hesiod. The god tried to drown Achilles but was stopped by Hera and Hephaestus. In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (ˈhɪərə or /ˈhɛrə/ Greek) or Here ( in Ionic and Homer Zeus himself took note of Achilles' rage and sent the gods to restrain him so that he would not go on to sack Troy itself, seeming to show that the unhindered rage of Achilles could defy fate itself as Troy was not meant to be destroyed yet. Finally Achilles found his prey. Achilles chased Hector around the wall of Troy three times before Athena, in the form of Hector's favorite and dearest brother, Deiphobus, persuaded Hector to fight face to face. ATHENA was an Antimatter research project that took place at the AD Ring at CERN. List of King Priam's children In Greek mythology, Deiphobus was a son of Priam and Hecuba. After Hector realized the trick, he knew his death was inevitable. Hector, wanting to go down fighting, charged at Achilles with his only weapon, his sword. Achilles got his vengeance, killing Hector with a blow to the neck. He then tied Hector's body to his chariot and dragged it around the battlefield for nine days. The chariot is the earliest and simplest type of Carriage, used in both peace and war as the chief vehicle of many ancient peoples

With the assistance of the god Hermes, Hector's father, Priam, went to Achilles' tent and convinced Achilles to permit him to allow Hector his funeral rites. Hermes ( Greek,, ˈhɝmiːz in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them of Shepherds and The final passage in the Iliad is Hector's funeral, after which the doom of Troy is just a matter of time.

Penthesilea

Achilles, after his temporary truce with Priam, fought and killed the Amazonian warrior queen Penthesilea. The Amazons (in Greek, grc Ἀμαζόνες are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical and Greek mythology, who were possibly historical In Greek mythology, Penthesilea (Greek Πενθεσίλεια or Penthesileia was an Amazonian queen daughter of Ares and Otrera

Memnon, and the death of Achilles

Achilles dying in the gardens of the Achilleion in Corfu

Following the death of Patroclus, Achilles's closest companion was Nestor's son Antilochus. Corfu (Κέρκυρα Kérkyra, ˈkʲe̞ɾkʲiɾa Κέρκυρα or Κόρκυρα Corcyra Corfù is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea Corfu (Κέρκυρα Kérkyra, ˈkʲe̞ɾkʲiɾa Κέρκυρα or Κόρκυρα Corcyra Corfù is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea In Greek mythology, Antilochus (also transliterated as Antílokhos) was the son of Nestor, king of Pylos. When Memnon of Ethiopia killed Antilochus, Achilles was once again drawn onto the battlefield to seek revenge. NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page The fight between Achilles and Memnon over Antilochus echoes that of Achilles and Hector over Patroclus, except that Memnon (unlike Hector) was also the son of a goddess.

Many Homeric scholars argued that episode inspired many details in the Iliad's description of the death of Patroclus and Achilles' reaction to it. The episode then formed the basis of the cyclic epic Aethiopis, which was composed after the Iliad, possibly in the 7th century BC. The Epic Cycle (Επικός Κύκλος was a collection of Ancient Greek Epic poems that related the story of the Trojan War, which includes the The Aethiopis is now lost, except for scattered fragments quoted by later authors.

As predicted by Hector with his dying breath, Achilles was thereafter killed by Paris—either by an arrow (to the heel according to Statius), or in an older version by a knife to the back while visiting Polyxena, a princess of Troy. In Greek mythology, Hectōr ( "holding fast" or Hektōr, is a Trojan prince and one of the greatest fighters in the See List of King Priam's children Paris ( Greek:; also known as Alexander or Alexandros, c Publius Papinius Statius (ca 45-96 was a Roman Poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature, born in Naples, Italy. For the Christian Saint please see Acts of Xanthippe Polyxena and Rebecca Polyxena (pəˈlɪksɪnə was known to be a beautiful In some versions, the god Apollo guided Paris' arrow.

Ajax carries off the body of Achilles: Attic black-figure lekythos, ca. Attica (Αττική Attikí;) is a periphery (subdivision in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece A lekythos (plural lekythoi) is a type of Greek pottery used for storing oil especially olive oil 510 BCE, from Sicily (Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich

Both versions conspicuously deny the killer any sort of valor owing to the common conception that Paris was a coward and not the man his brother Hector was, and Achilles remained undefeated on the battlefield. The Staatliche Antikensammlungen (State Collections of Antiques in the Kunstareal of Munich is a museum for the Bavarian state's antique collections for His bones were mingled with those of Patroclus, and funeral games were held. In Greek mythology, as recorded in the Iliad by Homer, Patroclus, or Patroklos (Gr He was represented in the lost Trojan War epic of Arctinus of Miletus as living after his death in the island of Leuke at the mouth of the river Danube (see below). Arctinus of Miletus or Arctinus Milesius (Ἀρκτῖνος Μιλήσιος was a Greek epic poet whose reputation is purely legendary as none of his works survive For the Bulgarian island in the Black Sea and often referred to as Snake Island see St The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj

Paris was later killed by Philoctetes using the enormous bow of Heracles. In Greek mythology, Philoctetes (also Philoktêtês or Philocthetes, Φιλοκτήτης was the son of King Poeas of Meliboea In Greek mythology, Heracles or Herakles ("glory of Hera " or

The fate of Achilles' armor

Achilles' armor was the object of a feud between Odysseus and Telamonian Ajax (Ajax the greater). grc-Latn Odysseus or la Ulysses ( Greek grc-Latn Odysseus; Latin: la Ulixes or more commonly Ulysses) oʊˈdɪsiəs "Aias" redirects here For other uses of this name see AIAS and Ajax. They competed for it by giving speeches on why they were the bravest after Achilles and the most deserving to receive it. Odysseus won. Ajax went mad with grief and anguish and vowed to kill his comrades; he started killing sheep, thinking in his madness that they were Greek soldiers. He then committed suicide.

Achilles and Patroclus

Main article: Achilles and Patroclus

Achilles' relationship with Patroclus is a key aspect of his myth. The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is a key element of the myths associated with the Trojan War. Its exact nature has been a subject of dispute in both the classical period and modern times. In the Iliad, it is clear that the two heroes have a deep and extremely meaningful friendship, but the evidence of a romantic or sexual element is equivocal. The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Commentators from the classical period to today have tended to interpret the relationship through the lens of their own cultures. Thus, in 5th century BC Athens the relationship was commonly interpreted as pederastic. The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Pederasty or paederasty refers to an erotic relationship sexually expressed or not between an adolescent boy and an adult male outside his immediate family

The cult of Achilles in antiquity

There was an archaic heroic cult of Achilles on the White Island, Leuce, in the Black Sea off the modern coasts of Romania and Ukraine, with a temple and an oracle which survived into the Roman period. "Cult Hero" redirects here For the Cure sideproject called Cult Hero see I'm a Cult Hero Hero cults were one of the most For the Bulgarian island in the Black Sea and often referred to as Snake Island see St The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. An oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion an Infallible authority usually spiritual in nature ^[10]

In the lost epic Aithiopis, a continuation of the Iliad attributed to Arktinus of Miletos, Achilles’ mother Thetis returned to mourn him and removed his ashes from the pyre and took them to Leuce at the mouths of the Danube. The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Arctinus of Miletus or Arctinus Milesius (Ἀρκτῖνος Μιλήσιος was a Greek epic poet whose reputation is purely legendary as none of his works survive There the Achaeans raised a tumulus for him and celebrated funeral games.

Pliny's Natural History (IV. Naturalis Historia ( Latin for "Natural History" is an Encyclopedia written Circa AD 77 by Pliny the Elder. 27. 1) mentions a tumulus that is no longer evident (Insula Akchillis tumulo eius viri clara), on the island consecrated to him, located at a distance of fifty Roman miles from Peuce by the Danube Delta, and the temple there. A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a Mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves Peuce in ancient geography was an island located near one of the mouths of the Danube, in the Danube Delta in the Romanian portion of Dobrudja. The Danube Delta ( Romanian: Delta Dunării; Ukrainian: Дельта Дунаю Del'ta Dunaju) is the second largest delta Pausanias has been told that the island is "covered with forests and full of animals, some wild, some tame. Pausanias ( Greek:) was a Greek traveller and Geographer of the 2nd century CE, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus In this island there is also Achilles’ temple and his statue” (III. 19. 11). Ruins of a square temple 30 meters to a side, possibly that dedicated to Achilles, were discovered by Captain Kritzikly in 1823, but there has been no modern archeology done on the island.

Pomponius Mela tells that Achilles is buried in the island named Achillea, between Boristhene and Ister (De situ orbis, II, 7). Pomponius Mela, who wrote around AD 43, was the earliest Roman Geographer. And the Greek geographer Dionysius Periegetus of Bithynia, who lived at the time of Domitian, writes that the island was called Leuce "because the wild animals which live there are white. It is said that there, in Leuce island, reside the souls of Achilles and other heroes, and that they wander through the uninhabited valleys of this island; this is how Jove rewarded the men who had distinguished themselves through their virtues, because through virtue they had acquired everlasting honor” (Orbis descriptio, v. 541, quoted in Densuşianu 1913).

The Periplus of the Euxine Sea gives the following details: "It is said that the goddess Thetis raised this island from the sea, for her son Achilles, who dwells there. Periplus is the Latinization of an Ancient Greek word περίπλους ( periplous, contracted from periploos) literally "a sailing-around Here is his temple and his statue, an archaic work. This island is not inhabited, and goats graze on it, not many, which the people who happen to arrive here with their ships, sacrifice to Achilles. In this temple are also deposited a great many holy gifts, craters, rings and precious stones, offered to Achilles in gratitude. One can still read inscriptions in Greek and Latin, in which Achilles is praised and celebrated. Some of these are worded in Patroclus’ honor, because those who wish to be favored by Achilles, honor Patroclus at the same time. There are also in this island countless numbers of sea birds, which look after Achilles’ temple. Every morning they fly out to sea, wet their wings with water, and return quickly to the temple and sprinkle it. And after they finish the sprinkling, they clean the hearth of the temple with their wings. Other people say still more, that some of the men who reach this island, come here intentionally. They bring animals in their ships, destined to be sacrificed. Some of these animals they slaughter, others they set free on the island, in Achilles’ honor. But there are others, who are forced to come to this island by sea storms. As they have no sacrificial animals, but wish to get them from the god of the island himself, they consult Achilles’ oracle. They ask permission to slaughter the victims chosen from among the animals that graze freely on the island, and to deposit in exchange the price which they consider fair. But in case the oracle denies them permission, because there is an oracle here, they add something to the price offered, and if the oracle refuses again, they add something more, until at last, the oracle agrees that the price is sufficient. And then the victim doesn’t run away any more, but waits willingly to be caught. So, there is a great quantity of silver there, consecrated to the hero, as price for the sacrificial victims. To some of the people who come to this island, Achilles appears in dreams, to others he would appear even during their navigation, if they were not too far away, and would instruct them as to which part of the island they would better anchor their ships”. (quoted in Densuşianu)

The heroic cult of Achilles on Leuce island was widespread in Antiquity, not only along the sealanes of the Pontic Sea but also in maritime cities whose economic interests were tightly connected to the riches of the Black Sea. The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey

Achilles from Leuce island was venerated as Pontarches the lord and master of the Pontic (Black) Sea, the protector of sailors and navigation. Sailors went out of their way to offer sacrifice. To Achilles of Leuce were dedicated a number of important commercial port cities of the Greek waters: Achilleion in Messenia (Stephanus Byzantinus), Achilleios in Laconia (Pausanias, III. Stephanus of Byzantium, also known as Stephanus Byzantinus ( Greek:; fl Pausanias ( Greek:) was a Greek traveller and Geographer of the 2nd century CE, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus 25,4) Nicolae Densuşianu (Densuşianu 1913) even thought he recognized Achilles in the name of Aquileia and in the north arm of the Danube delta, the arm of Chilia ("Achileii"), though his conclusion, that Leuce had sovereign rights over Pontos, evokes modern rather than archaic sea-law. Nicolae Densuşianu (1846&ndash1911 was a Transylvanian-born Romanian Ethnologist and collector of Romanian Folklore. Aquileia (also called Aquilegia, Friulian Acuilee/Aquilee, Slovene Oglej) is an ancient Roman city in what is "

Leuce had also a reputation as a place of healing. Pausanias (III. 19,13) reports that the Delphic Pythia sent a lord of Croton to be cured of a chest wound. Delphi ( Greek,) ( pronounce and dialectal forms) is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western Ammianus Marcellinus (XXII. Amiricanus Gambilinus (325/330-after 391 was a fourth-century Roman historian. 8) attributes the healing to waters (aquae) on the island.

The cult of Achilles in modern times: The Achilleion in Corfu

In the region of Gastouri (Γαστούρι) to the south of the city of Corfu Greece, Empress of Austria Elisabeth of Bavaria also known as Sissi built in 1890 a summer palace with Achilles as its central theme and it is a monument to platonic romanticism. Corfu (Κέρκυρα Kérkyra, ˈkʲe̞ɾkʲiɾa Κέρκυρα or Κόρκυρα Corcyra Corfù is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie ( 24 December, 1837 &ndash 10 September, 1898) of the House of Wittelsbach, was the Empress Romanticism is a complex artistic literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europe, and gained strength during the The palace, naturally, was named after Achilles: Achilleion (Αχίλλειον). Corfu (Κέρκυρα Kérkyra, ˈkʲe̞ɾkʲiɾa Κέρκυρα or Κόρκυρα Corcyra Corfù is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea This elegant structure abounds with paintings and statues of Achilles both in the main hall and in the lavish gardens depicting the heroic and tragic scenes of the Trojan war. In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her

The name of Achilles

Achilles' name can be analyzed as a combination of ἄχος (akhos) "grief" and λαός (Laos) "a people, tribe, nation, etc. " In other words, Achilles is an embodiment of the grief of the people, grief being a theme raised numerous times in the Iliad (frequently by Achilles). Achilles' role as the hero of grief forms an ironic juxtaposition with the conventional view of Achilles as the hero of kleos (glory, usually glory in war).

Laos has been construed by Gregory Nagy, following Leonard Palmer, to mean a corps of soldiers. Gregory Nagy (pronounced /nadj/ born in Budapest Hungary, is an American professor of Classics at Harvard University, specializing in With this derivation, the name would have a double meaning in the poem: When the hero is functioning rightly, his men bring grief to the enemy, but when wrongly, his men get the grief of war. The poem is in part about the misdirection of anger on the part of leadership.

The name Achilleus was a common and attested name among the Greeks early after 7th century BC^[11]. The 7th century BC started the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC. It was also turned into the female form of Ἀχιλλεία,firstly attested in Attica,4th century BC, (IG II² 1617) and Achillia, a relief from Halicarnassus as the name of a female gladiator fighting, 'Amazonia'. Roman gladiatorial games often referenced classical mythology and this seems to reference Achilles' fight with Penthesilea, but give it an extra twist of Achilles being 'played' by a woman.

Other stories about Achilles

Achilles as guardian of the palace in the gardens of the Achilleion in Corfu. Achilleion ( Greek: Αχίλλειο or Αχίλλειον) is a palace built in Corfu by Empress (Kaiserin of Austria Elisabeth of Bavaria Corfu (Κέρκυρα Kérkyra, ˈkʲe̞ɾkʲiɾa Κέρκυρα or Κόρκυρα Corcyra Corfù is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea He gazes northward toward the city. The inscription in Greek reads: ΑΧΙΛΛΕΥΣ i. e. Achilles

Some post-Homeric sources claim that in order to keep Achilles safe from the war, Thetis (or, in some versions, Peleus) hides the young man at the court of Lycomedes, king of Skyros. Lycomedes (also known as Lycurgus) in Greek mythology, was the King of Scyros during the Trojan War. Skyros (Σκύρος is the southernmost Island of the Sporades, a Greek archipelago in the Aegean Sea. There, Achilles is disguised as a girl and lives among Lycomedes' daughters, perhaps under the name "Pyrrha" (the red-haired girl). With Lycomedes' daughter Deidamia, whom in the account of Statius he rapes, Achilles there fathers a son, Neoptolemus (also called Pyrrhus, after his father's possible alias). In Greek mythology, Deidamea (or Deidamia) was the daughter of Lycomedes, king of Scyros. Publius Papinius Statius (ca 45-96 was a Roman Poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature, born in Naples, Italy. In Greek mythology, Neoptolemus (also Neoptólemos or Pyrrhus; Greek Νεοπτόλημος "New War" was the son of the warrior Achilles According to this story, Odysseus learns from the prophet Calchas that the Achaeans would be unable to capture Troy without Achilles' aid. In Greek mythology, Calchas ("bronze-man" son of Thestor was a Argive Seer, with a gift for interpreting the flight of birds that he received Odysseus goes to Skyros in the guise of a peddler selling women's clothes and jewelry and places a shield and spear among his goods. When Achilles instantly takes up the spear, Odysseus sees through his disguise and convinces him to join the Greek campaign. In another version of the story, Odysseus arranges for a trumpet alarm to be sounded while he was with Lycomedes' women; while the women flee in panic, Achilles prepares to defend the court, thus giving his identity away.

In Homer's Odyssey, there is a passage in which Odysseus sails to the underworld and converses with the shades. The Odyssey ( Greek: Ὀδύσσεια or Odússeia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. One of these is Achilles, who when greeted as "blessed in life, blessed in death", responds that he would rather be a slave to the worst of masters than be king of all the dead. This has been interpreted as a rejection of his warrior life, but also as indignity to his martyrdom being slighted. Achilles was worshipped as a sea-god in many of the Greek colonies on the Black Sea, the location of the mythical "White Island" which he was said to inhabit after his death, together with many other heroes. Colonies in antiquity were City-states founded from a mother- City The Black Sea is an inland Sea bounded by southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and the Anatolian peninsula ( Turkey

Post-Homeric literature explores a pederastic interpretation of the love between Achilles and Patroclus. Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the Greek Pederasty, as idealised by the Greeks from archaic times onward was a relationship and bond between an adolescent boy and an adult man outside The relationship between Achilles and Patroclus is a key element of the myths associated with the Trojan War. By the fifth and fourth centuries, the deep — and arguably ambiguous — friendship portrayed in Homer blossomed into an unequivocal erotic love affair in the works of Aeschylus, Plato, and Aeschines, and seems to have inspired the enigmatic verses in Lycophron's third century Alexandra that claim Achilles slew Troilus in a matter of unrequited love. Aeschylus (ˈɛskɨləs or /ˈiːskɨləs/ Greek: Ασχύλος, Aischylos, 525 BC/524 BC 456 BC/455 BC was an ancient Greek Playwright Biography Early life Birth and family Plato was born in Athens Greece Aeschines (in Greek, 389&ndash314 BC Greek Statesman and one of the ten Attic orators. Lycophron was a Greek Poet and Grammarian (although the Oxford Classical Dictionary regards these as two different men

The kings of the Epirus claimed to be descended from Achilles through his son. The Principality of Epirus can also refer to the pashalik of Ali Pasha The Despotate or Principality of Epirus (Δεσποτάτο της Alexander the Great, son of the Epiran princess Olympias, could therefore also claim this descent, and in many ways strove to be like his great ancestor; he is said to have visited his tomb while passing Troy. Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' Olympias (in Greek, Ὀλυμπιάς; ca 376&ndash316 BC was an Epirote Princess, the fourth wife of the king Philip II of

Achilles fought and killed the Amazon Helene. The Amazons (in Greek, grc Ἀμαζόνες are a nation of all-female warriors in Classical and Greek mythology, who were possibly historical Some also said he married Medea, and that after both their deaths they were united in the Elysian Fields of Hades — as Hera promised Thetis in Apollonius' Argonautica. Medea (Μήδεια Mēdeia) in Greek mythology was the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis, niece of Circe, granddaughter of The Argonautica ( Greek:) is a Greek Epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BCE. In some versions of the myth, Achilles has a relationship with his captive Briseis. In Greek mythology, Brisēís ( Greek Βρισηίς was a Trojan widow (from Lyrnessus)

Achilles in Greek tragedy

Main article: Achilles (play)

The Greek tragedian Aeschylus wrote a trilogy of plays about Achilles, given the title Achilleis by modern scholars. Achilleis is the convenient modern designation of a trilogy of plays written by the Greek tragedian Aeschylus. Aeschylus (ˈɛskɨləs or /ˈiːskɨləs/ Greek: Ασχύλος, Aischylos, 525 BC/524 BC 456 BC/455 BC was an ancient Greek Playwright The tragedies relate the deeds of Achilles during the Trojan War, including his defeat of Hector and eventual death when an arrow shot by Paris and guided by Apollo punctures his heel. In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her In Greek mythology, Hectōr ( "holding fast" or Hektōr, is a Trojan prince and one of the greatest fighters in the See List of King Priam's children Paris ( Greek:; also known as Alexander or Alexandros, c Extant fragments of the Achilleis and other Aeschylean fragments have been assembled to produce a workable modern play. The first part of the Achilleis trilogy, The Myrmidons, focused on the relationship between Achilles and chorus, who represent the Achaean army and try to convince Achilles to give up his quarrel with Agamemnon; only a few lines survive today. ^[12]

The tragedian Sophocles also wrote a play with Achilles as the main character, The Lovers of Achilles. Sophocles (ˈsɒfəkliːz Ancient Greek, sopʰoklɛ̂ːs circa Only a few fragments survive.

Achilles in Greek philosophy

The philosopher Zeno of Elea centered one of his paradoxes on an imaginary footrace between "swift-footed" Achilles and a tortoise, in which he proved that Achilles could not catch up to a tortoise with a head start, and therefore that motion and change were impossible. Zeno of Elea (ˈziːnoʊ əv ˈɛliə Greek: Ζήνων ὁ Ἐλεάτης (ca As a student of the monist Parmenides and a member of the Eleatic school, Zeno believed time and motion to be illusions.

Spoken-word myths (audio)

Achilles in later art

Drama

• Achilles is portrayed as a former hero, who has become lazy and devoted to the love of Patroclus, in William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida. Pindar (ˈpɪndɚ (or Pindarus, Greek:) (probably born 522 BC in Cynoscephalae a village in Boeotia; died 443 BC in Argos) was an Ancient Aeschylus (ˈɛskɨləs or /ˈiːskɨləs/ Greek: Ασχύλος, Aischylos, 525 BC/524 BC 456 BC/455 BC was an ancient Greek Playwright Euripides ( Ancient Greek:) (ca 480 BC–406 BC was the last of the three great tragedians of classical Athens (the other two being Aeschylus Biography Early life Birth and family Plato was born in Athens Greece Publius Papinius Statius (ca 45-96 was a Roman Poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature, born in Naples, Italy. William Shakespeare ( baptised Troilus and Cressida is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1602
• Achilles is a major character in Paris, a musical based on the Trojan War written by Jon English and David MacKay which premiered in October 2003 in Australia.

Fiction

• Achilles appears in the novels Ilium and Olympos by science fiction author Dan Simmons. Olympos sequel on for example the true nature of Setebos the voynix or Odysseus' changing Olympos, Dan Simmons ' novel published in 2005 is the sequel to Ilium and final part of Ilium/Olympus duology Dan Simmons (born April 4, 1948 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American Author most widely known for his Hugo Award
• Achilles the novel by Elizabeth Cook
• Achilles appears in Dante's "The Inferno. "
• The Wrath of Achilles is a starship in 'Gene Rodenberry's Andromeda'
• Achilles appears in the novel "Inside The Walls of Troy", with emphasis on his relationship to Polyxena
• Achilles appears in the book trilogy "Troy" by the late heroic fantasy novelist David Gemmell
• Achilles is featured heavily in the novel "The Firebrand" by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The comic book hero Captain Marvel is endowed with the courage of Achilles, as well as other legendary heroes. Captain Marvel is a fictional Comic book Superhero, originally published by Fawcett Comics and later by DC Comics.
• Achilles is featured in the 1998 computer game Battlezone as a fictional planet orbiting Uranus It is destroyed at the end of the game.

Film

The role of Achilles has been played by:

• Gordon Mitchell in "Achilles" (UK) / "Fury of Achilles" (US) (1962)
• Piero Lulli in Ulysses (1955)
• Riley Ottenhof in Something about Zeus (1958)
• Stanley Baker in Helen of Troy (1956)
• Arturo Dominici in La Guerra di Troia (1962)
• Derek Jacobi [voice] in Achilles (Channel Four Television) (1995)
• Steve Davislim in La Belle Hélène (TV, 1996)
• Joe Montana (actor) in Helen of Troy (TV, 2003)
• Brad Pitt in Troy (2004)

Television

• In the animated television series Class of the Titans, the character Archie is descended from Achilles and has inherited both his vulnerable heel and part of his invincibility. Sir William Stanley Baker ( February 28 1928 - June 28 1976) known as Stanley Baker, was a Welsh Actor and Helen of Troy is a 1956 Warner Bros Epic film, based on Homer 's Iliad. Arturo Dominici ( January 2 1918 - September 7 1992) was an Italian actor and dubbing artist Sir Derek George Jacobi CBE (ˈdʒækəbi born 22 October, 1938) is an English Actor and Film director, knighted Joe Montana is an Actor, probably most well known for his role as Marine in The Bourne Identity ( 2002) Helen of Troy is a Television Miniseries based upon Homer's story of the Trojan War, as recounted in the epic poem, Iliad William Bradley "Brad" Pitt Pitt received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for his role in the 1995 film Twelve Monkeys Troy is an epic movie released on May 14, 2004 concerning the Trojan War. Class of the Titans is a Canadian animated Television series created by Studio B Productions and Nelvana.

Music

Achilles has frequently been mentioned in music.

• "Achilles Last Stand", by Led Zeppelin; from the album Presence, 1976, Atlantic Records. " Achilles Last Stand " is a song by English rock group Led Zeppelin, featured as the opening track on their 1976 album Presence. Led Zeppelin were Presence is the seventh studio album by English rock band Led Zeppelin, released by Swan Song Records on March 31,
• Achilles is referred to in Bob Dylan's song, "Temporary Like Achilles". Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major
• "Achilles' Revenge" is a song by Warlord. Warlord is an 1980s Heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California.
• Achilles Heel is an album by the indie rock band Pedro the Lion. Achilles Heel (also known as Pedro the Lion's Achilles Heel) is the fourth and final album by indie rock band Pedro the Lion. Pedro the Lion was an Indie rock band from Seattle Washington, and for over a decade the main creative outlet of singer/songwriter David Bazan.
• Achilles and his heel are referenced in the song "Special K" by the rock band Placebo. Placebo are an Alternative rock band formed in London in 1994 currently comprising Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal and Steve Forrest
• "Achilles' Heel" is a song by the UK band Toploader. Toploader were an English Alternative rock band from Eastbourne, formed in 1997
• "Achilles" is a song by the Colorado-based power metal band Jag Panzer, from the album Casting the Stones. Jag Panzer is a Power metal band from the United States of America.
• Achilles is referenced in the Indigo Girls song "Ghost". Indigo Girls are an American Folk rock duo consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers.
• Song by Melbourne band Love Outside Andromeda called "Achilles (All 3)".
• "Achilles, Agony & Ecstasy In Eight Parts", by Manowar; from the album The Triumph of Steel, 1992, Atlantic Records. Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn New York. The Triumph of Steel was released in 1992 by Manowar. It is the only Manowar album to feature David Shankle and Rhino Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock
• Although not mentioned by name, "Citadel" (about the Siege of Troy) by The Crüxshadows mentions Paris' arrow 'landing true'. The Crüxshadows (pronounced as ˈkruʃædoʊz is an Independent music group from Florida.
• "Achilles' Wrath", a concert piece by Sean O'Loughlin. Sean O'Loughlin is an English Rugby league player He is a loose forward and also the current captain of Wigan Warriors.
• Achilles is mentioned in "Little Joanna" by McFly: "Achilles wears a necklace".
• Achilles is mentioned in the song "Third Temptation Of Paris" by Alesana. Alesana (ælɛsənɑː is an American Post-hardcore band from Raleigh North Carolina.

Namesakes

• HMNZS Achilles was a Leander class cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy in World War II. Design The Leander class was influenced by the ''York'' class heavy cruiser, and was an attempt to better provide for the role of commerce protection The Royal New Zealand Navy ( RNZN) (Maori Te Taua Moana, The Sea Army) is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including She became famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, alongside HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter. The Battle of the River Plate ( December 13, 1939) was the first major naval battle in World War II. Before the War Built at Vickers shipyard Barrow-in-Furness, England, she was laid down on 7 February 1933 launched on 1 March 1934 and completed on 12 April Design Exeter was ordered two years after her sister ''York'' and therefore her design incorporated improvements in the light of experience with the latter
• Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark, the grandson of the deposed Greek king, Constantine II

Quotes

If Achilles was anything, he was a man who believed his own press releases. Early life Crown Prince Pavlos was born on May 20, 1967 in Athens, to King Constantine II of Greece and Queen Anne Marie, by birth Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Early life Constantine was born at Psychiko, near Athens, the nephew of King George II and the second child and only son of the King's brother and
—Roger Ebert^[13], commenting on the classical depiction of Achilles's character and personality

Notes

References

• Homer, Iliad
• Homer, Odyssey XI, 467-540
• Apollodorus, Bibliotheca III, xiii, 5-8
• Apollodorus, Epitome III, 14-V, 7
• Ovid, Metamorphoses XI, 217-265; XII, 580-XIII, 398
• Ovid, Heroides III
• Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica IV, 783-879
• Dante, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, V. Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the The Iliad ( Greek: Ἰλιάς (Ancient Ιλιάδα (Modern is together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Homer ( Ancient Greek:, Homēros) is a legendary ancient Greek epic Poet, traditionally said to be the author of the epic poems the The Odyssey ( Greek: Ὀδύσσεια or Odússeia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. The Bibliotheca (in English: Library) in three books provides a grand summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic Legends Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD was a Roman poet known to the English -speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics including The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a narrative poem Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD was a Roman poet known to the English -speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics including The Heroides ( Her) (“The Heroines” or Epistulae Heroidum (“Letters of Heroines” are a collection of fifteen epistolary The Argonautica ( Greek:) is a Greek Epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BCE. The Divine Comedy

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External links

• The Story of Achilles and Patroclus
• Trojan War Resources
• Nicolae Densuşianu, Dacia Preistorică, 1913, I. Edith Hamilton ( August 12, 1867 - May 31, 1963) was a German-American classicist, Educator, and Writer Mythology Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes is a 1942 book written by Edith Hamilton. Nicolae Densuşianu (1846&ndash1911 was a Transylvanian-born Romanian Ethnologist and collector of Romanian Folklore. 4 Cult of Achilles: literary references to the island Leucos in Antiquity
• Gallery of the Ancient Art: Achilles