Achilles Greek Hero Achilles
Achilles was the leading hero of the Greeks in the Trojan War. Homer focuses on Achilles and his wrath in The Iliad.
Achilles Heel
Achilles Heel refers to the part of the anatomy by which Achilles was fatally injured.
Achilles Heel refers to the part of the anatomy by which Achilles was fatally injured.
Achilles - The Greek Hero Achilles
Achilles, the greatest hero of the Greek forces led the Myrmidons in the Trojan War.
Achilles, the greatest hero of the Greek forces led the Myrmidons in the Trojan War.
Peleus - Greek King Peleus
Peleus was the son of Aeacus, King of Aegina and the father of the great Greek hero Achilles.
Peleus was the son of Aeacus, King of Aegina and the father of the great Greek hero Achilles.
Thetis - Greek Nymph Thetis
Thetis is a nymph in Greek mythology and the mother of the Greek hero Achilles.
Thetis is a nymph in Greek mythology and the mother of the Greek hero Achilles.
Achilles
Short entry on Achilles. Includes small picture of Achilles.
Short entry on Achilles. Includes small picture of Achilles.
Achilles
Book review of Achilles. Elizabeth Cook's little story (barely over 100 pages for the story itself) gets to the heart of the participation of Achilles in the Trojan War.
Book review of Achilles. Elizabeth Cook's little story (barely over 100 pages for the story itself) gets to the heart of the participation of Achilles in the Trojan War.
Achilles Genealogy
Charts of the ancestors of Achilles going back through the gods to the beginning -- Chaos.
Charts of the ancestors of Achilles going back through the gods to the beginning -- Chaos.
Deiphobus
Glossary entry on the brother of Hector who helped slay Achilles.
Glossary entry on the brother of Hector who helped slay Achilles.
Heroic Behavior Then
A look at why Achilles was considered such a great hero.
A look at why Achilles was considered such a great hero.
Myrmidons
The troops that Achilles led to Troy were called Myrmidons -- Greek for ants. Find out why.
The troops that Achilles led to Troy were called Myrmidons -- Greek for ants. Find out why.
Olympics as Sublimated Warfare
In honor of his friend Patroclus, Achilles held funeral games (as described in Iliad.23).
In honor of his friend Patroclus, Achilles held funeral games (as described in Iliad.23).
Patroclus
Glossary identification of the man whose slaying by Hector led Achilles back into the Trojan War.
Glossary identification of the man whose slaying by Hector led Achilles back into the Trojan War.
Achilles
The page from Carlos Parada's site on the most important Greek hero of the Trojan War -- Achilles.
The page from Carlos Parada's site on the most important Greek hero of the Trojan War -- Achilles.
Achilles - Pictures
Pictures of Achilles on Greek vases.
Pictures of Achilles on Greek vases.
Achilles and Hector Picture
Achilles dragging Hector around the walls of Troy. Picture of a Greek vase showing the corpse of Hector dragged behind the chariot of Achilles, with the goddess Iris in the foreground and the parents of Hector, Hecuba and Priam to the left, and the shade of Patroclus to the right. English labels superimposed, and Greek labels for Patroclus and Hector on the original.
Achilles dragging Hector around the walls of Troy. Picture of a Greek vase showing the corpse of Hector dragged behind the chariot of Achilles, with the goddess Iris in the foreground and the parents of Hector, Hecuba and Priam to the left, and the shade of Patroclus to the right. English labels superimposed, and Greek labels for Patroclus and Hector on the original.
The Son of Achilles
Did Achilles have a son?
Did Achilles have a son?
Briseis - Who Was Briseis?
Briseis was a war prize Achilles and Agamemnon both wanted, but other than that the story of the Trojan War told by Homer is very different from the Warner Bros. version of Troy.
Briseis was a war prize Achilles and Agamemnon both wanted, but other than that the story of the Trojan War told by Homer is very different from the Warner Bros. version of Troy.
Was Achilles in the Trojan Horse?
In the Warner Bros. movie Troy Achilles lasts until the Trojan Horse. In the Iliad, he doesn't.
In the Warner Bros. movie Troy Achilles lasts until the Trojan Horse. In the Iliad, he doesn't.