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Achilles

Achilles was the leading warrior of the Greeks in the Trojan War

Achilles preferred a short and glorious life to a long unremarkable one, so he gave his all in the Trojan War.
Achilles tending Patroclus' wounds from a red-figure kylix by the Sosias Painter from about 500 B.C.

Achilles tending Patroclus' wounds from a red-figure kylix by the Sosias Painter from about 500 B.C. in the Staatliche museum in Berlin.

Public Domain. Courtesy of Wikipedia. In the Staatliche Museen, Antikenabteilung, Berlin.
Achilles, leader of the Myrmidons, was the greatest warrior of the Greeks, but he refused to fight for them after the head king, Agamemnon, took his war prize Briseis. Achilles' friend Patroclus fought, though. Here Achilles bandages a wound Patroculs suffered.

When Patroclus fought in Achilles' armor, he commanded the attention of the Trojans. The greatest of the Trojans, Hector killed Patroclus. In order to avenge the death of Patroclus, Achilles re-joined the fighting.

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