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Achilles is the central character of Homer’s “Iliad.”. In Pindar’s 8 th Isthmian Ode, you can read more about the prophecy surrounding his mother, and in Apollodorus all about how Thetis tried making Achilles immortal. Odysseus’ meeting with his ghost is narrated in the 11 th book of the “Odyssey.”. See Also: Peleus, Thetis ...
After Agamemnon demands Achilles' war prize, the maiden Briseis, as compensation for returning his own captive, Chryseis, to appease Apollo, Achilles feels dishonored and withdraws from battle. His absence has dire consequences for the Greek army, shifting the tide in favor of the Trojans. Patroclus' Death and Achilles' Return
Neoptolemus was the son of the hero Achilles and the princess Deidamia in Greek mythology. Achilles ' mother, the goddess Thetis, had foreseen that her son would die in a great war; afraid for him, she took him to the court of King Lycomedes at the island of Scyros, and disguised him as a woman. While there, Achilles had an affair with the ...
Hector was a prince of Troy in Greek mythology, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba. His wife was Andromache and they had a son, Scamandrius or Astyanax. Hector was considered the greatest warrior of Troy, but he did not approve of the war that had started between the Greeks and the Trojans. During the Trojan War, he was the leader of the Trojan ...
The Shield of Achilles is the shield that the Greek hero used during his duel against Hector, prince of Troy, towards the end of the Trojan War. Achilles had given his armour to his friend Patroclus, who died in the battle and the armour was taken by the Trojans. Achilles ' mother, the goddess Thetis, asked Hephaestus to forge a new armour to ...
One of the most well-known tales ever narrated (most notably in Homer’s “Iliad”), the Trojan War is undoubtedly the greatest war in classical mythology. Waged by an Achaean alliance against the city of Troy, the war originated from a quarrel between three goddesses (Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite) over a golden apple, thrown by the goddess ...
During the Trojan War, Patroclus was a valiant soldier. When the Trojans had taken the advantage and were threatening the Greek ships, Patroclus convinced Achilles to let him become the leader of the army and repel the enemy. So, Patroclus wore Achilles' army and led the soldiers to battle successfully. However, he did not listen to Achilles ...
When Polyxena told Achilles to meet her at the temple of Apollo, he trusted her, and there, he was ambushed by Paris and Deiphobus. They shot a poisoned arrow, which, guided by Apollo, found Achilles on his heel and resulted in his death. According to some sources, Polyxena killed herself out of guilt for Achilles' death.
Thetis was a sea nymph in Greek mythology, or according to some myths, one of the Nereids, the fifty daughters of the sea god Nereus and Doris. She was courted by both Zeus and Poseidon, but neither of them married her, out of fear of a prophecy that said Thetis ' son would surpass his father in glory. Instead, she married Peleus, with whom she ...
Paris was the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, who eloped with Helen, queen of Sparta, thus causing the events that led to the Trojan War. Before he was born, Hecuba saw a dream in which her child was a flaming torch. The explanation to the dream that was given by the seer Aesacus was that the yet unborn child would be the doom of Troy.
