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Achilles is the grandson of Aeacus of Aigina and son of Peleus and the Nerei.d Thetis. He rules the Myrmidons of Phthia in southern Thessaly and is generally considered the best (
aristos
) of the Greeks in the Trojan War. In Homer’s
Iliad
he is said to have led fifty ships to Troy (2.681–685). The
Iliad
’s plot turns on his withdrawal from battle in anger at the Greek commander Agamemnon and his return to take vengeance on Hector for killing his close friend Patroclus. Many episodes in the life of Achilles, including his early life and death at Troy, were popular in Greek and Roman literature and iconography. Summaries of mythological events found in the life of Achilles can be found in the
Epitome
of Apollodorus and the
Fabulae
of Hyginus (1st century
bce
to 1st century
ce
). Reception of myths about Achilles has continued in post-antiquity.
Title: Achilles
Description:
Achilles is the grandson of Aeacus of Aigina and son of Peleus and the Nerei.
d Thetis.
He rules the Myrmidons of Phthia in southern Thessaly and is generally considered the best (
aristos
) of the Greeks in the Trojan War.
In Homer’s
Iliad
he is said to have led fifty ships to Troy (2.
681–685).
The
Iliad
’s plot turns on his withdrawal from battle in anger at the Greek commander Agamemnon and his return to take vengeance on Hector for killing his close friend Patroclus.
Many episodes in the life of Achilles, including his early life and death at Troy, were popular in Greek and Roman literature and iconography.
Summaries of mythological events found in the life of Achilles can be found in the
Epitome
of Apollodorus and the
Fabulae
of Hyginus (1st century
bce
to 1st century
ce
).
Reception of myths about Achilles has continued in post-antiquity.
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