User:Nurseyvonne713/Achilles (son of Zeus)
- Famously know for the "Achilles' heel" ,which anatomically is a tendon in your ankle, symbolizes a flaw or weakness someone can have in one's self.[1]
- Achilles is a Greek God; son of Peleus and Thetis.[2]
- Peleus is the kind of Myrmidons and Thetis is a sea nymph, nymphs are mediocre females associated with things in nature that grew.
- He was handsome, brave and one of the strongest warriors
- NOT the son of Zeus[3]
-Peleus sent son away to not die at a young age
-the central character for Homer’s epic poem The Iliad[4]
-The Achilles’ heel is from a non-Homeric episode where Thetis dipped Achilles in the River Styx to make him invincible [5]
- Peleus received a vision or oracle that his son Achilles would die at a young age fighting at Troy. So in order to do change that he sent him to the court of Lycomedes on Scyros where was made to dress like a girl to avoided detection.
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[edit]- ^ "Achilles - Greek Hero, Trojan War & Facts". History.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Achilles | Myth, Meaning, Significance, & Trojan War | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Achilles | Myth, Meaning, Significance, & Trojan War | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Achilles - New World Encyclopedia". www.newworldencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ^ "Achilles | Myth, Meaning, Significance, & Trojan War | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.