Achilles' anger with Agamemnon is the main theme of Homer’s “Iliad” which recounts the last year of the Trojan War, during which Achilles first withdraws from battle and then, enraged by the …

Achilles' mother, the goddess Thetis, asked Hephaestus to forge a new armour to provide her son. The shield was described in detail by Homer in his epic Iliad, and it was said to depict a …

Patroclus' Death and Achilles' Return Desperate to repel the Trojans, Achilles' close friend and companion, Patroclus, dons Achilles' armor and leads the Myrmidons into battle. Patroclus is …

The last fight that Hector gave was against Achilles. However, when he saw Achilles and while he was ready to fight him, he suddenly was overcome with fear and started running. Achilles …

Now that Achilles was out of the action, the Trojans started winning battle after a battle, eventually driving the Greeks back to their ships and almost setting the ships on fire. Patroclus, Achilles’ …

While there, Achilles had an affair with the princess Deidamia; from this union, Neoptolemus was born. Helenus , a Trojan seer, was captured by the Greeks and was forced to tell them that …

Achilles took the priestess of Apollo, Briseis, as a trophy, but after Agamemnon claimed her for himself, Achilles decided not to help the Mycenaean king when the siege of the city started. …

Philoctetes was the son of King Poeas in Greek mythology, a Greek hero who participated in the Trojan War.He first appeared in the story of Heracles' demise; the great hero had worn the …

If we are to trust Odysseus’ words, after having met Achilles in the Underworld, he was surrounded by the ghosts of many other dead people; all of them wanted to tell him their …

This later became Achilles' doom, as a poisonous arrow shot by Paris and guided by Apollo during the Trojan War hit him in his heel and killed him. See Also: Aeacus, Endeis, Thetis, …