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- Iliad :: Homer's Epic Poem of the Trojan War - Greek MythologyPatroclus' 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 slain by Hector, igniting a fierce desire for vengeance in Achilles. Overcome with grief and rage, Achilles reconciles with Agamemnon and returns to the ...
- Thetis - Greek MythologyThetis 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 ...
- Polyxena - Greek MythologyWhen 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.
- Neoptolemus - Greek MythologyNeoptolemus 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 ...
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