About this deity
Achilles (Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς) was a Trojan war hero who was half man, half deity. Achilles is best known for his fighting skills during the Trojan war where he slayed Hector.
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Parent belief system
Ancient Greek Religion · Polytheistic · 4 mythsThe ancient Greek belief system represents a collection of cultural myths and stories that date back to circa 1300-1200 BCE. Its pantheon of deities were widely known and written about in Greek texts. The Romans adopted many Greek beliefs and renamed the deities according to the Latin language. In contemporary...
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| Divine Comedy | The Iliad | |
| Afterlife myth | Hero myth | |
| Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri | Homer | |
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Mythological stories including Achilles
- Divine Comedy Afterlife myth
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Halfway through his life (age thirty-five), Dantes goes to the underworld to see hell before visting purgatory and then heaven.
- The Iliad Hero myth
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Achilles, half man-half deity, fought in the Trojan war for King Agamemnon and quarreled with him over a mistress, among other things. The war featured the Trojans against the Greeks and had lots of action where Achilles was the star. Achilles' close friend Patroclus died at the hands of Hector; consequently, Achilles slaughtered him in order to get his revenge. While not listed in the Iliad, sources say that Achilles suffered his tragic fate at the end of the war by Paris when he was shot with an arrow through the achilles heel. Achilles fulfilled the hero motif of living a short life of glory.
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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Achilles." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 10 Aug. 2019, omnika.org/stable/298. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
OMNIKA (2019, August 10). Achilles. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/298
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Achilles." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created August 10, 2019. Accessed January 20, 2025. https://omnika.org/stable/298.
