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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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The 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...
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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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"Iliadis I-XXIV / Homeri Opera" is a composition of volumes one and two of the Homeri Opera series by David B. Monro. The two volumes contain books I-XXII and XIII-XXIV of the Iliad hero myth in Greek, published in 1912 and 1920, respectively.
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ChicagoHomer and Monro, David B. Homeri Opera, Tomvs II / Iliadis Libros XIII-XXIV Continen: Recognovervnt breviqve adnotatione critica instrvxervnt David B. Monro, collegii orielensis apvd oxonienses praepositvs, et Thomas W. Allen, collegii reginae apvd oxinienses socivs. Vol. 2, Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis. 3rd edition [Editio tertia]. Edited by Thomas W. Allen. Oxford, England: Oxonii, e Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1920.