Did Achilles Fated To Die At Troy
English 101
July 12, 2011
Achilles Achilles, the Greek hero, is used allusively to represent great weakness. in Greek mythology, foremost Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and
Thetis). He was a formidable warrior, possessing fierce and uncontrollable anger. Thetis, knowing that
Achilles was fated to die at Troy, disguised him as a girl and hid him among the women at the court of
King Lycomedes of Skyros. He was discovered there by Odysseus, who persuaded him to go to Troy One of Lycomedes' daughters, Deidamia, bore Achilles a son, Neoptolemus. According to Homer, Achilles came to Troy leading the 50 ships of the Myrmidons. In the last year of the siege, when Agamemnon stole the captive princess Briseis from
July 12, 2011
Achilles Achilles, the Greek hero, is used allusively to represent great weakness. in Greek mythology, foremost Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and
Thetis). He was a formidable warrior, possessing fierce and uncontrollable anger. Thetis, knowing that
Achilles was fated to die at Troy, disguised him as a girl and hid him among the women at the court of
King Lycomedes of Skyros. He was discovered there by Odysseus, who persuaded him to go to Troy One of Lycomedes' daughters, Deidamia, bore Achilles a son, Neoptolemus. According to Homer, Achilles came to Troy leading the 50 ships of the Myrmidons. In the last year of the siege, when Agamemnon stole the captive princess Briseis from