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Achilles — Description

Nicknames:
Achilles
Achille
Achilles
Achilleus
Akhilleus
Titles:
Aristos Achaion
Swift-footed
Godlike
Pelides
Leader of the Myrmidon
Central figure of the Iliad
Occupation:
Warrior
Birth: 1250 BC
Death: 1216 BC
Impact:
Achilles was central figure in the Iliad that was created by a poet and philosopher Homer.
Iliad is about Achilles who fought for the Greek against the Trojan both were descendants from the Phoenician colonist during the chaos in the Middle East.
Trojan prince Paris took Helen from one of the Greek kings. The Greek form a coalition against Troy.
The Greek coalition failed to seige Troy cause of Paris brother hector who was fiercely unbeatable. hector challenge Achilles but he refused and decide kill his cousin and friend petroclus. Achilles thought that was insult and decide to challenge hector at Troy.
achiles defeated hector and carried him back to the Greek camps.
Hector father Priam cried in agony and beg hector to be buried in Troy, Achilles agreed and sent him back. After Odysseus noticed Priam came to the camp and decide to sent the Trojans a gift.
Achilles and several warriors hidden in the wooden horse to finally break the Trojan defenses. After Troy received the gift and party.
When it was quiet the Greeks break out and attack to seige the city. Helen of Troy and Paris fled while recruiting Paris sister Briseis by shooting Achilles at his heel and killed him. Which the phrase Achilles heel a place on the human body near the foot.
Iliad was written as a myth but the event was real. The story was exaggerated many people uses the book as some kind of pathfinder for there careers and future fortunes. It is still learned throughout the world. One of literature greatest master piece.
Many countries descendent from the Phoenicians like Roman, Greek, Macedonia, and Carthage to be descendants from Trojan or Achilles.
For the Roman and Carthage they claimed descendants from city state Troy to gain influence to increase there power and population. For the Greeks pythian claimed to be descendants of achiles cause he lived there for a time. For Macedonia Philip the Great is claimed his ancestors was Hercules. And Alexander the Great has both Achilles and Hercules blood.
The Illiad was so great as a book it cause empire like Carthage and Roman to fight each other for domination in mediterranean. It’s also predict wars laters years.