Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
Achilles is the central hero of the Iliad, Homer's poem about the Trojan War. Son of the nymph Thetis and the mortal Peleus, he is the perfect warrior: fast, fierce, obsessed with Kleos, the glory that outlives death.
His story mixes near-divine power with certain death. One detail of the body, the heel, became the universal symbol of the flaw hidden inside strength.
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- 2Dipped in the Styx
- 3Anger, Patroclus, Hector
- 4The arrow in the heel
- 5A heel in everyday speech
Open-book quiz10 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary14 terms explained in a tap.
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