Greek mythology—greatest warrior of Greek in Trojan War.

Son of sea nymph Thetis and Peleus, king of Myrmidons of Thessaly.

As child, his mother dipped Achilles in River Styx to make him immortal.

Waters made him invulnerable except heel where his mother held him.

Fought many battles during 10-year siege at Troy.

Mycenaean king Agememnon seized maidens Brisel’s from Achilles, withdrew Myrmidons from battle and sulked in tent.

During Achilles’ absence, Trojans attacked Greeks and drove them into retreat.

Achilles consented to lending life-long friend, Patrocius, his armor to lead Myrmidons into battle.

After Patrocius killed by Trojan prince, Hector, Achilles returned to battle and slew Hector, and in triumph, dragged his body behind his chariot.

Later permitted Prium to ransom Hector’s body.

Achilles’ fought his last battle with Memnon, king of the Ethiopians.

After killing the king, Achilles led Greeks to walls of Troy, where he was mortally wounded in the heel by Paris .

Quarrel between Achilles and Agememnon, and the battle and ransoming of Hector’s body, can be found in Homer’s “The Iliad.”