Just got through watching Troy - you know Brad Pitt etc., etc., and the whole point about Achilles - was that when Achilles was born Thetis (his Mum) tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx. However, she forgot to wet the heel she held him by, leaving him vulnerable at that spot and hence we now know the saying 'achillies heel' etc., but in the film they neglect to show his Mum dunking him in the river and at the end of the film when he gets shot through the heel with an arrow along with about three other arrows to his stomach - the whole 'immortal' bit gets lots and it looks like he's died from his wounds to the stomach !
And that's a myth.
How about the Enigma machine that was taken from a german UBoat in the last war - in a recent American film it was shown that US troops did the daring commando raid - but it was infact British commandos - and that is fact not myth !
Isn't about time these damn yanks started telling things straight for a change ?
2007-02-21
13:06:42
·
9 answers
·
asked by
Anonymous