2006-11-08 21:20:39 · 10 answers · asked by thomas sts 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It's not Achillis... its Achilles, and he was a myth (he probably didn't exist). He surely was in myth the greatest warrior alive at the time of the Trojan War, but he even was NOT the greatest hero of Greco-roman myth. That honor is for Heracles (Hercules in latin), who ended up becoming a god.
In real life, it would be difficult to pinpoint a particular warrior of note. Remember that for strategic reasons, as armies became more and more professional, many commanders didn't fight in the first line (although they certainly risked life), so a warrior who could defeat all others in single combat is impossible to know.
It is easier to identify great warriors in cultures and non-professional armies where the commander did fight in the first line than on those where he was not.
Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Hannibal, Pirrus, Malborough, Lee are certainly some of the greatest generals in history, but not necesarily warriors (they risked life and got injuries in battle, but they were not first line warriors).
Instead, people like Tutmes III, Leonidas the Spartan, Pericles, Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Richard the Lion Hearted, Edward the Black Prince, etc. DID fight in the first line of their armies, and would probably show above average fighting skills aside from leadership.
2006-11-09 04:23:22 · answer #1 · answered by Historygeek 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Achillis was no more greater a warrior than any of the other Heroes written about in ancient times - don't believe all that you read!
2006-11-09 05:35:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on! There never was an Achilles - The name comes from a story about the trojan war.
A real for sure historical person was either Alexander the Great or Genghis Khan. Take your pick one had the greatest empire before Christ, the other conquered all of Asia and part of Europe around 900 years ago.
2006-11-09 05:34:41 · answer #3 · answered by luosechi 駱士基 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only in myth, the one in recorded history is....hmmm, don't know, i only know the generals of recorded history. How about the guy who defended the pass at Thermopolye (sp.) with 300 Greeks against the persians? Or Michel Witman, the Panzer ace who once stopped an entire Canadian division outside of Caen during the Normandy Invasion with his lone Tiger tank? Or Crazy Horse and his Sioux/Cheyenne warriors, who wiped out Custer's 7th Cavalry? Or Attila the Hun (did he fight?).
2006-11-09 18:44:36 · answer #4 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Alexander the Great was to my knowledge, also Hannibal from Carthage during the Second Punic war crossing the Alps with elephants and thousands of soldiers
2006-11-09 08:23:53 · answer #5 · answered by pelancha 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the Greek legend Iliad yes but I am not sure that he actually existed.
For real persons, i think that chinggis Khan and Alexander the great
were the most important
2006-11-09 05:32:26 · answer #6 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Greek myths of that time he must have been the greatest warrior of all time but since we don't know where history ends and where the myth begins we can assume that he was the greatest of his time.
2006-11-09 08:52:55 · answer #7 · answered by eratkos7 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WELL HE WASN'T!
if you want to see things from an myth corner it was HERACLES!
but real life!
think about:Alexander the great,Hannibal,Julius Caesar,chingass Kan,Napoleon!
I'm quite shure that is an order in history!
2006-11-09 13:47:50 · answer #8 · answered by witch_dea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Damn I hope so....besides no other warriors come to mind right now
2006-11-09 05:25:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, because he died. :)
2006-11-09 05:32:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋