2007-02-02 15:00:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
mother's name is Tethys it was said that any man who bore a child with her the child would surpass him. so Zeus who had fancied her at one time stop chasing her cause after all that's how he gain power from his father.
Achilles as a baby was dipped in the river and was made indestructible and his only weakness was his heels where his mother held him.
he killed king Priam's eldest son hector in a battle to the death and then drug his body from his chariot. later he was killed by a arrow that struck him in the heel.
2007-02-02 17:09:55 · answer #1 · answered by suzy moon 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everything generally comes out of the Illiad, with some other little stories here and there.
2007-02-03 09:00:57 · answer #2 · answered by jerry 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Facts are going to be short in coming, since he mostly remembered in legends. Secondly, if you want stories of him, google is your friend. Takes some time and put some effort into your homework slacker.
2007-02-02 23:08:53 · answer #3 · answered by Brett B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he cannot be stabbed or shot except his heel. He died because someone shot an arrow to his heel. The idiom Achilles' Heel means weakness,
2007-02-03 01:34:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
My advice, read the Illiad and the Odyssey.
2007-02-03 00:48:07 · answer #5 · answered by Spartacus 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
These sites have a lot of information.
2007-02-02 23:09:09 · answer #6 · answered by irish1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look in Homer's "The Iliad"
2007-02-02 23:17:35 · answer #7 · answered by Flugs 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/achilles.html
2007-02-03 03:30:46 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋