- Son of Peleus and sea nymph, Thetis
- Kept back from Troy by his mother because she knew he would die there
- Sent to the court of Lycomedes, wore women's clothes, and hid with maidens
- Found out by Odysseus and taken to Troy
- Quarreled with Agamemnon over Chryseis
- Has his honor taken away by Agamemnon when he takes away his prize of honor, the maiden, Briseis
- His mother was angry as well and went to heaven to ask Zeus to give the Trojans the victory so Achilles would have nothing more to do with the Greeks
- Zeus had the Greeks attack without Achilles, as that would make them inferior and they would lose
- Goes back to fight after hearing about death of companions
- Enraged, kills a large amount of people, including Hector
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles#mediaviewer/File:Triumph_of_Achilles_in_Corfu_Achilleion.jpg
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