He was last seen on a spaceship with Elvis.
Paris killed him with a poison arrow to his heel
After his death, he became a demigod.
He still voted demicrat though.
He was real heel
Achilles was a real heel to women....
“What Happened to Achilles After the Iliad?”
He was pulled.
Changed his name to Dr. Scholl...
He limped?
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When the numerous legends become facts, print the numerous legends.
He was replaced by a strong female character so that ancient Greeks wouldn’t appear misogynist.
He slipped on a banana peel.
Achilles is the bane of aging athletes. Aging athletes often tear their Achille’s tendon when they least expect it. Jets fans beware. Jets QB Vinny Testaverde in his late 30’s suffered an Achilles tear at the beginning of the season The Jets season collapsed . Will it happen again with Aaron Rodgers?
‘The Song of Achilles’ by Madeline Miller is a good read. I enjoyed it.
She also wrote ‘Circe’ and ‘Galatea’ which are in my stack to read.
I can't count the number of times that's happened to me.
Stretching . . .
I don’t remember.
I last read it in 1963.
That is about 38 years ago, I calculate.
Au contraire, Achilles was an ******e. He was (almost) invulnerable, and like the baddest thug in the neighborhood he became full of himself and never walked away from a fight, because he (mistakenly) thought he could never lose.
The brave man in the Iliad was Hector, who missed his wife and went out to fight Achilles, who had come to him seeking vengeance for his buddy Petroclus.
Achilles didn’t make it quick either. He allowed Hector to take his best shot, laughing and mocking him. After Achilles killed Hector, he hitched his dead corpse behind his chariot and dragged it around in front of Hector’s wife.
Paris was the smart guy in the story. He gained intelligence via his sister, who had discovered Achilles’ vulnerability by asking around of the right people.
Paris happened to be an ancient Greek marksman, an archer. He played the tactical situation right and caught Achilles walking away, strung up his best broadhead in his 60-pund compound bow, and PMMP! (Proper mufflers on his bowstring)
Achilles was hit, DRT. He was no hero
He had it coming.
Hector, Paris, and Paris’ sister were the heroes of the Iliad.
Homer wrote it with the easily inferred moral: Don’t be this guy.
So my middle name is Achille, named after my grandfather’s first name.
I’m doing fine, living in the foothills of California.