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[[Image:Achilles.jpg|thumb|180px|''The Wrath of Achilles'' by François-Léon Benouville]]

[[Image:Achilles.jpg|thumb|180px|''The Wrath of Achilles'' by François-Léon Benouville]]

[[Achilles]] was a mythological [[Greek]] soldier, who lived around the 12th or 13th Century BC. He was the King of Pthia and leader of the Myrmidons who fought with him at Troy on the side of the Greeks against the Trojans in the [[Trojan War]]. He was the chief protagonist of the [[Iliad]] by [[Homer]]. He also features in [[Greek tragedy]], such as ''Iphigenia at Aulis'' by [[Euripides]].

'''Achilles''' was a mythological [[Greek]] soldier, who lived around the 12th or 13th Century BC. He was the King of Pthia and leader of the Myrmidons who fought with him at Troy on the side of the Greeks against the Trojans in the [[Trojan War]]. He was the chief protagonist of the [[Iliad]] by [[Homer]]. He also features in [[Greek tragedy]], such as ''Iphigenia at Aulis'' by [[Euripides]].

The overarching theme of the Iliad, according to its opening line, is the "wrath of Achilles". This arose in the final year of the Trojan War when [[Agamemnon]], the leader of the Greek forces, took the captive girl Briseis from the hero. Feeling slighted, Achilles withdrew from the war, leaving the Greeks short-handed against the Trojans. It was only when his companion Patroclus was killed in battle while wearing his armour that Achilles returned in a fury to exact vengeance on the Trojan prince and champion [[Hector]], whose funeral marks the end of the epic.  

The overarching theme of the Iliad, according to its opening line, is the "wrath of Achilles". This arose in the final year of the Trojan War when [[Agamemnon]], the leader of the Greek forces, took the captive girl Briseis from the hero. Feeling slighted, Achilles withdrew from the war, leaving the Greeks short-handed against the Trojans. It was only when his companion Patroclus was killed in battle while wearing his armour that Achilles returned in a fury to exact vengeance on the Trojan prince and champion [[Hector]], whose funeral marks the end of the epic.  

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==See Also==

==See also==

* [[List of military strategies and concepts]]: Achilles' heal

* [[List of military strategies and concepts]]: Achilles' heal

[[Category:Trojan War]]

[[Category:Trojan War]]

[[Category:Military Strategies and Concepts]]

[[Category:Military Strategies and Concepts]]