[[Achilles]] was a [[Greek]] soldier, in [[mythology]], 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 [[Greek]] soldier, in [[mythology]], 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]]. |