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Achilles
Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War
- Child of Thetis and Peleus
- Consort of Helen of Troy, Deidamia
Overview
Greek mythological hero of the Trojan WarWikidata record description. Read Achilles in the Wikipedia reader.
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 1
- Dates unrecorded king of Myrmidons
Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
The family as a list · 18
Kinship in an account 10
- child of (father) Peleus son of Aeacus in Greek mythology
- child of (child) Thetis Nereid of Greek mythology
- parent of (child) Euphorion figure of Greek mythology; son of Achilles
- parent of (child) Neoptolemus
- partner of Briseis daughter of Briseus in Greek mythology
- partner of (spouse) Deidamia Greek mythological figure, daughter of Lycomedes
- partner of Diomede
- partner of Helen of Troy daughter of Zeus in Greek mythology
- partner of Patroclus son of Menoetius in Greek mythology, a greek hero of the Trojan war
- partner of Penthesilea Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, daughter of Ares and Otrera
Family 8
- child of (child) Peleus son of Aeacus in Greek mythology
- partner of Briseis daughter of Briseus in Greek mythology
- partner of Deidamia Greek mythological figure, daughter of Lycomedes
- partner of Helen of Troy daughter of Zeus in Greek mythology
- partner of Patroclus son of Menoetius in Greek mythology, a greek hero of the Trojan war
- partner of Penthesilea Amazonian queen in Greek mythology, daughter of Ares and Otrera
- married to Helen of Troy daughter of Zeus in Greek mythology
- married to Deidamia Greek mythological figure, daughter of Lycomedes
In the texts
Works this figure appears in. A work’s date is the source’s, not this figure’s.
- Written 8th century BCE
Iliad
epic poem attributed to Homer - Written 1320 CE
The Divine Comedy
Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri
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