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Peter Paul Rubens has authored a series of works on the life of Achilles, comprising the titles: Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx, Achilles educated by the centaur Chiron, Achilles recognized among the daughters of Lycomedes, The wrath of Achilles, The death of Hector, Thetis receiving the arms of Achilles from Vulcanus ...
Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus ... Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles (2011) is a coming-of-age story told from Patroclus' point of view, ...
Neoptolemus does not appear on stage but his death at Delphi is described; Apollodorus' Library, in Book 3 and in the Epitome 5.10–12, 5.21, 5.24; The Aeneid by Virgil; Trojan Women by Seneca; The Posthomerica, an epic poem by Quintus of Smyrna; In Historia Regum Britanniae, he enslaved Helenus and other Trojans in revenge for the death of ...
Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes was the usual moment shown in art, here by Gérard de Lairesse. Rather than allow her son Achilles to die at Troy as prophesied, the nymph Thetis sent him to live at the court of Lycomedes, king of Skyros, disguised as another daughter of the king or as a lady-in-waiting, under the name Pyrrha "the red-haired", Issa, or Kerkysera.
Achilles consented, giving Patroclus the armor Achilles had received from his father in order for Patroclus to impersonate Achilles. Achilles then told Patroclus to return after beating the Trojans back from their ships. [21]: 353 book 16, lines 64–87 Patroclus defied Achilles's order and pursued the Trojans back to the gates of Troy. [22]
Achilles arms for battle and rallies the Achaean warriors. Agamemnon gives Achilles all the promised gifts, including Briseis, but Achilles is indifferent to them. The Achaeans take their meal; Achilles refuses to eat. His horse, Xanthos, prophesies Achilles's death; Achilles is indifferent. Achilles goes into battle, with Automedon driving his ...
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Achilles refuses, saying that there is "...no love between us. No truce till the other falls and gluts with blood" (Book 22, 313–314). After a short fight, Achilles stabs Hector in the throat, which results in his fated death. Hector then foretells Achilles' own death, saying that he will be killed by Paris and Apollo.