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Peleus and Thetis bore a son, whom they named Achilles. It was foretold that he would either die of old age after an uneventful life, or die young in a battlefield and gain immortality through poetry. [25] Furthermore, when Achilles was nine years old, Calchas had prophesied that Troy could not again fall without his help. [26]
In the 2004 Hollywood film Troy, the character Paris was played by actor Orlando Bloom. He is not killed by Philoctetes in this version, but leaves the falling city of Troy together with Helen and survives. Paris is portrayed as an irresponsible prince who put his romance before his family and country.
Hector of Troy is a Trojan prince and warrior. He is the first-born son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, making him a prince of the royal house and heir to his father's throne. Hector weds Andromache, the mother of his first and only son, Scamandrius, whom the people of Troy know as Astyanax.
In some versions, Cassandra intentionally left a chest behind in Troy, with a curse on whichever Greek opened it first. [26] Inside the chest was an image of Dionysus, made by Hephaestus and presented to the Trojans by Zeus. It was given to the Greek leader Eurypylus as a part of his share of the victory spoils of Troy. When he opened the chest ...
After the defeat of Troy in the Trojan War, the elderly Anchises was carried from the burning city by his son Aeneas, accompanied by Aeneas' wife Creusa, who died in the escape attempt, and small son Ascanius. [7] The subject is depicted in several paintings, including a famous version by Federico Barocci in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 (Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy). In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ə s / ih-NEE-əs, [1] Latin: [äe̯ˈneːäːs̠]; from Ancient Greek: Αἰνείας, romanized: Aineíās) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). [2]
Patroclus defied Achilles's order and pursued the Trojans back to the gates of Troy. [22] Patroclus killed many Trojans and Trojan allies, including a son of Zeus, Sarpedon. [21]: p. 363, book 16, line 460 While fighting, Patroclus's wits were removed by Apollo, after which the spear of Euphorbos hit Patroclus. [23]
Sinon as a captive in front of the walls of Troy, in the Vergilius Romanus, 5th century AD. In Greek mythology, Sinon (Ancient Greek: Σίνων, [1] from the verb "σίνομαι"—sinomai, "to harm, to hurt" [2]) or Sinopos [3] was a Greek warrior during the Trojan War. Engraving after frescos by the Carracci, 1663