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In Greek mythology, Achilleus ([akʰilˈleu̯s]; Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, romanized: Akhilleús), also spelled Achilles, was the son of Zeus and Lamia, and the main subject of a minor myth. [1] He is not to be confused with the more famous Achilles, the hero of the Trojan War.
Neoptolemus, son of Achilles and Deidamia, begat Amphialus by captive Andromache, daughter of Ēëtion. But after he heard that Hermione his betrothed had been given to Orestes in marriage, he went to Lacedaemon and demanded her from Menelaus. Menelaus did not wish to go back on his word, and took Hermione from Orestes and gave her to Neoptolemus.
Patroclus eventually dons Achilles' armor and scares the Trojans back as planned, and Patroclus also kills Sarpedon, a son of Zeus, but then Hector kills Patroclus. News of Patroclus' death reaches Achilles through Nestor's son Antilochus , which throws Achilles into deep grief.
In Homer's Iliad, the Myrmidons are the soldiers commanded by Achilles. [3] Their eponymous ancestor was Myrmidon, a king of Phthiotis, who was a son of Zeus and "wide-ruling" Eurymedousa, a princess of Phthiotis. In one account, Zeus seduced Eurymedousa in the form of an ant. [4]
Achilles: son of the sea nymph Thetis (daughter of sea god Nereus), and Peleus, king of the Myrmidons. Actaeon: son of Aristaeus and Autonoë, Boeotian prince who was turned into a stag by Artemis and torn to pieces by his own hounds. [2] Aeacus: son of Zeus and Aegina who was the daughter of a river god. He was the father of Telamon and Peleus ...
In Greek mythology, Achilles (/ ə ˈ k ɪ l iː z / ə-KIL-eez) or Achilleus (Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, romanized: Achilleús) was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors. The central character in Homer's Iliad, he was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia and famous ...
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Menoetius was the son of Actor, [15] king of Opus in Locris, by Aegina, daughter of Asopus. Patroclus was Achilles's first cousin once removed through their paternal family connection to Aegina, as Achilles was the son of Peleus and grandson of Aeacus, son of Aegina by Zeus.