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  2. Achaeans (Homer) - Wikipedia

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    Homer mentions an Achaean attack upon the delta, and Menelaus speaks of the same in Book IV of the Odyssey to Telemachus when he recounts his own return home from the Trojan War. Some ancient Greek authors also say that Helen had spent the time of the Trojan War in Egypt, and not at Troy, and that after Troy the Greeks went there to recover her ...

  3. List of Homeric characters - Wikipedia

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    Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων), King of Mycenae, supreme commander of the Achaean armies whose actions provoke the feud with Achilles; elder brother of King Menelaus. Ajax or Aias (Αίας), also known as Telamonian Ajax (he was the son of Telamon) and Greater Ajax, was the tallest and strongest warrior (after Achilles) to fight for the Achaeans.

  4. Achilles - Wikipedia

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    The character Achilles in Ender's Shadow (1999), by Orson Scott Card, shares his namesake's cunning mind and ruthless attitude. Achilles is one of the main characters in Dan Simmons's novels Ilium (2003) and Olympos (2005). Achilles is a major supporting character in David Gemmell's Troy series of books (2005–2007).

  5. Achaeans (tribe) - Wikipedia

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    The Achaeans (/ ə ˈ k iː ə n z /; Greek: Ἀχαιοί, romanized: Akhaioí) were one of the four major tribes into which Herodotus divided the Greeks, along with the Aeolians, Ionians and Dorians. They inhabited the region of Achaea in the northern Peloponnese, and played an active role in the colonization of Italy, founding the city of ...

  6. Category:Achilles - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to Achilles, a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and the central character of Homer's Iliad. He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus , king of Phthia .

  7. Why Achilles tears are so devastating, and what's ahead for ...

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    The Achilles tendon connects the muscles in the back of the calf to the heel. Tears are usually painful and can affect a person's ability to walk. “It allows you to push off.

  8. Antilochus (son of Nestor) - Wikipedia

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    Antilochus' death was avenged by Achilles, who drove the Trojans back to the gates, where he is killed by Paris. [6] In later accounts, Antilochus was slain by Hector [ 7 ] or by Paris in the temple of the Thymbraean Apollo together with Achilles [ 8 ] His ashes, along with those of Achilles and Patroclus, were enshrined in a mound on the ...

  9. College Football Playoff: Who has best, worst path to ...

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    The SEC didn't get four teams in the field, but the Longhorns only lost to one team this year (Georgia), and they've got a very reasonable path to the semifinals as the highest-ranked at-large team.