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The Iliad Study Guide

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by Homer
About 143 pages (42,900 words)
Iliad Summary

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Achilles

Son of the mortal Peleus and the sea goddess Thetis, Achilles is the best warrior at Troy. He leads the Myrmidons (from the Greek word for "ant," as their ancestors were created by Zeus from ants after a plague had depopulated part of the kingdom of Achilles' grandfather, Aeacus).

His mother dipped the baby Achilles in the River Styx, which made him invulnerable. But she forgot to dip the heel by which she held him, which left one place where a weapon could injure him: hence an "Achilles' heel" is a weak or vulnerable spot.

Thetis knew that her son was destined either to go to Troy, where he would die gloriously as a young man, or to live a long (but dull) life ruling over his people at home. To.....

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