Ἀχιλεύς

Ἀχιλεύς , Ἀχιλλεύς, ῆος, dat. -ῆι and -εῖ: Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis, king of the Myrmidons, and the hero of the Iliad, as announced in A 1. For his relations to Phoenix and Cheiron the centaur, see I; his destiny, Il. 9.410ff.; expedition against Troy, Il. 2.681; forays, Il. 9.328, Il. 1.392, Il. 2.690; death of Patroclus, Il. 16.827; μηνίδος ἀπόρρησις, Il. 19.56; Ἕκτορος ἀναίρεσις, Il. 22; Ἕκτορος λύτρα, Il. 24. The death of Achilles is mentioned in the Odyssey, Od. 5.310, Od. 24.37ff. Epithets, δαΐφρων, διίφιλος, θεοείκελος, θεοῖς ἐπιείκελος, πελώριος, ποδάρκης, ποδώκης, πτολίπορθος, ῥηξήνωρ, πόδας ταχύς, and ὠκύς. (See cut from Panathenaic Amphora.)