Achilles - King of the Myrmidons - Greek Hero - Son of Thetis and Peleus - Trojan War - Homer's Iliad - Aged Alabaster Statue

Item Specifics

Condition: New, reproduction handmade in Greece.
Approximately
Height: 14 cm - 5.5 inches
Width: 17.5 cm - 6.8 inches
Weight: 600 g
Material: Alabaster

In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad. His mother was the immortal nymph Thetis, and his father, the mortal Peleus, was the king of the Myrmidons.

Achilles’ most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan hero Hector outside the gates of Troy. Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the Iliad, other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him in the heel with an arrow. Later legends (beginning with a poem by Statius in the 1st century AD) state that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel. Alluding to these legends, the term "Achilles heel" has come to mean a point of weakness, especially in someone or something with a strong constitution.