Facts about Achilles in Greek Mythology

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   Born of the sea-nymph Thetis and the mortal king Peleus, Achilles was raised and tutored by the centaur Chiron on Mount Pelion.

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   After Hector's death, Achilles was killed by an arrow shot by Paris, guided to his vulnerable heel by the god Apollo.

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   In the Iliad, Achilles' close companion Patroclus was killed by Hector after donning Achilles' armor to rally the Greek forces.

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   Achilles was the central warrior of Homer's Iliad, whose rage at Agamemnon over the captive Briseis drives the epic's plot.

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   The hero Achilles was said to be invulnerable everywhere except his heel, the spot where his mother Thetis held him when dipping him in the River Styx.

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