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'''Achilles''' was a [[Greece|Greek]] warrior who was most famous for participating in the [[Trojan War]], a conflict traditionally dated around 1200 BCE. A central character of the ''[[Iliad]]'', an epic poem by [[Homer]], he is considered the greatest warrior in the story.<ref>{{WP|Achilles}}</ref>
'''Achilles''' was a [[Greek mythology|mythical]] [[Greece|Greek]] warrior who was most famous for participating in the [[Trojan War]], a conflict traditionally dated around 1200 BCE. A central character of the ''[[Iliad]]'', an epic poem by [[Homer]], he is considered the greatest warrior in the story.<ref>{{WP|Achilles}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Mythology===
===Mythology===
Legend has it that he was invulnerable throughout his entire body except for one of his heels because when his mother, the [[Nereid]] [[Thetis]], dipped him into the river [[Styx]] as an infant so that he may become invincible, she held him by one of his heels.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref>
According to legend, Achilles was invulnerable throughout his entire body except for one of his heels because when his mother, the [[Nereid]] [[Thetis]], dipped him into the river [[Styx]] as an infant so that he may become invincible, she held him by one of his heels.<ref name="ACO">''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''</ref> In his childhood, his mother hid Achilles in the court of King [[Lykomedes]] of [[Skyros]], disguised as one of his daughters, in an attempt to protect him from his foretold fate.<ref name="Temple of Achilles">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations]] – Skyros: Temple of Achilles</ref>


In his childhood, his mother hid Achilles in the court of King [[Lykomedes]] of [[Skyros]], disguised as one of his daughters, in an attempt to protect him from his foretold fate.<ref name="Temple of Achilles">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Historical Locations]] – Skyros: Temple of Achilles</ref>
At some point, the [[centaur]] [[Chiron]] tutored Achilles as a young man.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – Elis: The Erymanthian Boar</ref>


At some point, the [[centaur]] [[Chiron]] tutored Achilles.<ref>''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]'' – Elis: The Erymanthian Boar</ref>
Achilles' lover and one of his closest friends was the [[Lokris|Lokrian]] [[Patroklos]], who was slain during the Trojan War and later appeared as a ghost to Achilles.<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>


Achilles' lover and one of his closest friends was the [[Lokris|Lokrian]] [[Patroklos]], who was said to have been slain during the Trojan War, and later appeared as a ghost to Achilles.<ref name="ACOd">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>
As a consequence of his invulnerability covering everything but his heel, he was ultimately slain by [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] when the [[Troy|Trojan]] prince loosed an [[arrow]] into his vulnerable heel.<ref name="ACO" />
 
As a consequence of his invulnerability covering everything but his heel, he was ultimately slain by [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] when the [[Troy|Trojan]] prince fired an arrow into his vulnerable heel.<ref name="ACO" />


===Simulation===
===Simulation===
In a simulation of the [[Underworld]] created by the [[Isu]] [[Aletheia]], Achilles was one of the four champions [[Hades]] tasked the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] to replace [[Cerberos]] as a guardian of the Underworld. Tracking him to the [[Hall of Maniai]], Kassandra engaged him in combat and bested him. Achilles then agreed to go and protect the [[Gate of the Glorious]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades]]'' – [[The Underworld's Fallen Guardians]]</ref>
In a [[Aletheia's simulations|simulation]] of the [[Underworld]] created by the [[Isu]] [[Aletheia]], Achilles was one of the four champions [[Hades]] tasked the ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] with enlisting Achilles to help fill in the late [[Cerberos]]' position as a guardian of the Underworld. Tracking him to the [[Hall of Maniai]], Kassandra engaged him in combat and bested him. Achilles then agreed to go and protect the [[Gate of the Glorious]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades]]'' – [[The Underworld's Fallen Guardians]]</ref>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
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===Renaissance===
===Renaissance===
Italian painter, {{Wiki|Giovanni Battista Gaulli|Gaulli Giovanni Battista}} painted ''The Quarrel Between Agamemnon and Achilles'' circa 1695, based on the scene in the ''Illiad'' wherein Agamemnon stole Achilles' war prize, a concubine by the name of {{Wiki|Briseis}} from him.<ref>''Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece'' – [[Tours: Mycenae#King Agamemnon|Mycenae: "King Agamemnon"]]</ref>
Around 1695, the [[Genoa]]n painter {{Wiki|Giovanni Battista Gaulli|Gaulli Giovanni Battista}} made ''The Quarrel Between Agamemnon and Achilles'', based on a scene in the ''Iliad'' wherein [[Agamemnon]] stole Achilles' war prize, a concubine by the name of {{Wiki|Briseis}}.<ref>''Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece'' – [[Tours: Mycenae#King Agamemnon|Mycenae: "King Agamemnon"]]</ref>


The Italian painter {{Wiki|Giovanni Battista Tiepolo}} produced a work of art inspired by the aftermath of Achilles' lover Patrokles' death entitled, ''The Rage of Achilles'' in 1757.<ref name="Glyph" />
===Modern times===
In 1757, the [[Venice|Venetian]] painter {{Wiki|Giovanni Battista Tiepolo}} made the fresco ''[[wiki:commons:File:The Rage of Achilles by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.jpeg|The Rage of Achilles]]'', inspired by the aftermath of Patrokles' death.<ref name="Glyph" /> In 1778, the French painter {{Wiki|Jacques-Louis David}} made ''{{Wiki|The Funeral Games of Patroclus}}'' which depicted the {{Wiki|athletic competition}}s held in Patroklos' honor; 10 years after its making, the [[Parisian Rite of the Templar Order|French Templars]]' [[Grand Master of the Templar Order|Grand Master]] [[François de la Serre]] had purchased multiple copies of reproductions that he displayed throughout the [[De la Serre family|family]]'s [[De la Serre estate, Versailles|estate]] in [[Versailles]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Memories of Versailles]]</ref>


===Modern times===
In 2012, Achilles was one of many historical people included in the [[Glyphs|Glyph]] puzzles the late [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Clay Kaczmarek]] had left behind in the [[Animus]] as messages for his successor [[Desmond Miles]] to decipher. Desmond later did in September of that year.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[The Desmond Files]]</ref> Desmond solved this puzzle, which was part of a set titled "Instruments of Power" where Achilles was excluded from the list of historical individuals revealed by Clay to have wielded a [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]].<ref name="Glyph">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #5: "Instruments of Power"</ref>
In 2012, Achilles was one of many historical people included in the [[Glyphs|Glyph]] puzzles the late [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Clay Kaczmarek]] had left behind in the [[Animus]] as messages for his successor [[Desmond Miles]] to decipher. Desmond later did in September of that year.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[The Desmond Files]]</ref> Desmond solved this puzzle, which was part of a set titled "Instruments of Power" where Achilles was excluded from the list of historical individuals revealed by Clay to have wielded a [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]].<ref name="Glyph">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #5: "Instruments of Power"</ref>


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
Achilles also spelt Achilleus (Ἀχιλλεύς) is an Ancient Greek name derived from [[wikt:ἄχος|ἄχος]] (''áchos'') "distress, pain, sorrow, grief" and [[wikt:λαός|λαός]] (''laós'') "people, soldiers, nation", resulting in a proto-form ''*Akhí-lāu̯os'' "he who has the people distressed" or "he whose people have distress".
"Achilles", also spelt "Achilleus" (Ἀχιλλεύς), is an Ancient Greek name derived from [[wikt:ἄχος|ἄχος]] (''áchos'') "distress, pain, sorrow, grief" and [[wikt:λαός|λαός]] (''laós'') "people, soldiers, nation", resulting in a proto-form ''*Akhí-lāu̯os'' meaning "he who has the people distressed" or "he whose people have distress".


When playing ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' as [[Alexios]], the [[armor]] set gained by completing [[The Heroes of the Cult]]-memory is called the [[Achilles Set]]. The [[Waistband of Achilles|belt]] of that set mentions how it was given to Achilles by his mother, the Nereid [[Thetis]].
When playing ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' as [[Alexios]], the [[armor]] set gained by completing [[The Heroes of the Cult]]-memory is called the [[Achilles Set]]. The [[Waistband of Achilles|belt]] of that set mentions how it was given to Achilles by his mother, the Nereid Thetis.


The mural featuring Achilles in ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' is based on the {{Wiki|File:Reconstruction of Nekyia by Polygnotus.JPG|reconstruction}} of [[Polygnotos]]' ''{{Wiki|Nekyia}}''.
The mural featuring Achilles in ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' is based on the {{Wiki|File:Reconstruction of Nekyia by Polygnotus.JPG|reconstruction}} of [[Polygnotos]]' ''{{Wiki|Nekyia}}''.
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
RageofAchilles.jpeg|''The Rage of Achilles'' by {{Wiki|Giovanni Battista Tiepolo}}
ACOd-mural-Achilles.jpg|A 5th century BCE mural featuring Achilles
ACOD FoA ToH Achilles.png|Achilles in the Hall of Maniai
ACOD FoA ToH Achilles.png|Achilles in the Hall of Maniai
ACOD FoA ToH Gate of the Glorious Achilles.jpg|Achilles at the Gate of the Glorious
ACOD FoA ToH Gate of the Glorious Achilles.jpg|Achilles at the Gate of the Glorious
DTAG Duel between Agamemnon and Achilles - Giovanni Battista Gaulli.jpg|''The Quarrel Between Agamemnon and Achilles'' by {{Wiki|Giovanni Battista Gaulli|Gaulli Giovanni Battista}}
ACOd-mural-Achilles.jpg|A 5th century BCE mural featuring Achilles
DTAG Duel between Agamemnon and Achilles - Giovanni Battista Gaulli.jpg|Battista's ''The Quarrel Between Agamemnon and Achilles''
RageofAchilles.jpeg|Tiepolo's ''The Rage of Achilles''
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{c|painting only}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{1st}} {{c|painting only}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{Io|painting}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{c|artwork only}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{Io|painting}}
**''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades]]'' {{c|simulation only}}
**''[[The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades]]'' {{c|simulation only}}
*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]''
*''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece]]''

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Achilles was a mythical Greek warrior who was most famous for participating in the Trojan War, a conflict traditionally dated around 1200 BCE. A central character of the Iliad, an epic poem by Homer, he is considered the greatest warrior in the story.[1]

Biography

Mythology

According to legend, Achilles was invulnerable throughout his entire body except for one of his heels because when his mother, the Nereid Thetis, dipped him into the river Styx as an infant so that he may become invincible, she held him by one of his heels.[2] In his childhood, his mother hid Achilles in the court of King Lykomedes of Skyros, disguised as one of his daughters, in an attempt to protect him from his foretold fate.[3]

At some point, the centaur Chiron tutored Achilles as a young man.[4]

Achilles' lover and one of his closest friends was the Lokrian Patroklos, who was slain during the Trojan War and later appeared as a ghost to Achilles.[5]

As a consequence of his invulnerability covering everything but his heel, he was ultimately slain by Paris when the Trojan prince loosed an arrow into his vulnerable heel.[2]

Simulation

In a simulation of the Underworld created by the Isu Aletheia, Achilles was one of the four champions Hades tasked the misthios Kassandra with enlisting Achilles to help fill in the late Cerberos' position as a guardian of the Underworld. Tracking him to the Hall of Maniai, Kassandra engaged him in combat and bested him. Achilles then agreed to go and protect the Gate of the Glorious.[6]

Legacy

Classic antiquity

Statue of Achilles outside the Temple of Achilles in Skyros

By the time of the Peloponnesian War, the northern region of the island of Skyros had been named after Achilles and the city hosted a temple dedicated to him on its fortified acropolis.[3] It was also the base of the bandit group known as the Dagger which worshipped him.[7]

According to Barnabas, the captain of Adrestia, Achilles' tomb was located on the island of Andros.[8]

In 48 BCE, a hunter bow named the Achilles Heel Seeker found in Egypt was marketed as based on the design of Paris' bow.[9] The Medjay Bayek of Siwa also found a shield which was claimed to have ultimately belonged to Achilles.[10]

Renaissance

Around 1695, the Genoan painter Gaulli Giovanni Battista made The Quarrel Between Agamemnon and Achilles, based on a scene in the Iliad wherein Agamemnon stole Achilles' war prize, a concubine by the name of Briseis.[11]

Modern times

In 1757, the Venetian painter Giovanni Battista Tiepolo made the fresco The Rage of Achilles, inspired by the aftermath of Patrokles' death.[12] In 1778, the French painter Jacques-Louis David made The Funeral Games of Patroclus which depicted the athletic competitions held in Patroklos' honor; 10 years after its making, the French Templars' Grand Master François de la Serre had purchased multiple copies of reproductions that he displayed throughout the family's estate in Versailles.[13]

In 2012, Achilles was one of many historical people included in the Glyph puzzles the late Assassin Clay Kaczmarek had left behind in the Animus as messages for his successor Desmond Miles to decipher. Desmond later did in September of that year.[14] Desmond solved this puzzle, which was part of a set titled "Instruments of Power" where Achilles was excluded from the list of historical individuals revealed by Clay to have wielded a Staff of Eden.[12]

Behind the scenes

"Achilles", also spelt "Achilleus" (Ἀχιλλεύς), is an Ancient Greek name derived from ἄχος (áchos) "distress, pain, sorrow, grief" and λαός (laós) "people, soldiers, nation", resulting in a proto-form *Akhí-lāu̯os meaning "he who has the people distressed" or "he whose people have distress".

When playing Assassin's Creed: Odyssey as Alexios, the armor set gained by completing The Heroes of the Cult-memory is called the Achilles Set. The belt of that set mentions how it was given to Achilles by his mother, the Nereid Thetis.

The mural featuring Achilles in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey is based on the reconstruction of Polygnotos' Nekyia.

Gallery

  • Achilles in the Hall of Maniai
    Achilles in the Hall of Maniai
  • Achilles at the Gate of the Glorious
    Achilles at the Gate of the Glorious
  • A 5th century BCE mural featuring Achilles
    A 5th century BCE mural featuring Achilles
  • Battista's The Quarrel Between Agamemnon and Achilles
    Battista's The Quarrel Between Agamemnon and Achilles
  • Tiepolo's The Rage of Achilles
    Tiepolo's The Rage of Achilles

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ Achilles on Wikipedia
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Origins
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Historical Locations – Skyros: Temple of Achilles
  4. ↑ Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – Elis: The Erymanthian Boar
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Fate of Atlantis: Torment of Hades – The Underworld's Fallen Guardians
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Kingfisher and the Robin
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Memories Awoken
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Achilles Heel Seeker
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Alexander's Shield
  11. ↑ Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece – Mycenae: "King Agamemnon"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #5: "Instruments of Power"
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Memories of Versailles
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – The Desmond Files

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