death of Achilles

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The death of Achilles is a legendary episode from Greek mythology recounting how the nearly invincible hero of the Trojan War was ultimately killed, most famously by an arrow to his vulnerable heel.

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Achilles’ death 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Trojan War episode
episode in Greek mythology
mythological event
hasAntagonist Apollo NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
hasAssociatedDeity Apollo NERFINISHED
Thetis NERFINISHED
Zeus NERFINISHED
hasAssociatedPlace Leuke NERFINISHED
White Island NERFINISHED
hasCause arrow shot
divine intervention of Apollo
hasConsequence contest for Achilles' armor
creation of cult of Achilles
elevation of Neoptolemus as Greek hero
funeral of Achilles
lament of Thetis NERFINISHED
mourning by the Myrmidons
suicide of Ajax the Greater
hasCulturalLegacy idiom "Achilles' heel" NERFINISHED
symbol of fatal weakness
hasLocation Scaean Gate NERFINISHED
Troy NERFINISHED
battlefield near Troy
hasMainSubject Achilles NERFINISHED
hasMannerOfDeath killed by arrow
wounded in the heel
hasMotif divinely guided missile
hero slain by cowardly shot
invulnerable hero with single weak spot
tragic fate of greatest warrior
hasSource Aethiopis NERFINISHED
Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus NERFINISHED
Cypria NERFINISHED
Hyginus' Fabulae NERFINISHED
Posthomerica by Quintus of Smyrna NERFINISHED
later mythographic traditions
hasTime late phase of the Trojan War
hasVulnerability Achilles' heel
involvesBodyPart ankle of Achilles
heel of Achilles
partOf Trojan War NERFINISHED
precedes arrival of Neoptolemus at Troy
sack of Troy NERFINISHED
relatedTo Achilles NERFINISHED
Apollo NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
Thetis NERFINISHED
Trojan War NERFINISHED

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Aethiopis featuresEvent death of Achilles
this entity surface form: Achilles’ death
Posthomerica featuresEvent death of Achilles
Epic Cycle includesEvents death of Achilles