Actaeon heard his hunting dogs, called them, turned into a deer and was killed by his own dogs. Artemis saw him and told him never to speak again or she would change him into a deer. “Achilles’ heel” is a popular idiom based on Greek mythology: Achilles was dipped by his heel into the river Styx to make him immortal but the water did not touch his heel which remained mortal and he was killed by an arrow to his “Achilles’ heel”.Īctaeon accidentally saw Artemis naked while she was bathing in the woods and was captivated by her beauty. When Achilles was cremated his ashes were mixed with Patroclus‘ ashes. Paris, Hector’s brother kills Achilles with an arrow to his “Achilles’ heel”.

Achilles become a Trojan war 95* hero after slaying Hector, the Trojan prince, as revenge for killing his best friend the Trojan prince. In order to make Achilles immortal Thetis dipped him in the river Styx holding him by his heel which did not touch the water and his heel remained his mortal weakness (there are other stories). Peleus (mortal) and nymph Thetis (nymph, minor sea goddess). Greek Gods and Goddesses beginning with A

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