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- son of Aiacos, father of Achilles
- Son of
- 👤 Aiacos 👤 Endeis
- Father of
- 👤 Achilles 👤 Polydora (Phthian) 👤 Polymele (d. of Peleus)
- Husband of
- 👤 Antigone (Phthian) 👤 Thetis
- Has children with
- 👤 Antigone (Phthian) 👤 Thetis
- Leader of
- 👥 the Myrmidons
- Belongs to
- 👥 the Argonauts 👥 the Hunters of the Calydonian Boar 👥 the Myrmidons
- Eponym of
- 🌍 Pelousion (Egypt)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Phthia (Thessaly) 🌍 Dolopia (N. Greece) 🌍 Pharsalos (Thessaly)
- Creates
- 🏺 the Ash Spear of Achilles
- Kills
- 👤 Antigone (Phthian) 👤 Astydameia (d. of Cretheus) 👤 Eurytion (Argonaut) 👤 Phocos (Aiginetan & Phocian)
- Competes in
- ⏳ the Funeral Games of Pelias (Iolcos)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Icos (island)
- Has post-mortem existence at
- 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Icos (island)
- Weaponry
- 🏺 the Ash Spear of Achilles 🏺 the Sword of Hephaistos
- Related Entities
- 👤 Acastos (s. of Pelias) 👤 Achilles 👤 Actor (Argonaut) 👤 Admetos (Argonaut) 👤 Agamemnon 👤 Aiacos 👤 Aias (the greater) 👤 Aigina 👤 Alcestis 👤 Amphiaraos 👤 Amphitrite 👤 Amyntor 👤 Ancaios (Arcadian) 👤 Andromache 👤 Antigone (Phthian) 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Ares 🏺 the Argo 👥 the Argonauts 👤 Argos (s. of Phrixos) 👤 Artemis 👤 Ascalaphos (Orchomenian) 👤 Asterios (s. of Cometes) 👤 Astydameia (d. of Cretheus) 👤 Atalante 👤 Athena 👤 Augeias (Elian) 👤 Autolycos (s. of Hermes) 👤 Balios (horse) 👤 Bias (Argive) 👤 Boutes (Argonaut) 👤 Cadmos 👤 Calais 👤 Calliope (Muse) 👤 the Calydonian Boar 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👥 the Centaurs 👤 Cephalos (h. of Procris) 👤 Cepheus (Argonaut) 👥 the Charites 👤 Cheiron (centaur) 👤 Cleio (Muse) 👤 Demeter 👤 Dionysos 👤 Doris (Oceanid) 👤 Dryas (Calydonian?) 👤 Endeis 👤 Erato (Muse) 👤 Erginos (Argonaut) 👤 Eris 👤 Euippos (Aitolian) 👤 Euphemos (Argonaut) 👤 Euryalos (Argonaut) 👤 Eurypylos (Aitolian) 👤 Eurytion (Argonaut) 👤 Erytos (Argonaut) 👤 Euterpe 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Hera 👤 Hestia 👤 Oceanos (Titan) 👤 Poseidon 👤 Tethys 👤 Themis 👤 Zeus 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Heracles 👤 Hermes 👤 Hippothoos (Arcadian) 👤 Ialmenos 👤 Idas (Argonaut) 👤 Iolaos 👤 Iphiclos (s. of Phylacos) 👤 Iphiclos (s. of Thestios) 👤 Iphitos (Argonaut I) 👤 Iris 👤 Jason (Argonaut) 👤 Laertes 🌍 Athens (Attica) 👤 Theseus 👤 Orpheus 👤 Ourania (Muse) 👤 Palaimon (Argonaut) 👤 Patroclos (Myrmidon) 👤 Peirithous (Lapith) 👥 the Horai 👤 Iphicles 👥 the Muses 👤 Peneleos (Theban) 👤 Periclymenos (Argonaut) 👤 Phanos (Argonaut) 👤 Phocos (Aiginetan & Phocian) 👤 Phoinix (Dolopian) 👤 Phthia (Thessalian) 👤 Plexippos (s. of Thestios) 👤 Poias 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Polydora (Phthian) 👤 Polymele (d. of Peleus) 👤 Polymnia 👤 Polyphemos (Argonaut) 👤 Caineus 👤 Leitos 👤 Leto 👤 Lycomedes (of Scyros) 👤 Lynceus (Argonaut) 👤 Maia 👤 Medeia 👤 Melampous 👤 Melanion (h. of Atalante) 👤 Meleagros 👤 Melpomene 👤 Menelaos 👤 Menoitios (Argonaut) 👤 Minos 👥 the Moirai 👤 Molossos (Epirote) 👤 Neleus (Pylian) 👤 Neoptolemos 👤 Nereus 👤 Nestor 👤 Odysseus 👤 Spercheios (river god) 👤 Staphylos (Argonaut) 👤 Sterope (Phthian) 🌍 the Symplegades 👤 Telamon (Salamian) 👤 Terpsichore 👤 Thaleia (Muse) 👤 Thetis 👤 Tiphys 🏺 the War-Belt of Hippolyte 👤 Xanthos (horse) 👤 Zetes 👥 the Amazons 👥 the Lapiths 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🏺 the Ash Spear of Achilles 🌍 Opountian Locris 🏺 the First Armour of Achilles 🌍 Ormenion (Thessaly) 🌍 Magnesia (Thessaly) 🌍 the Isles of the Blessed (unlocated) 🌍 Scyros (island) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) 🌍 Opous (Locris) 🌍 Colchis (Pontos) 🌍 Calydon (Aitolia) 🌍 Molossia (N. Greece) 🌍 Phthia (Thessaly) 🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis) 👥 the Hunters of the Calydonian Boar 🌍 Iolcos (Thessaly) 🌍 Epeiros (N. Greece) 🌍 Aigina (island) 🌍 River Spercheios (C. Greece) 🌍 Isthmia (Argolid) 🏛️ the Cave of Cheiron 👤 Epochos (Arcadian) 🌍 Dolopia (N. Greece) ⏳ the Funeral Games of Pelias (Iolcos) 🌍 Pelousion (Egypt) 👤 Phaethon (s. of Helios) 👤 Moros 👤 Momos 👥 the Olympian Gods 👤 Epeigeus 🌍 Boudeion (unlocatable) 👤 Argeios (Argonaut) 👥 the Myrmidons 🏺 the Sword of Hephaistos 👤 Eribotes (Argonaut) 👤 Cometes (s. of Thestios) 👤 Mopsos (Argonaut) 👤 Neotheus 👤 Pisos 👤 Prothoos (Aitolian I) 🏛️ the Altar of Apollo at Delphi 🌍 Aigina (city) 👤 Phalareus 🌍 Pharsalos (Thessaly) ⏳ the Wedding of Peirithous and Hippodameia 👤 Chariclo (w. of Cheiron) ⏳ the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis 🌍 Icos (island) 🏺 the Sword of Daidalos 👤 Hippodameia (Thessalian) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Thetis in Phthia (Thessaly) 🌍 Sepias (Thessaly) 👤 Aianes 👤 Antimachos (Lapith) 👤 Euthymachos 👤 Thorax 👤 Antandros 👤 Harpaleas 👤 Aristandros 👤 Cimerios 👤 Toxamis 👤 Pausileon 👤 Cynortes 👤 Simon (boar hunter) 👥 the Dogs of the Hunters of the Calydonian Boar 👤 Labros (Calydonian dog) 👤 Methepon (dog) 👤 Egertes (dog) 👤 Eubolos (dog) 👤 Corax (dog) 👤 Marpsas (dog) 👤 Ormenos (dog) 👤 Idasos 👤 Cimon 👤 Leucios (dog) 👤 Podes (dog) 👤 Thero (dog) 👤 Gorgos (dog) 👤 Charon (dog) 👤 Podargos (dog) 👤 Molon 👤 Clytos (Athenian) 👤 Boutes (Athenian II)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 3.14 📖 Apollodoros, Epitome 6.13 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.8.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 1.9.16 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.9.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.12.6 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.13.1 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.13.2 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.13.3 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.13.5 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.13.6 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.13.7 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.13.8 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 168-201 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 307-329 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 852-865 📖 Pausanias 3.13.1 📖 Pausanias 3.18.12 📖 Pausanias 1.37.3 📖 Pausanias 2.29.2 📖 Pausanias 10.30.4 📖 Pausanias 2.29.4 📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.467-11.567 📖 Homer, Odyssey 24.1-24.22 📖 Alcmaionid fr. 1 Davies 📖 Euripides, Trojan Women 1123-1128 📖 Homer, Iliad 1.1-1.5 📖 Homer, Iliad 9.447-9.484 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.12-16.16 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.139-16.144 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.168-16.197 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.377-16.383 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.569-16.580 📖 Homer, Iliad 16.864-16.867 📖 Homer, Iliad 11.763-11.779 📖 Homer, Iliad 17.188-17.197 📖 Homer, Iliad 19.384-19.424 📖 Homer, Iliad 21.184-21.199 📖 Homer, Iliad 23.82-23.92 📖 Homer, Iliad 24.55-24.63 📖 Homer, Iliad 23.138-23.151 📖 Homer, Iliad 23.272-23.286 📖 Dionysios, Periegesis 260-262 📖 Pausanias 2.29.6-2.29.10 📖 Pausanias 5.17.9-5.17.11 📖 Pausanias 5.18.1-5.18.5 📖 Pausanias 8.45.6-8.45.7 📖 Plutarch, Theseus 10.1-10.3 📖 Hesiod, Theogony 1003-1007 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 146 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 147 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 149 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 150 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 152 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 153 Most 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 155 Most 📖 Hesiod, Aigimius fr. 237 Most 📖 Hesiod fr. 249 Most 📖 Unplaced Epic fr. 17 West 📖 Cypria fr. 1 West 📖 Cypria fr. 2 West 📖 Cypria fr. 3 West 📖 Cypria fr. 4 West 📖 Cypria fr. 19 West 📖 Little Iliad fr. 4 West 📖 Eumelos, Corinthiaca fr. 22 West 📖 Cypria Argumentum 1 West 📖 Nostoi Argumentum 4 West 📖 Bacchylides, Odes 9 📖 Bacchylides, Odes 13 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 7.1-7.2 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead 26.1 MacLeod 📖 Lucian, Symposium, or the Lapiths 35 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 24 Harder 📖 Lucian, The Parasite 47 📖 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Defended 25 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 178 Harder 📖 Pindar, Olympian 2 61-83 📖 Lucian, Dialogues of the Courtesans 13.3 📖 Lucian, Gout 241-264 📖 Pindar, Pythian 3 77-115 📖 Pindar, Pythian 6 19-42 📖 Pindar, Pythian 8 95-100 📖 Pindar, Nemean 3 19-42 📖 Pindar, Nemean 3 43-63 📖 Pindar, Nemean 4 44-72 📖 Pindar, Nemean 5 1-18 📖 Pindar, Nemean 5 19-42 📖 Pindar, Isthmian 6 19-56 📖 Pindar, Isthmian 8 16-48 📖 Pindar fr. 52f Snell-Maehler 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.519 📖 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 148 Most 📖 Pindar fr. 172 Snell-Maehler 📖 Ovid, Ibis 375-376 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 1.5 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 9.448 📖 Strabo 9.5.10-9.5.14 📖 Strabo 9.5.18 📖 Strabo 9.4.2 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 12.1 📖 Ovid, Amores 2.17 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 16.14 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 16.140 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 16.36 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 19.326 📖 D-Scholia, Iliad 23.144 📖 Euripides, Hecuba 1-58 📖 Lucian, Alexander the False Prophet 34 📖 Scholia on Callimachus, Aetia fr. 25d Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 181 Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 184 Harder 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 185a Harder 📖 Diodoros, Library 6.3.1 📖 Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 38 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.832-15.879 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.453-500 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.501-613 📖 Euripides, Andromache 1-25 📖 Euripides, Andromache 91-116 📖 Euripides, Andromache 501-544 📖 Euripides, Andromache 545-589 📖 Euripides, Andromache 642-690 📖 Euripides, Andromache 766-801 📖 Euripides, Andromache 1226-1288 ⚒️ Inscription by Gallus on the Colossos of Memnon (I.Colosse Memnon 36; PHI 227957)
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Epitome Apollodoros, Library Alcmaionid Nostoi Homer, Iliad Dionysios, Periegesis Hesiod, Theogony Lycophron, Alexandra Homer, Odyssey Cypria Euripides, Trojan Women Little Iliad Plutarch, Theseus Eumelos, Corinthiaca Pausanias Pindar Hesiod Hesiod, Ehoiai Strabo Hesiod, Aigimius Unplaced Epic Bacchylides, Odes Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods Lucian, Dialogues of the Dead Lucian, Symposium, or the Lapiths Scholia on Callimachus, Aetia Lucian, The Parasite Lucian, Alexander the False Prophet Lucian, Essays in Portraiture Defended Pindar, Olympian 2 Lucian, Dialogues of the Courtesans Lucian, Gout Pindar, Pythian 3 Pindar, Pythian 6 Pindar, Pythian 8 Pindar, Nemean 3 Pindar, Nemean 4 Pindar, Nemean 5 Pindar, Isthmian 6 Pindar, Isthmian 8 Diodoros, Library Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses D-Scholia, Iliad Ovid, Ibis Ovid, Metamorphoses Ovid, Amores Euripides, Hecuba Euripides, Andromache
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Lycophron, Alexandra 168-201 📖 Homer, Iliad 9.447-9.484 📖 Homer, Iliad 13.10-13.38 📖 Homer, Iliad 23.82-23.92 📖 Homer, Iliad 23.138-23.151 📖 Cypria fr. 1 West 📖 Cypria fr. 19 West 📖 Callimachus, Aetia fr. 24 Harder 📖 Demetrios of Scepsis BNJ 2013 fr. 68 📖 Crates of Mallos fr. 10 Broggiato 📖 Hellanicos fr. 145 Fowler 📖 Philostephanos FHG fr. 35 📖 Cypria fr. 3 Davies 📖 Nicander, Heteroeumena fr. 42 Gow-Scholfield
- Depictions
- 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Krater by Cleitias (Florence 4209; Beazley 300000; LIMC Antenor I 2) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Kylix (SAM 2243; Beazley 310552; LIMC Anthylla 1) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Kalpis Hydria attributed to the Leagros Group (Nicholson NM98.24) 🎨 Fragments of Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora (RD Milns 85.2741; Beazley 23189) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Lekythos in the manner of the Haimon Painter (Otago E48.251; Beazley 331413) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Skyphos attributed to the Sub-Krokotos Group (NAM 12584; Beazley 302665) 🎨 Attic Black-Figure Amphora attributed to the Group of London B 174 (NGV 1729-D4; Beazley 350445; LIMC Achilleus 874) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B4982) 🎨 Fragment of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B5116) 🎨 Fragments of Bronze Shieldband from Olympia (Olympia B8062)
- Reported depictions
- 🎨 Wooden Chest of Cypselos (LIMC Achilleus 205) 🎨 Throne of Apollo at Amyclai (LIMC Acheloos 219) 🎨 East Pediment of the Temple of Athena Alea, Tegea (LIMC Meleagros 33)
- Relevant to local traditions reported from
- 🌍 Megara (Argolid)