Iliad | Character Analysis

Achilles
Achilles is the son of Peleus, King of the Myrmidons, and Thetis the sea goddess; he and his fellow Myrmidons come to Troy as part of the Greek force led by King Agamemnon. Achilles embodies the characteristics of the Homeric Hero, particularly in his apparent lack of character and control and his lust for fame. He is therefore a balance—superhumanly powerful thanks to a relationship with the gods and his mother’s precautions taken when he was a baby, but morally and intellectually flawed. His attitude will be his death after the Iliad ends....

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