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Today i have a very interesting story for you. This blog will be a bit about a greek mythology legend, Achilles. Im sure you must have heard his name here or there, or the idiom the achilles heel in any conversation. It is said that the heel of achilles was the only part that could hurt him, apart from that he was considered to be invincible.
Born to immortal woman, achilles was the bravest and indeed the most attractive and almost invincible during the greatest war, the trojan war. When he was born to the goddess Thetis, she loved him and to protect him from any mortal harm, she held him by his heel and dipped him in the magical river styx. This divine act of the goddess made achilles an immortal being. However, as he was held by his heel which did not get immersed into the magical water, that part of his body remained normal and could easily be damaged. That heel of his made him vulmerable.
He knew that he was immortal but also he could be killed. He knew his weakness. At 16, his mother abducted him and gave him to king scyros to raise him as a girl. Which is weird for the bravest man to ever live, isnt it??
Her mother did this because of the prophecy that if achilles went off to the trojan war, he would not return and be killed despite being immortal. And so out of her love for his son, she planned this act.
But it was also known as a prophecy that the trojan war was the only chance for achilles to fullfill his lifes destiny, to be know as the bravest man to have ever lived. And that he would lose his glory if he didnt take part in the war and show his strength. So, the warrior who grew up hearing glorious tales of his future would go to the war and die from a wound to his heel caused by Paris' arrow which was poisoned.
And that was all for this blog. I hope you all liked it. Feel free to comment down your thoughts on this story. And thank you for reading this far…
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