>considered one of the greatest heroes of greek mithology>was invincible only because his mother used some vodoo magic to make him almost immortal>tried to hide from war by dressing as a women >spends most of the story sobbing because Agamemnon took one the many women that he had slaved during the war>acted like a bitch by letting all his friends die, even after Agamemnon tried to reconcile by giving him back his war bride with a bunch of stuff as a bonus>only changed idea because his boy lover died Greeks had a weird idea of heroism.
Why is Achilles actually famous anyway? Like how was he already the best of the Greeks before the Iliad?
i think most greek myths come from very ancient jokes. it all makes sense if you keep that in mind
>>25218821>was invincible only because his mother used some vodoo magic to make him almost immortalIIRC this is a post-Homeric invention>tried to hide from war by dressing as a womenStill weird though it is implied he was young enough at this time that his mother was able to manipulate him into it>spends most of the story sobbing because Agamemnon took one the many women that he had slaved during the warSpends like three days out of ten years you mean>acted like a bitch by letting all his friends die, even after Agamemnon tried to reconcile by giving him back his war bride with a bunch of stuff as a bonusSocietal disaffectation do be like that>only changed idea because his boy lover died100% a post-Homeric invention
the actual greek heroes perseus, jason, and heracles mog him
>>25218825Because the Iliad just tells a part of the Trojan War, while the rest is told in the other stories of the Epic Cycle; other than the Iliad and the Odyssey, most of they were lost. There is also the Aeneid, which technically could also be considered a part of the Epic Cycle because it is related to the Trojan War, but it was written in Latin in 20 BC, centuries after the original poems were first sang.
>>25218859Pretty sure Telegony exists
>>25218879Not really, only 2 lines of the original text were found, the rest of the story that we know came from summaries.
