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and every day brought wild animals back to Cheiron. Achilles could overtake and kill stags without the help of hounds. When he was nine years old the prophet Calchas declared that Troy would never be taken without the help of Achilles. This proves how great of a warrior that Achilles was in his time. To be the only person that can make a city be destroyed means you must be a very good warrior and very brave. Soon after that, Achilles went to war in the Trojan War once it started after his parents wedding. The war had lasted ten years. They continuously fought for ten straight years without stopping. It didn t take him as long as Odysseus to make it home. It took Odysseus twenty years to get back home. He spent ten years at the war, and ten more, which equals twenty, coming back

home. Actually Achilles didn t even make it home because he eventually died later on during the Trojan War from his only immortal spot. No one could stand before the wrath of Achilles. At the sight of him the Trojans broke rank and scattered, dividing into two bodies. The Trojans ran because they knew how much of a great warrior he was and didn t even be around him because they were too afraid. Achilles drove one part across the plain towards the city of Troy and penned the other in a bend of a scorching flame. The stunned Trojan survivors hastened back to behind their walls like a bunch of scared rabbits. They couldn t do anything because they did not have enough faith or guts to do anything. Towards the end of the war, Achilles was eventually tragically killed. Apollo had been

guiding Paris hand to help kill Achilles because Apollo wanted to kill Achilles but didn t have a chance to. Eventually, Paris had finally hit Achilles in his only invulnerable spot. His only invulnerable spot, the only mortal spot on his body was hit after his long reign as a great Greek warrior. Paris hit his right heel and killed the great hero of the Trojan War, as he died in agony, others watched. The Greeks were saddened because they had lost the greatest warrior of all time and they were afraid they would soon die now. Some say it was Apollo himself disguised as Paris, but most say it was just Apollo telling Paris what to do. Soon after, the Greeks won the Trojan War by using the Trojan Horse to sneak their warriors into the city. Odesseus came up with the idea to kill all

the Trojans by sticking a bunch of the Greeks in a horse and getting inside the city to eventually kill all the Trojans at night when they were asleep. This report should help show how Achilles was one of the greatest Greek warriors. I am one of the many people who believe that Achilles was the greatest warriors in Homer s poems. If not the greatest, he is definitely, one of the greatest Greek warriors. This report also shows how they got the name of the Achilles heel. One of the week spots on you foot is your Achilles heel and it is very small but if you hurt it, it will be bad because it is very important.