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Ἀχιλεύς, Ἀχιλλεύς ,
ῆος, dat. -ῆι and -εῖ:
Achilles, son of Peleus and Thetis, king of the
Myrmidons, and the hero of the Iliad, as announced in A 1. For his
relations to Phoenix and Cheiron the centaur, see I; his destiny,
Il. 9.410 ff.; expedition against
Troy, Il. 2.681; forays, Il. 9.328, Il.
1.392, Il. 2.690; death of Patroclus, Il. 16.827;
μηνίδος ἀπόρρησις,
Il. 19.56;
Ἕκτορος ἀναίρεσις, Χ; Ἕκτορος λύτρα, Ω. The death
of Achilles is mentioned in the Odyssey, Od.
5.310, Od. 24.37 ff.
Epithets, δαΐφρων, διίφιλος, θεοείκελος,
θεοῖς ἐπιείκελος, πελώριος, ποδάρκης, ποδώκης, πτολίπορθος,
ῥηξήνωρ, πόδας ταχύς, and ὠκύς. (See cut from Panathenaic Amphora.)
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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