Ama-Achilles

Ezinganekwaneni zamaGreki, u-Achilles uyiqhawe neqhawe leMpi YeThrojani (umholi weMyrmidons).

Wayebhekwa njengendodana kaPelewusi, inkosi yomunye wemizi yaseThessaly naseTethys. Wayengumfundi we-centaur ehlakaniphile uChiron noyise kaNeoptolemus. I-Iliad ne-Odyssey kaHomer naseCypriot imveza njengeqhawe elikhulu kunawo wonke.

Efuna ukuqinisekisa ukungafi kwakhe, uTethys, ngemva kokuzalwa kwakhe, wacwilisa indodana yakhe emanzini aseStyx ukuze enze umzimba wakhe wonke uvikeleke ekushayweni; okuwukuphela kwento ebuthakathaka kwakuyisithende umama ayebambe ngaso umntwana. Ngenxa yesiprofetho sokuthi ngaphandle kuka-Achilles, ukunqoba uTroy kwakungeke kwenzeke futhi ayezokhokha ngakho ngokufa kwakhe, uTethys wamfihla phakathi kwamadodakazi eNkosi uLycomedes eSkyros. Wayezotholwa futhi athathwe lapho ngu-Odysseus, owazenza umthengisi, wabela amakhosazana impepho nezinto ezibalulekile. Ebhekene nenkosazana okuwukuphela kwayo eyayingenandaba nazo, wahosha inkemba ewubukhazikhazi, u-Achilles ayisebenzisa ngaphandle kokungabaza, ngaleyo ndlela eveza ubudoda bakhe.