Achilles' mother was Thetis, a Goddess who wanted her son to be immortal because he was half mortal. Thetis is said to have threw Achilles into a river and held him by his Achilles heel, go figure his name, so he could become invincible. Achilles had great strength and was very fast. He was renowned as one of the best fighters in Greece. Achilles mother tries to warn Achilles of the danger awaiting him if …showed first 75 words of 449 total…

…showed last 75 words of 449 total…not letting his father give him a proper burial. The king of troy went to Achilles to claim his son's body for proper burial, which Achilles allowed him to take the body. Achilles went on to fight the battle and was shot by an arrow, from the king's second son Paris, in the heel which wounded him and killed. If you haven't seen the movie Troy, you have to see it; it's a great movie.