The story goes that Achilles was the son of the sea-nymph Thetis and the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Thessaly. Achilles joined the Greek armies at Troy and become famous for his prowess on the battlefield. Homer's Iliad spotlights the uncommon wrath of Achilles, first toward the Greek king Agamemnon, then toward Hector of Troy.

Achilles ultimately received his death-wound (at the hands of Hector's brother, Paris, who had help from the god Apollo).

Thetis learned from prophecy that her son, Achilles, would die young and in battle! Despite her attempts to hide Achilles, he was found by Agamemnon's Captain and drafted into the war against Troy. Achilles, as his sea-nymph mother, Thetis, knew, was slain in battle by the Trojan Prince, Paris, with a poisoned arrow guided by the God, Apollo.

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