King Idomeneus was the ruler of Crete in the time of the Trojan War, and he participated in that event according to Greek ...

While Odysseus and Achilles fought for the same cause, they embody two different approaches to ancient Greek heroism.

The heroes met, and Hector was killed. Achilles himself died at the hand of Paris, whose arrow found his heel, and the war was ended by a trick: Ulysses’ famed stratagem of the wooden horse.

The events of the Trojan War are written about in a number of works ... climaxing with the death of Hector at the hands of Achilles (as written about by Homer in The Iliad) and continuing with ...

However, Hector's revenge on the Greek invaders is ... Spanning days rather than years, the drama of the Iliad is but a snapshot of the Trojan war. Yet, this very transience suggests the nature ...

Patroclus returns to the battle wearing Achilles' armour and is slain by Hector. When Achilles finds out he is determined to be avenged. Patroclus returns to the battle wearing Achilles's armour ...