Achilles | The Greatest Warrior (Troy)

“This will be the greatest war the world has ever seen. We need the greatest warrior.“ Achilles, Son of Peleus. I had been meaning to make a video on this character for a while. I made a Hector video previously and so this completes the pair! I’m a fan of Ancient History and even chose it as part of my university degree. Achilles is the most complex and interesting character in the Iliad, a poem said to be written by the mysterious figure called Homer. The Iliad is all about the rage of Achilles after a falling out with Agamemnon and the death of Patroclus in what was the most eventful time of the Trojan War. A wild, emotional warrior that cannot be slain so easily. Even when he died by Apollo/Paris’ arrow, he remained undefeated in hand-to-hand combat. He was so legendary and regarded as the greatest Greek, even the likes of Alexander the Great wanted to be like him, and is said to have kept a copy of the Iliad under his pillow! It is a hard video to make, but I tri