#calachas

His father, having received an oracle that his son would die fighting at Troy, sent Achilles to the court of Lycomedes, where he was dressed as a girl and kept with the king’s daughters (one of which, Deïdamia, had a son with him- Neoptolemus). Hearing from Calchas that Troy could not be taken without Achilles, the Greeks searched for and found him.

During the first nine years of the war, Achilles ravaged the country around Troy and took 12 cities. In the 10th year, an argument with Agamemnon happened when Achilles insisted that Agamemnon restore Chryseis, his prize of war, to her father, to appease the wrath of Apollo, who had decimated the camp in anger. An irate Agamemnon recovered his loss by taking away Achilles’ favorite slave, Briseis.

Achilles refused to fight, and consequently, the Greeks lost so badly that Achilles allowed his cousin to impersonate him, lending him his chariot and armor. Hector (the son of King Priam) killed Patroclus. Achilles, having reconciled with Agamemnon, got new armor from Hephaestus and killed Hector. After dragging Hector’s body behind his chariot, Achilles gave it to Priam.