Troy- Achilles a epic hero?

[hong]

Maybe you've read a different version than I did, but in my book Achilles was indeed invulnverable due to being dipped into the River Styx by his Mother Thetis as a sacrifice to Poseidon, and only vulnerable only at the heel where his mother gripped him.

However, that is not in the Iliad. It's something introduced by later versions of the story, in particular Ovid's Metamorphoses, I believe.

 

[Zweischneid]

However, that is not in the Iliad. It's something introduced by later versions of the story, in particular Ovid's Metamorphoses, I believe.

Well, the Illiad only sets in when Achilles and Agammenon have their first major argument. So his childhood is not explicitly covered.
Homer does however assume this background (common knowledge at his time I believe.. might be wrong though) and refers to it multiple times.