Classical Literature Companion:
Achillēid
Achillēid (Achillēis), epic poem in hexameters by the Roman poet Statius on the story of Achilles, of which only the first book and part of the second exist, the work having been cut short by the poet's death. The poem describes how Thetis, anxious that her son Achilles shall not take part in the Trojan War (from which she knows he will not return), removes him from the care of the Centaur Chiron to the island of Scyros. It relates his adventures there in the disguise of a girl, his discovery by Ulysses, and departure for Troy.
