answersLogoWhite

0

The youngest son of the king of Troy (he was called Paris)

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Cause of Achilles' death?

His mother held the baby Achilles by the heel when she dipped him in the River Styx to make him invulnerable to injury. His heel was not exposed to the magic of the river water and he died after being shot in the heel with an arrow.


What Hindu god died as Achilles did from an arrow shot into his heel?

Krishna


How did Paris kill Achilles?

He shot him in the Heel


What is an Acheillies heel?

It is your weakest piont. According to the legend, Achilles' mother dipped him into a miraculous water when he was a child holding him by his heel. This way Achilles became nearly invulnerable. Knowing this, the Trojan prince Paris shot him in the heel with a poisoned arrow, and Achilles died.


Where does Achilles die?

Achilles died at Troy when Paris shot him in the heel with an arrow. In some versions of the story, Apollo guides the arrow to Achilles heel. Some versions say the arrow was poisoned. The Iliad ends before Achilles' death.


How do you die from getting show with an arrow in the Achilles heel?

Achilles died because his heel was his weak spot


Did the arrow in the ankle of Achilles kill him or make him mortal?

Achilles was made immortal by being dipped into the River Styx. He was held by his heel, which is why that is his weak spot. When he was shot there, he died.


Hurt in the heel in greek mythology?

Achilles, a Greek hero was shot in the heel by Paris, prince of Troy, in the Trojan war. This resulted in the death of Achilles.


Which Greek God was shot in the heel of his foot?

Achilles But was he a god? Or son of a god and a woman?


How did Achilles became immortal?

Achilles was not immortal. He died during just prior to the sacking of Troy, killed by an arrow to the heel shot by Paris and guided by Apollo.His invulnerability - not immortality- was acquired as an infant when his mother, Thetis, dipped Achilles in the river Styx, holding him by the heel which did not gain invulnerability.


Who injured Achilles?

Achilles was injured by an arrow shot by Paris, guided by Apollo, in his heel, which was his only vulnerable spot.


What is the origin of the idiom Achilles' heel?

According to legend, when the mythical Greek hero Achilles was a baby his mother dipped him in the waters of the River Styx. This made him invulnerable to all weapons, except at the spot where she held him on the heel. Achilles went on to be the greatest hero and champion of the Greeks during the Trojan War. However after many victories he was shot by an arrow on the heel, and died of his wound.Therefore an "Achilles Heel" is a weak spot that can ruin the success of the best of efforts.