Ancient/Classical History/Achilis

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was the warrior achilis a real person or make beleive

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No he was not a real human being.  

Achilles was a character in the myth of the Trojan War. He was the hero of the Athenians and the killer of Hector who was also another character in the same myth.

Although  there are archeological discoveries attesting to the existence of the city of Troy in the western coast of Turkey, and there are also archelogical discoveries indicating that there was probably a war before the  destruction of the ccity of Troy, there is are no facts that proove the existence of Achilles or any of the other characters mentioned in the story of the Trojan War.  

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Irulan Serena

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Along with teaching classical Literature for over thirty-eight years, I have also taught history of the Greco-Roman cultures. History and Mythology are, in my opinion, inseparable; it is necessary to have a background in both to have a clear understanding of both ends of the spectrum, the myth and the fact.

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