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Armor of Achilles

Objects · Myth & story

The named panoply of Achilles in Homeric story, including the later replacement set. Not the Shield of Achilles alone, not the Spear of Achilles, and not the Nemean hide.

Hellenic religion

  • Armor of Achilles appears in Hellenic religion.

    The Iliad stages the making and wearing of Achilles’ armor. A named armor-of-Achilles episode in that epic, not shield-of-Achilles as the object walk alone and not every panoply dump.

    from Homer · Iliad, c. 8th–7th century BCE (this form)

    appears in · sourced · documented

sources

  • Iliad · Homer

    Homer, Iliad.