However, unknown to Thetis and Achilles, he remained vulnerable at his heel, where Thetis held him while she dipped him into the river as a child, thus protecting him entirely except at his heel.

That The Song of Achilles offers a different take on the epic story of Achilles and the Trojan War is not, ... the sea goddess Thetis — Miller's most startling creation.

His father sentences him to exile in another small kingdom, Phthia, whose King Peleus once raped a sea goddess, Thetis, and produced a son now of Patroclus’s age. His name is Achilles. Advertisement ...

Greek mythology is full of artifacts endowed with supernatural powers, in addition to a myriad of unforgettable gods, ...

Achilles’ second set of armor was made for him by the god Hephaestus (left), who presents the shield, helmet, greaves, and breastplate to the warrior’s mother, the goddess Thetis (right).