In Greek Mythology, the river Styx was located in the Underworld and had special powers. Achilles became invulnerable everywhere but at his heel where his mother held him. ... However, he was alsohalf human and wasn't immortal like his mother. He would get old and die someday and he co...
Born in 1863, Wolf had a habit of dramatically altering the astronomy landscape. Something of a prodigy, he discovered his first comet at only 21 years old. Then in 1890, he boldly declared that he planned to use wide-field photography in his quest to discover new aste...
This feature stemmed from Alexander’sadmiration of the Homeric heroes andhis desire to be compared with them.⁵Ancientreaderswerefamiliar with storiesof Alexander’sorigins traced backto bothAchilles(through his son, Neoptolemus)and theTrojans (through Neoptolemus’marriagetoAndromache).⁶Equally...