Greek Achilles

What was Achilles, the Greek hero, most known for? What were the main points in his life?

Once again, Yahoo! Answers provides great entertainment in the form of patent ignorance, sophistry and bad grammar passed off as intelligent responses.

dunnowhat101: The movie “Troy” was not an historically accurate accounting of the Trojan War. There’s a lot more Hollywood-unfriendly things for which Achilles was known.

Li S : “Weak” is the antonym of “strong”; “week” is about how long you’ve been literate.

jaske: That may be the most useless Web link ever posted to a question that actually kind of answered the question. Congratulations!

William G: Except for that arrow in the heel from Paris.

devora k: So close, but oh, so confused. And the bit about being “dipped completely … however it was his heel that did not get into the potion” is pretty amusing, along the lines of “They’re the same thing, only different.”

G: You can’t be 1/2 mortal, the same way you can’t be a little pregnant or a little dead. You’re either immortal or you’re mortal. You can, however, be the son of an immortal and a mortal, which makes you a mortal, as even the most cursory of reviews of Greek mythology would have revealed.

Also, had Achilles had a “heal,” he might have survived the wound to his “heel.” It was also common for Greeks of that era to be homosexuals and pederasts, but you act as though it’s shocking. (That’s why “Greek” is a euphemism for “anal sex.”)

bluefish787: Again, had Achilles been able to “heal,” his “heel” injury wouldn’t have been fatal. It makes you look foolish if you can’t keep homonyms straight. And it never ceases to crack me up to read someone exhast the two or three facts they have on something, then write “just do a search.”

If a simple Web search would answer the question better than you can, why are you bothering to answer the question? Speak to improve the silence, to paraphrase the Spanish proverb.

bribri75: If you’re going to be lazy, just post the link to the Wikipedia article, not the first 500 words or so of an article. And cite your sources. In the unlikely event you ever have an original thought, I’m sure you’re like to be credited for it; have the courtesy to do the same for others.

mony: Functionally illiterate and uninformed. Nicely done!

lura89 gets a big thumbs-up for a decent one-sentence executive summary; it’s the best answer by far.

And waggy gets the thumbs-up for a decent, high-school-essay-length cribbing of the Wikipedia article; unfortunately, if the questioner just copies and pastes that answer into this questioner’s homework assignment, and the teacher has any wit whatsoever, the fact that it’s plagiarized would probably shine. Otherwise, expect a B.

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