The ancient Greek hero Achilles - a timeline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How old is the ancient Greek hero Achilles in the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer?

 

The ancient Greek poet does not tell us how old he is, but we can make an estimate based on what he says about him

 

Here is a possible time line:

 

1210 BC he is born

1194 BC The Trojan War begins

He is 16

He is hidden by his mother, who does not want her son to go to war. She knows he will not survive the war. But Odysseus finds him and tells him he must join the war 

1184 BC Achilles is killed during the final year of the Trojan War

He is 26

 

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He is much younger than the other famous characters in the Iliad and the Odyssey by Homer: 

 

** King Nestor of Pylos is born in 1250 BC 

** Odysseus is born 1230 BC

** Menelaus is born in 1225 BC

** Helen is born in 1220 BC

** Penelope is born in 1215 BC

 

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REFERENCES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Greek Myths:

The Iliad

10 episodes

(2018)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Greek Myths:

The Odyssey

10 episodes

(2020) 

 

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