num_pages: 116
description: Born of god and king and hidden as a girl until Odysseus discovers him, Achilles becomes the Greeks' greatest warrior at Troy. Into his story comes a cast of fascinating characters―among them Hector, Helen, Penthiselaia the Amazon Queen, and the centaur Chiron; and finally John Keats, whose writings form the basis of a meditation on the nature of identity and shared experience. Achilles is an affirmation of the story's enduring power to reach across centuries and cultures to the core of our imagination.
language: English
title: Achilles
titlecomplete: Achilles
characters: Achilles
genres: Fiction, Classics, Retellings, Historical, Greek Mythology, Historical Fiction, Mythology, Fantasy, Poetry, Greece
ratings_count: 836
publisher: Picador