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Achilles: Greek Hero

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I think achilles is an actual hero. Achilles represents being a greek hero the best because he fights for himself and that shows that he doesnt need anyone to back him up he is strong enough to fight alone. He also is a great fighter and to be a hero you have to fight a lot of people and demons etc. Achilles has done a lot in his life of being a greek hero and I think the greatest thing he has done was getting hung by his achilles tendon and not having them be unbreakable. That is also how he died because the rest of his body got dipped in the powerful stuff to make him invincible except for his achilles tendon then later on in his life someone shot them and he died. These days we think of heros as like moms, dads, grandmas and grandpas there

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