Mycenaean Greek tablets attest to the personal name Achilleus in the forms a-ki-re-u (Linear B: 𐀀𐀑𐀩𐀄) and a-ki-re-we (Linear B: 𐀀𐀑𐀩𐀸),[2] the latter being the dative of the former.[3]
Achilles' name can be analyzed as a combination of ἄχος (áchos) "distress, pain, sorrow, grief"[4] and λαός (laós) "people, soldiers, nation", resulting in a proto-form *Akhí-lāu̯os "he who has the people distressed" or "he whose people have distress".[5][6] Furthermore, laós has been construed by Gregory Nagy, following Leonard Palmer, to mean "a corps of soldiers", a muster.[6]
Some researchers deem the name a loan word, possibly from a Pre-Greek language.[2]Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin of the name, based among other things on the coexistence of -λλ- and -λ- in epic language, which may account for a palatalized phoneme /ly/ in the original language.[3]
Mythologyedit
Achilleus was a man of an irresistible beauty, and won a beauty contest judged by Pan, the god of wilderness. Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty and love, was irritated and so she made Pan fall in love with the nymph Echo, who spurned him, and made Achilleus become as ugly and unattractive as he had been pretty and attractive.[7] It is not clear whether Aphrodite was simply dissatisfied with the result as part of the audience, or she herself lost to Achilles as a contestant, but the latter seems likely enough.[8]
Hartley, Beth (June 2014). "Ptolemy and the Mythological Revisionist Games of the Imperial Period". Novel Research: Fiction and Authority in Ptolemy Chennus(PDF) (PhD). University of Exeter. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
achilles, zeus, this, article, about, zeus, other, uses, acheilus, trojan, hero, achilles, greek, mythology, achilleus, akʰilˈleu, ancient, greek, Ἀχιλλεύς, romanized, akhilleús, also, spelled, achilles, zeus, lamia, main, subject, minor, myth, confused, with,. This article is about a son of Zeus For Other uses see Acheilus For the Trojan war hero see Achilles In Greek mythology Achilleus akʰilˈleu s Ancient Greek Ἀxilleys romanized Akhilleus also spelled Achilles was the son of Zeus and Lamia and the main subject of a minor myth 1 He is not to be confused with the more famous Achilles the hero of the Trojan War Contents 1 Etymology 2 Mythology 3 See also 4 Notes 5 Bibliography 6 External linksEtymology editMycenaean Greek tablets attest to the personal name Achilleus in the forms a ki re u Linear B 𐀀𐀑𐀩𐀄 and a ki re we Linear B 𐀀𐀑𐀩𐀸 2 the latter being the dative of the former 3 Achilles name can be analyzed as a combination of ἄxos achos distress pain sorrow grief 4 and laos laos people soldiers nation resulting in a proto form Akhi lau os he who has the people distressed or he whose people have distress 5 6 Furthermore laos has been construed by Gregory Nagy following Leonard Palmer to mean a corps of soldiers a muster 6 Some researchers deem the name a loan word possibly from a Pre Greek language 2 Robert S P Beekes has suggested a Pre Greek origin of the name based among other things on the coexistence of ll and l in epic language which may account for a palatalized phoneme ly in the original language 3 Mythology editAchilleus was a man of an irresistible beauty and won a beauty contest judged by Pan the god of wilderness Aphrodite the goddess of beauty and love was irritated and so she made Pan fall in love with the nymph Echo who spurned him and made Achilleus become as ugly and unattractive as he had been pretty and attractive 7 It is not clear whether Aphrodite was simply dissatisfied with the result as part of the audience or she herself lost to Achilles as a contestant but the latter seems likely enough 8 See also edit nbsp Ancient Greece portal nbsp Mythology portalTiresias Actaeon Siproites ArachneNotes edit Photios 1824 190 489R In Bekker August Immanuel ed Myriobiblon in Greek Vol Tomus alter Berlin Ge Reimer p 152a At the Internet Archive 190 152a PDF Myriobiblon in Greek Interreg Dromoi ths pisths PShfiakh Patrologia 2006 p 163 At khazarzar skeptik net a b Sigel Ley amp Bleckmann 2006 s v Achilles a b Beekes 2009 pp 183 184 Scholia to the Iliad 1 1 Palmer 1963 p 79 a b Nagy Gregory The best of the Achaeans CHS The Center for Hellenic Studies Harvard University Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 Retrieved 19 March 2015 Ptolemy Hephaestion New History 6 as cited in Photius Myriobiblon 190 Hartley 2014 p 158 Bibliography editBeekes Robert S P 2009 Lucien van Beek ed Etymological Dictionary of Greek Leiden Indo European Etymological Dictionary Series Vol 1 Leiden the Netherlands Brill Publications ISBN 978 90 04 17420 7 Hartley Beth June 2014 Ptolemy and the Mythological Revisionist Games of the Imperial Period Novel Research Fiction and Authority in Ptolemy Chennus PDF PhD University of Exeter Retrieved April 26 2023 Palmer Leonard 1963 The Interpretation of Mycenaean Greek Texts Oxford Clarendon Press ISBN 978 0198131441 Sigel Dorothea Ley Anne Bleckmann Bruno 2006 Achilles In Cancik Hubert Schneider Helmuth et al eds Achilles Brill s New Pauly Brill Reference Online doi 10 1163 1574 9347 bnp e102220 Retrieved May 5 2017 External links editACHILLES from the Theoi Project nbsp This article relating to Greek mythology is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Achilles son of Zeus amp oldid 1189395816, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
