ʻO ʻAchilles

Ma ka moʻolelo mele Helene, ʻo Achilles ka meʻe a me ke koa o ke Kaua Trojan (alakaʻi o ka Myrmidons).

Ua manaoia oia ke keiki a Peleus, ke alii o kekahi o na kulanakauhale o Tesalia a me Tethys. He haumāna ʻo ia na ka centaur naʻauao ʻo Chiron a me ka makuakāne o Neoptolemus. ʻO ka Iliad a me Odyssey o Homer a me Cypria keʻano o ke koa nui loa.

No kona makemake e hoʻopaʻa i kona make ʻole, ua hoʻokomo ʻo Tethys i kāna keiki kāne i loko o ka wai o Styx e pale ai i kona kino holoʻokoʻa i ka ʻeha; ʻO ka wahi nāwaliwali wale nō ka kuʻekuʻe wāwae, kahi e paʻa ai ka makuahine i ke keiki. Ma muli o ka wānana ʻaʻole hiki ʻole ke lanakila ʻo Achilles ma luna o Troy a no ka mea e uku ai ʻo ia i kona make, hūnā ʻo Tethys iā ia i waena o nā kaikamahine a ke Aliʻi Lycomedes ma Skyros. Ua manaʻo ʻia e loaʻa ʻo ia a lawe ʻia mai laila e Odysseus, nāna i hoʻokaʻawale i ka mea ʻala a me nā mea waiwai i mua o nā aliʻi wahine. I ke alo o ke Alii wahine wale no i manao ole ia lakou, ua unuhi ae la oia i ka pahikaua nani a Achilles i hoohana ai me ke kanalua ole, pela e hoike mai ai i kona ano kane.