Quizzes - Achilles

* At his birth, the ancient Greek warrior Achilles was dipped into a river in Hades by his mother Thetis in order to make him invulnerable. In which hellish stream did Achilles receive this somewhat incomplete baptism?
* Thetis was the mother of this fierce Greek champion, but who was her husband and the father of the hero of the 'Iliad'?
* For a time as a child, Achilles was handed over by Thetis (who wanted to hide Achilles away) to Chiron, who was to be his overseer and mentor during his youthful years. What type of mythical creature was this Chiron?
* After the failure of Chiron to rein in and control young Achilles, Thetis decides to dress the poor boy as a girl, in hopes that he would not be noticed by the developing armies of Greece. Which Greek hero cleverly sees through this ruse?
* As the prophecy was foretold to his mother, Achilles falls at the end of the final battle at Troy, feeling the sting of an arrow's shaft in his one vulnerable body area, the heel. The wielder of the instrument responsible for Achilles' death is either Paris, hero of Troy, or which of these gods?