Homer's Iliad has a vast cast of characters. Many of these names are less familiar to mainstream audiences than mighty ...

However, Odysseus - 'the quiet one' - has a cunning plan… The Old Soldier returns to the prophecy that Achilles will be killed at Troy by Paris. Achilles's mother dipped him in the River Styx as ...

The Old Soldier returns to the prophecy that Achilles will be killed at Troy by Paris. Achilles's mother dipped him in the River Styx as a child and it is this which protects him. But she held him ...