# Achilles — The Odyssey character guide

> Achilles in The Odyssey by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** great Achilles

**First appearance:** 0011-book-x-aeolus-the-lestrigonians-and-circ

## Who they are

The fallen Greek hero whom Ulysses meets in the underworld, lamenting his fate.

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