His mother foretold two possible futures for him: if he took part in the Trojan War, his life would be glorious but short, and he would not return home if he did not, his life would be long but unremarkable. He was educated in eloquence and the arts of war by Phoenix, and in the arts of healing by the centaur Chiron. Achilles' father was Peleus, king of the Myrmidons of Phthia in Thessaly and brother of King Telamon of Salamis, and his mother was the sea-nymph Thetis, therefore making Achilles the paternal grandson of King Aeacus of Aegina (and son of Zeus) and maternal grandson of the sea-god Nereus (father of the Nereids). The Iliad begins ten years into the Trojan War, but contains passages explaining the backstory.
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