By the Gods!

Achilles

When Achilles was born, his mother, Thetis, dipped him into the River Styx in an attempt to make him immortal. This was a largely effective plan, as it rendered her child a near-unstoppable killing machine. However, she never let go of his heel, and so it did not receive the immortal blessing the river bestowed on the rest of his body. His heel remained his one weak point.

As was the case for many children in the ancient Greek world, Achilles’ father, Peleus, wanted nothing to do with the boy’s upbringing or education. Therefore Achilles received the tremendous honour of being taught by Chiron, the Centaur. Achilles was a decent enough guy, I guess, albeit a bit of a whiner. Sure, he was the best warrior the Greeks had at the time of the Trojan War, but his ego and sense of entitlement were by far his grandest features. Achilles spends much of the Iliad pouting about his treasure and chicks being taken away by Menelaus and Agamemnon, and after the tragic mixup and confusion that causes the accidental death of Patroclus, Achilles is just a mess.