Editing Achilles (section)

=== Other names ===
Among the appellations under which Achilles is generally known are the following:<ref>{{Source-attribution|{{Cite book |title=A Classical Manual: Being a Mythological, Historical and Geographical Commentary on Pope's Homer, and Dryden's Aeneid of Virgil, with a Copious Index |last=Murray |first=John |year=1833 |location=Albemarle Street, London |pages=1–3 |url=https://archive.org/details/aclassicalmanua01unkngoog/page/n17}}|sentence=yes}}</ref>
* '''Pyrisous''', "saved from the fire", his first name, which seems to favour the tradition in which his mortal parts were burned by his mother Thetis
* '''Aeacides''', from his grandfather [[Aeacus]]
* '''Aemonius''', from Aemonia, a country which afterwards acquired the name of Thessaly
* '''Aspetos''', "inimitable" or "vast", his name at [[Epirus (ancient state)|Epirus]]
* '''Larissaeus''', from [[Larissa Cremaste|Larissa]] (also called Cremaste), a town of Achaia Phthiotis in Thessaly
* '''Ligyron''', his original name
* '''Nereius''', from his mother Thetis, one of the [[Nereid]]s
* '''Pelides''', from his father, [[Peleus]]
* '''Phthius''', from his birthplace, [[Phthia]]
* '''Podarkes''', "swift-footed", from the wings of [[Arke]] ({{langx|grc|Ἄρκη||swift|label=none}}) being attached to his feet ({{wikt-lang|grc|πόδες}}, {{translit|grc|podes}})<ref>[[Ptolemy Hephaestion]], ''New History'', Book 6 (summary from Photius, ''Myriobiblon'' 190, trans. Pearse):

"It is said ... that he [Akhilleus (Achilles)] was called Podarkes (Podarces, Swift-Footed) by the Poet [i.e. Homer], because, it is said, Thetis gave the newborn child the wings of Arke (Arce) and Podarkes means that his feet had the wings of Arke. And Arke was the daughter of Thaumas and her sister was Iris; both had wings, but, during the struggle of the gods against the Titanes (Titans), Arke flew out of the camp of the gods and joined the Titanes. After the victory Zeus removed her wings before throwing her into Tartaros and, when he came to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, he brought these wings as a gift for Thetis."</ref>