Editing Achilles (section)

== In modern literature and arts ==
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[[File:Wenceslas Hollar - Briseis and Achilles.jpg|thumb|right|''Briseis and Achilles'', engraving by [[Wenceslaus Hollar]] (1607–1677)]]
[[File:Peter Paul Rubens - The Wrath of Achilles - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|''The Wrath of Achilles'' ({{circa|1630–1635}}), painting by [[Peter Paul Rubens]]]]
[[File:Peter Paul Rubens 003.jpg|thumb|''The death of Hector'', unfinished oil painting by [[Peter Paul Rubens]]]]
[[File:Gottlieb Schick Achille and Agamemnon 1801.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Achilles and Agamemnon by Gottlieb Schick (1801)]]
[[File:Leon Benouville The Wrath of Achilles.jpg|thumb|''The Wrath of Achilles'', by [[François-Léon Benouville]] (1847; [[Musée Fabre]])]]

=== Literature ===
* Achilles appears in Dante's ''[[Inferno (Dante)|Inferno]]'' (composed 1308–1320). He is seen in [[Hell]]'s second circle, that of lust.
* Achilles is portrayed as a former hero who has become lazy and devoted to the love of Patroclus, in [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Troilus and Cressida]]'' (1602). Despicably, he has his Myrmidons murder the unarmed Hector, and then gets them to announce that Achilles himself has slain Hector, as if it had been in a fair fight (Act 5.9.5-14).
* The French dramatist [[Thomas Corneille]] wrote a tragedy ''La Mort d'Achille'' (1673).
* Achilles is the subject of the poem ''Achilleis'' (1799), a fragment by [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]].
* In 1899, the Polish playwright, painter and poet [[Stanisław Wyspiański]] published a national drama, based on Polish history, named ''Achilles''.
* In 1921, [[Edward Shanks]] published ''The Island of Youth and Other Poems'', concerned among others with Achilles.
* The 1983 novel ''[[Cassandra (novel)|Kassandra]]'' by [[Christa Wolf]] also treats the death of Achilles.
* [[H.D.]]'s 1961 long poem ''Helen in Egypt'' features Achilles prominently as a figure whose irrational hatred of Helen traumatizes her, the bulk of the poem's plot being about her recovery.
* Achilles is killed by a poisoned Centaur arrow shot by Cassandra in [[Marion Zimmer Bradley]]'s novel ''[[The Firebrand (Bradley novel)|The Firebrand]]'' (1987).
* Achilles is one of various 'narrators' in [[Colleen McCullough]]'s novel ''[[The Song of Troy]]'' (1998).
* ''[[The Death of Achilles]]'' (''Смерть Ахиллеса'', 1998) is an historical detective novel by Russian writer [[Boris Akunin]] that alludes to various figures and motifs from the ''Iliad''.
* The character Achilles in ''[[Ender's Shadow]]'' (1999), by Orson Scott Card, shares his namesake's cunning mind and ruthless attitude.
* Achilles is one of the main characters in [[Dan Simmons]]'s novels ''[[Ilium (novel)|Ilium]]'' (2003) and ''[[Olympos (novel)|Olympos]]'' (2005).
* Achilles is a major supporting character in [[David Gemmell]]'s ''[[David Gemmell#Troy series|Troy]]'' series of books (2005–2007).
* Achilles is the main character in [[David Malouf]]'s novel ''[[Ransom (Malouf novel)|Ransom]]'' (2009).
* The [[ghost]] of Achilles appears in [[Rick Riordan]]'s ''[[The Last Olympian]]'' (2009). He warns Percy Jackson about the Curse of Achilles and its side effects.
* Achilles is a main character in [[Terence Hawkins]]' 2009 novel ''[[The Rage of Achilles]]''.
* Achilles is a major character in [[Madeline Miller]]'s debut novel, ''[[The Song of Achilles]]'' (2011), which won the 2012 [[Orange Prize for Fiction]]. The novel explores the relationship between Patroclus and Achilles from boyhood to the fateful events of the ''[[Iliad]]''.
* Achilles appears in the light novel series ''[[Fate/Apocrypha]]'' (2012–2014) as the Rider of Red.
* Achilles is a main character in [[Pat Barker]]'s 2018 novel ''[[The Silence of the Girls]]'', much of which is narrated by his slave [[Briseis]].

=== Visual arts ===
* ''Achilles with the Daughters of Lycomedes'' is a subject treated in paintings by [[Anthony van Dyck]] (before 1618; [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid) and [[Nicolas Poussin]] ({{circa|1652}}; [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]) among others.
* [[Peter Paul Rubens]] has authored a series of works on the life of Achilles, comprising the titles: ''Thetis dipping the infant Achilles into the river Styx'', ''Achilles educated by the centaur Chiron'', ''Achilles recognized among the daughters of Lycomedes'', ''The wrath of Achilles'', ''The death of Hector'', ''Thetis receiving the arms of Achilles from Vulcanus'', ''The death of Achilles'' ([[Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen]], Rotterdam), and ''Briseis restored to Achilles'' ([[Detroit Institute of Arts]]; all {{circa|1630–1635}})
* Pieter van Lint, "Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes", 1645, at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
* ''Dying Achilles'' is a sculpture created by [[Christophe Veyrier]] ({{circa|1683}}; [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London).
* ''The Rage of Achilles'' is a fresco by [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]] (1757, [[Villa Valmarana Ai Nani]], Vicenza).
* [[Eugène Delacroix]] painted a version of ''The Education of Achilles'' for the ceiling of the Paris [[Palais Bourbon]] (1833–1847), one of the seats of the [[French Parliament]].
* {{Interlanguage link|Arthur Kaan|de|Arthur Kaan|vertical-align=sup}} created a statue group ''Achilles and Penthesilea'' (1895; Vienna).
* ''Achilleus'' (1908) is a [[lithography]] by [[Max Slevogt]].

=== Music ===
Achilles has been frequently the subject of operas, ballets and related genres.
* Operas titled ''Deidamia'' were composed by [[Francesco Cavalli]] (1644) and [[George Frideric Handel]] (1739).
* ''[[Achille et Polyxène]]'' (Paris 1687) is an opera begun by [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] and finished by [[Pascal Collasse]].
* ''[[Achille et Déidamie]]'' (Paris 1735) is an opera composed by [[André Campra]].
* ''[[Achilles (opera)|Achilles]]'' (London 1733) is a [[ballad opera]], written by [[John Gay]], parodied by [[Thomas Arne]] as ''Achilles in petticoats'' in 1773.
* ''[[Achille in Sciro]]'' is a [[libretto]] by [[Metastasio]], composed by [[Domenico Sarro]] for the inauguration of the [[Teatro di San Carlo]] (Naples, 4 November 1737). An even earlier composition is from [[Antonio Caldara]] (Vienna 1736). Later operas on the same libretto were composed by [[Leonardo Leo]] (Turin 1739), [[Niccolò Jommelli]] (Vienna 1749 and Rome 1772), [[Giuseppe Sarti]] (Copenhagen 1759 and Florence 1779), [[Johann Adolph Hasse]] (Naples 1759), [[Giovanni Paisiello]] (St. Petersburg 1772), [[Giuseppe Gazzaniga]] (Palermo 1781) and many others. It has also been set to music as ''Il Trionfo della gloria''.
* ''Achille'' (Vienna 1801) is an opera by [[Ferdinando Paër]] on a libretto by [[Giovanni de Gamerra]].
* ''Achille à Scyros'' (Paris 1804) is a [[ballet]] by [[Pierre Gardel]], composed by [[Luigi Cherubini]].
* ''Achilles, oder Das zerstörte Troja'' ("Achilles, or Troy Destroyed", Bonn 1885) is an [[oratorio]] by the German composer [[Max Bruch]].
* ''Achilles auf Skyros'' (Stuttgart 1926) is a ballet by the Austrian-British composer and musicologist [[Egon Wellesz]].
* ''Achilles' Wrath'' is a concert piece by Sean O'Loughlin.<ref>[http://musicalworld.com/artists/sean-oloughlin/ Entry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224050134/http://musicalworld.com/artists/sean-oloughlin/ |date=24 February 2017 }} at ''Musical World''.</ref>
* ''[[Temporary Like Achilles]]'' is a song on the 1966 double-album ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'' by [[Bob Dylan]]
* ''[[Achilles Last Stand]]'' is a song on the 1976 [[Led Zeppelin]] album ''[[Presence (album)|Presence]]''.
* ''Achilles, Agony and Ecstasy in Eight Parts'' is the first song on the 1992 [[Manowar]] album ''[[The Triumph of Steel]]''.
* ''Achilles Come Down'' is a song on the 2017 [[Gang of Youths]] album ''[[Go Farther in Lightness]]''.

=== Film and television ===
Achilles has been portrayed in the following films and television series:
* The 1924 film ''[[Helena (1924 film)|Helena]]'' by [[Carlo Aldini]]
* The 1954 film ''[[Ulysses (1954 film)|Ulysses]]'' by [[Piero Lulli]]
* The 1956 film ''[[Helen of Troy (film)|Helen of Troy]]'' by [[Stanley Baker]]
* The 1961 film ''[[The Trojan Horse (film)|The Trojan Horse]]'' by [[Arturo Dominici]]
* The 1962 film ''[[The Fury of Achilles]]'' by [[Gordon Mitchell]]
* The 1997 television miniseries ''[[The Odyssey (miniseries)|The Odyssey]]'' by Richard Trewett
* The 2003 television miniseries ''[[Helen of Troy (miniseries)|Helen of Troy]]'' by Joe Montana
* The 2004 film ''[[Troy (film)|Troy]]'' by [[Brad Pitt]]

=== Architecture ===
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* In 1890, [[Elisabeth of Bavaria]], Empress of Austria, had a summer palace built in [[Corfu]]. The building is named the [[Achilleion (Corfu)|Achilleion]], after Achilles. Its paintings and statuary depict scenes from the [[Trojan War]], with particular focus on Achilles.
* The [[Wellington Monument, London|Wellington Monument]] is a statue representing Achilles erected in 1822 as a memorial to [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]], the first duke of Wellington, and his victories in the [[Peninsular War]] and the latter stages of the [[Napoleonic Wars]].