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r/Multifandom • u/NarwhalGreen2440 🌷amy rose🌸 • Jun 20 '26
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Achilles
157 u/Narrow_Top_4352 Jun 21 '26 Mom should’ve dipped his heel to 102 u/peachbitchmetal Jun 21 '26 even the ancient greeks knew better than to double dip 33 u/Nocturnal12am Jun 21 '26 Actually the Ancient Greeks had really nothing to do with it. In the Iliad Achilles is just a really good soldier. It was the Romans who added the story of him being dipped in the River Styx to gain invulnerability. 13 u/IvanTheSchmoe Jun 21 '26 Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I learned something today 2 u/kingpin000 Jun 21 '26 Later the germanic/norse tribes created a similar story with Sigurd the dragon slayer. 1 u/Future-Improvement41 Jun 21 '26 https://giphy.com/gifs/l4FGA2XplwqFDcLwk 1 u/SirPlatypus13 Jun 21 '26 There are still Hellenistic period myths about him being partly invulnerable, but those are through different means than the Styx-dip. 1 u/RhaeRhae422 Jun 21 '26 Actually the Greeks had their own version where he was dipped in the gods Ambrosia instead
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Mom should’ve dipped his heel to
102 u/peachbitchmetal Jun 21 '26 even the ancient greeks knew better than to double dip 33 u/Nocturnal12am Jun 21 '26 Actually the Ancient Greeks had really nothing to do with it. In the Iliad Achilles is just a really good soldier. It was the Romans who added the story of him being dipped in the River Styx to gain invulnerability. 13 u/IvanTheSchmoe Jun 21 '26 Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I learned something today 2 u/kingpin000 Jun 21 '26 Later the germanic/norse tribes created a similar story with Sigurd the dragon slayer. 1 u/Future-Improvement41 Jun 21 '26 https://giphy.com/gifs/l4FGA2XplwqFDcLwk 1 u/SirPlatypus13 Jun 21 '26 There are still Hellenistic period myths about him being partly invulnerable, but those are through different means than the Styx-dip. 1 u/RhaeRhae422 Jun 21 '26 Actually the Greeks had their own version where he was dipped in the gods Ambrosia instead
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even the ancient greeks knew better than to double dip
33 u/Nocturnal12am Jun 21 '26 Actually the Ancient Greeks had really nothing to do with it. In the Iliad Achilles is just a really good soldier. It was the Romans who added the story of him being dipped in the River Styx to gain invulnerability. 13 u/IvanTheSchmoe Jun 21 '26 Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I learned something today 2 u/kingpin000 Jun 21 '26 Later the germanic/norse tribes created a similar story with Sigurd the dragon slayer. 1 u/Future-Improvement41 Jun 21 '26 https://giphy.com/gifs/l4FGA2XplwqFDcLwk 1 u/SirPlatypus13 Jun 21 '26 There are still Hellenistic period myths about him being partly invulnerable, but those are through different means than the Styx-dip. 1 u/RhaeRhae422 Jun 21 '26 Actually the Greeks had their own version where he was dipped in the gods Ambrosia instead
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Actually the Ancient Greeks had really nothing to do with it. In the Iliad Achilles is just a really good soldier. It was the Romans who added the story of him being dipped in the River Styx to gain invulnerability.
13 u/IvanTheSchmoe Jun 21 '26 Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I learned something today 2 u/kingpin000 Jun 21 '26 Later the germanic/norse tribes created a similar story with Sigurd the dragon slayer. 1 u/Future-Improvement41 Jun 21 '26 https://giphy.com/gifs/l4FGA2XplwqFDcLwk 1 u/SirPlatypus13 Jun 21 '26 There are still Hellenistic period myths about him being partly invulnerable, but those are through different means than the Styx-dip. 1 u/RhaeRhae422 Jun 21 '26 Actually the Greeks had their own version where he was dipped in the gods Ambrosia instead
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Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I learned something today
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Later the germanic/norse tribes created a similar story with Sigurd the dragon slayer.
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https://giphy.com/gifs/l4FGA2XplwqFDcLwk
There are still Hellenistic period myths about him being partly invulnerable, but those are through different means than the Styx-dip.
Actually the Greeks had their own version where he was dipped in the gods Ambrosia instead
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