Today I learned on Nostr: TIL that Achilles was not invulnerable during the Iliad, as he is described being ...

TIL that Achilles was not invulnerable during the Iliad, as he is described being wounded by another soldier. The River Styx story isn't mentioned until the 1st century AD, where it was mentioned in the unfinished epic poem the Achilleid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles#Birth_and_early_years
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