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2. Achilleion (Corfu) - Wikipedia

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   The architectural design was intended to represent an ancient Phaeacian palace. [4] The building, with the classical Greek statues that surround it, is a monument to platonic romanticism as well as escapism and was named after Achilles: Achilleion. The Triumph of Achilles by Franz von Matsch; panoramic fresco (main hall, upper level

3. Gastouri - Wikipedia

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   Gastouri is a Greek village and community located about 10 kilometres south of the city of Corfu. Gastouri was established as a settlement on 28 January 1866 by publication of the decision in the Greek government gazette. [2] In 1995, administratively, it belonged to the municipality of Achilleio. [2]

4. Achilles on Skyros - Wikipedia

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   Achilles Discovered among the Daughters of Lycomedes was the usual moment shown in art, here by Gérard de Lairesse. Rather than allow her son Achilles to die at Troy as prophesied, the nymph Thetis sent him to live at the court of Lycomedes, king of Skyros, disguised as another daughter of the king or as a lady-in-waiting, under the name Pyrrha "the red-haired", Issa, or Kerkysera.

5. Presidential Mansion, Athens - Wikipedia

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   This palace later became the residence of the royal family and is used now as the Presidential Mansion. During modern times, with the city of Athens extending over many square miles, the Presidential Mansion is located near the centre of the capital next to the National Garden and Parliament.

6. Ancient Agora of Athens - Wikipedia

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   The ancient Agora of Athens (also called the Classical Agora) is an an ancient Greek agora. It is located to the northwest of the Acropolis , and bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Agoraios Kolonos , also called Market Hill. [ 1 ]

7. Achilles' heel - Wikipedia

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   In the myths surrounding the war, Achilles was said to have died from a wound to his heel, [5] [6] ankle, [7] or torso, [5] which was the result of an arrow—possibly poisoned—shot by Paris. [8] The Iliad may purposefully suppress the myth to emphasise Achilles' human mortality and the stark chasm between gods and heroes.