# Achilles — Tusculan Disputations character guide

> Achilles in Tusculan Disputations by Cicero.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Achilles

**First appearance:** 0001-tusculan-disputations

## Who they are

Greek hero of the Iliad; exemplar of wrath and grief.

## Relationships

### [Hector](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tusculan_disputations_se/characters/hector)

_rivalry_

Achilles and Hector are mortal enemies on the battlefield of the Trojan War, with Achilles killing Hector in revenge for the death of Patroclus.

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