My recollection was he had a choice ....
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Achilles was special because he had been touched by the gods.
While most simply life the life that was fated to us, he had a choice:
(1) Go and fight and you will surely die but be remembered in history as Achilles the Great of the Myrmidons. (Don't call me Sherly.)
(2) Be forgotten but live a long life.
I believe he was busy choosing #2 when life interceded.
Do the gods ever really care?
Yours,
IronConrad
21-Jul-2025