“And many, smitten before raising their feet from the earth, bowed down as far to the ground as they had risen to the air, and rested there with the damp of death on their brows.”
Excerpt From: Apollonius Rhodius. “The Argonautica.”
Not such a great Greek epic. A bit perfunctory in some aspects. Medea was the most complete character with her torment.
Plus in the 'Jason and the Argonauts' film, its not Achilles' heel they unscrew and kill. Rather it's 'Talos', a big bronze greek geezer made by Hephaestus to protect Europa on Crete! The heel bit is akin to the 'lost wax' method of casting bronze statues (or so say Mr Wiki)
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