Description
Plot ideal for investment for residences or a hotel unit overlooking the Acheili Boat Marina. The plot of 20 acres adjacent to the main road Achille Kalamitsa has a panoramic and unobstructed view of the port Acheili where Achilles crossed from Skyros to fight in Troy.
The soothsayers had predicted for the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and Thetis that if he took part in the Trojan campaign he would know great glory but also death. On the contrary, if he stayed in his homeland, he would live there for many years but without glory.
According to one version, Thetis, in order to save her son, dressed him in women's clothes and with the female name Pyrrha, which means fiery blonde, sent him to hide among the seven daughters of the King of Skyros, Lycomedes. In fact, from his secret love affair with Deidameia, daughter of Lycomedes, he had his son Neoptolemus.
Achilles in the Palace of Lycomedes (Artist Unknown – Jastrow (2006), Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org)
But when the seer Kalchas revealed to the Greeks that Troy would never be conquered without Achilles. He was pierced by who else, the resourceful Odysseus who is said to have gone to Skyros holding beautifully woven dresses in one hand and weapons in the other. All the women ran to the weavers except one, the disguised Achilles who went to inquire about the weapons.
Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes (Batoni, Pompeo ~ Achilles at the Court of Lycomedes, 1745, oil on canvas, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Wikipedia)
In this way Odysseus discovered him and led him to Troy departing from Achillii of Skyros.
In fact, after the death of Achilles in Troy, Odysseus returned to Skyros to look for his son Neoptolemus this time. Neoptolemus was one of the Greeks who entered Troy hidden on the Trojan Horse and killed the Trojan king Priam thus avenging his father's death.
