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Achilles comes from the combination of the Greek achoswhich means "grief, trouble" and either laos "a nation or people" or kleos "glory". Most scholars prefer the former.

Grief was a common theme in the Iliad, and Achilles represented not only the grief of the Trojans, but also the Greeks.

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