She was interrupted by her husband, who feared that she was harming the baby, so she was unable to complete the process and make the heel invulnerable. In situations where another man would have been gravely injured, Achilles escaped entirely unharmed. His invulnerability would fail when the city of Troy was finally breached, however.
In an act of cowardice, Paris fired an arrow at the great Greek hero when his back was turned. The shot struck lower than Paris had intended and hit Achilles in the ankle, the only part of his body that could be injured. He died as a result of the arrow wound. Achilles had one of the most widespread and active hero cults in the ancient world. He was renowned as a paragon of strength, honor, and bravery. Another hero of the Trojan War was also the son of a goddess.
While Achilles fought for Greece, however, Aeneas allied with Troy. The legends said that Zeus grew frustrated with Aphrodite for constantly making him fall in love with mortal women.
In addition to the problems his infidelities caused with Hera, it was heartbreaking to see his lovers and children die at the end of their mortal lives. He decided to give Aphrodite a taste of what it felt like. He made her fall in love with Anchises, a cousin of the Trojan king. When Aphrodite had their son, Achilles, she left the baby to be raised by nymphs. She told them to take him to his father when he was five years old.
Although he was not involved in his youth, Aphrodite was incredibly protective of her son. During the Trojan War, she intervened on his behalf several times. Thanks in large part to the interventions of his mother and Apollo , Aeneas survived the Trojan War. Even Poseidon, who was allied with the Greeks, saved him from an attack because he acknowledged that he would one day be a great king. The Greek myths implied that Aeneas, although he was from a junior branch of the family, would inherit Troy after the war.
Later cultures, however, made him the king of an entirely different region. The Romans claimed that Aeneas sailed west after the fall of Troy in search of a new home. He eventually landed in Italy. Aeneas soon established dominance in the area and became the ruler of its tribes. He became the first king of what would later be Rome. Asclepius was a son of Apollo. Unlike most children of the gods, his father played an active role in his upbringing. His mother was killed, according to most sources because she was unfaithful to her divine lover, so Apollo took custody of the baby.
Rather than hand him off to nymphs or his mortal kin, Apollo reared the boy himself. Apollo taught Asclepius about his healing powers. He was then sent to the centaur Chiron when he was old enough to begin his formal education, where he learned even more about medicine.
Asclepius devoted himself to the healing arts. He conducted tests and observed the world around him until he learned even more than Chiron could teach him. Asclepius became the first true physician. He traveled the world to learn more, heal people, and teach others what he had discovered.
He became so skilled that Hades reportedly feared that the Underworld would become depopulated because people would not die anymore. Rumors even began to spread that he had learned the secrets to resurrecting the dead.
This was beyond the power that any mortal should have, so Zeus saw no choice but to smite the doctor. When Apollo learned of this, he was so furious that he killed the Cyclopes to get back at Zeus. Apollo eventually earned forgiveness for this and petitioned Zeus to make his son fully divine. Asclepius had pushed the limits of human knowledge, but as a god he could continue doing good for the world.
Zeus agreed and Asclepius was resurrected as a god. He was the patron of physicians and medicine and people visited his temples to be healed of diseases and injuries. Dionysus was one of the major Olympians, but he was technically a demi-god. His mother was a mortal woman named Semele. Most Greek myths did not elaborate on how Dionysus came to be accepted as a god without a mortal death.
The many myths of his birth and early life all provide different possibilities. Semele was killed while she was still pregnant with Dionysus.
Zeus saved the baby and sewed him into his own thigh until he was grown enough to be born. Some legends claimed that Dionysus was born more than once. The child carried by Semele was the reincarnation of an earlier Dionysus who had been born to Persephone.
In this version of the story, Dionysus was not a true demi-god. Although he was born to a human woman, his essence was fully divine. In a later legend, Dionysus had to prove himself to his father to earn his place among the gods. Zeus sent him on a military expedition to India and Dionysus received full godhood on his triumphal return.
Dionysus was a later addition to the pantheon, and his popularity disrupted the tradition of there being twelve major Olympians. Some people claimed that Hestia , who was never as prominent as many of the other gods, willingly gave up her position of importance to elevate her nephew. Just as the mythology provided no clear reason why he was seen as fully divine, the people he encountered in his wanderings often refused to believe that he was a god. This is, of course, not a complete list of the demi-gods in Greek mythology.
Minor characters, local legends, and disputed claims meant that there were likely hundreds of mythological figures who were believed to be partially divine.
The Amazons, for example, were said to be the daughters of Ares. The legendary warrior women gained their fighting prowess and bloodthirstiness from their father.
Bellerophon was originally an entirely human character, but was said by later writers to be a son of Poseidon. In his case, divine ancestry was added to his story to justify his heroism.
Many of the most famous demi-gods came from a long line of semi-divine mortals. Several founding kings were given divine ancestry, largely to justify their power. Among the most famous was King Minos, who was a son of Zeus and Europa. Other demi-gods were immediately made minor deities. Plutus , the son of Demeter and Iasion, was a minor agricultural deity who personified the wealth of the land.
While there were dozens of demi-gods in the Greek world, they were not all seen as equal. The most famous were those who accomplished such great feats that they were in some way immortalized, either as constellations, through hero cults, or by being given full godhood after death. My name is Mike and for as long as I can remember too long! I have been in love with all things related to Mythology. I am the owner and chief researcher at this site. My work has also been published on Buzzfeed and most recently in Time magazine.
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