Achillas
Achillas | |
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 Achilles assassinating Pompey | |
| Native name | Ἀχιλλᾶς |
| Died | 47 BC Alexandria, Egypt |
| Allegiance | 
Caesar's Civil War
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Achillas (
Achillas subsequently joined Pothinus in resisting Caesar, and having had the command of the whole army entrusted to him by Pothinus, he marched against
Arsinoe, the younger sister of Ptolemy, escaped from Caesar and joined Achillas. However, in 47 BC, dissension broke out between them, so Arsinoe had Achillas put to death by Ganymedes, a eunuch to whom she then entrusted the command of the forces.[5][6][7][8]
Depiction in drama
- Achillas is also a character in George Frideric Handel's Giulio Cesare, with his voice for a Bass. He is involved in the historically inaccurate love triangle between Cornelia, Ptolemy, and himself and the events surrounding it. Notable actors who portrayed him include John Tomlinson, Furio Zanasi, Alan Ewing, Tassis Christoyannis, and Guido Loconsolo.[9]
- Achillas appears in the play Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw.
- In Joseph L. Mankiewicz's film Cleopatra, actor John Doucette portrays General Achillas.
- Achillas is the major antagonist of The Temple of the Muses, a novel by John Maddox Roberts, the fourth volume of his SPQR series.
- Achillas takes part in The Judgment of Caesar (part of the Roma Sub Rosa series by Steven Saylor) in which he kills Pompey.
- In the jointly-produced HBO-BBC TV series Rome, Achillas is portrayed by English actor Grant Masters.
References
- ^ Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili iii. 104
- ^ Livy, Epit. 104
- ^ Cassius Dio xlii. 4
- ^ Smith, William (1867), "Achillas", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston, MA, p. 9, archived from the original on 2014-12-03, retrieved 2007-10-01
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Civili iii. 108—112
- ^ B. Alex. 4
- ^ Cassius Dio xlii. 36—40
- Lucanx. 519— 523
- ^ "Metropolitan Opera's Giulio Cesare - 2013 season".
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Achillas". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.