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Mistake concerning Achilles' death and the Iliad

In the section Death it is said that 'In the oldest one, the Iliad, and as predicted by Hector with his dying breath, the hero's death was brought about by Paris with an arrow (to the heel according to Statius).' The death of Achilles does not occur in the Iliad as is even described in the In the Iliad section above, so this is wrong. --Maxubachs (talk) 14:15, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

The key words there are "as predicted by Hector with his dying breath". In Book XXII of the Iliad, Hector's last words to Achilles before dying foretell Achilles' death at the hands of Paris. Deor (talk) 16:47, 21 September 2020 (UTC)