Achilleid
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The Achilleid is an unfinished poem of Statius. It details the early life of the Greek warrior Achilles. It says it will go on to relate the whole of his life, from birth to his death, including all the Trojan War; however the only extant portion finishes just after he is recruited to fight for the Greeks. What remains is a charming account of the hero's early life with Chiron the centaur, and his time when his mother Thetis disguised him as a girl on the island of Scyros.
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