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Article: LAND OF LEGENDS; Clive Leighton follows in the footsteps of Achilles on the Greek island of Skiros travel.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- July 19, 2008
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A CHILLES made a mistake: he should never have left the Greek island of Skiros where local legend has it he hid, dressed as a girl, until discovered by Odysseus. The great warrior, thought invincible, was later felled by an arrow into the heel at Troy.
Perhaps if he'd turned down temptation of glory and instead stayed on the white beaches of this magical, ancient isle, set like a precious stone in the Aegean, he would not have met his death. But then writers for centuries would have lost a great story and the rest of us a handy synonym for weakness.
It is a beguiling, safe place to reconnect with yourself. So, let's get the cliches about Skyros holistic ...