Ok…here goes the rest of the footnote…first I shall start with the first section, I picked up sort of mid stream in the footnote…then I will continue on from where I left off earlier.
Here is the first part…
The d3ath of Achilles was similarly related in the Aethiopisof Arctinus. See Proclus, in Epicorum Gracaorum Fragmenta, ed. G. Kinkel, pp. 33 sq. Compare Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica, iii. 26-387 ; Hyginus, Fab. 107. All of these writers agree with Apollodorus in saying that the f@tal wound was inflicted on the heel of Achilles. The story ran that at his birth his mother Thetis made Achilles invulnerable by dipping him in the water of Styx ; but his heel, by which she held him, was not wetted by the water and so remained vulnerable. See Servius, on Virgil, Aen. vi. 57 ; Lactantius Placidus, on Statius, Achill. i. 134 ; id. Narrat. fabul. xii. 6 ; Fulgentius, Mytholog. iii. 7.
Here is the subsequent part…
Other writers, on the contrary, speak of Paris alone as the slayer of Achilles. See Euripides, Andromache, 655 : id. Hecuba, 387 sq. ; Plutarch, Quaest. Conviv. ix. 13. 2 ; id. Comparison of Lysander and Sulla, 4. A very different version of the story connected the d3ath of Achilles with a romantic passion he had conceived for Polyxena, daughter of Priam. It is said that Priam offered her hand in marriage to Achilles on condition that the seige of Troy was raised. In the negotiations which were carried on for this purpose Achilles went alone and unharmed to the temple of Thymbraean Apollo and was there treacherously a$$asinated, Deiphobus clasping him to his bre@st in a pretended imbrace of friendship while Paris stabbed him with a sword. See J Tzetzes, Posthomerica, 385-423 ; Philostratus, Heroica, Trojanum, iv. 10 sq. ; Servius, on Virgil, Aen vi. 57 ; Lactantius Placidus, on Statius, Achill. i. 134 ; Dares Phrygios, De excidio Trojae, 34 ; Scriptores rerum mythicarum Latini, ed. G.H. Bofr, vol. i. pp. 13, 143 (First Vatican Mythographer, 36 ; Second Vatican Mythographer, 205). Of these writers the Second Vatican Mythographer tells us that Achilles first saw Polyxena, Hector’s sister, when she stood on a tower in the act of throwing down bracelets and earrings with which to ransom Hector’s body, and that when Achilles came to the Temple of Thymbraean Apollo to ratify the treaty of marriage and peace, Paris lurked behind the image of the god and shot the confiding hero with an arrow. This seems to the the account of the which Servius and Lactantuis Placidus (ll.cc) followed in their briefer narrative. Compare Nonnus, in Westermann’s Mythographi Graeci, Appendix Narrationum, p. 382, No 62.
Ok…that’s it. I included all of the references with hopes that some of you will actually use them. Frazer refers to quite a few books, many of which sound quite interesting. If you ever have the chance to pick up the LCL of Apollodorus’ Library (LCL 121 and 122) DO IT!! It is a fantastic read, not too tough of Greek (i.e. the syntax and grammar aren’t too tricky) and the stories are fabulous! And (to reply to mingshey)Frazer has something to say about almost EVERYTHING, his footnotes quite often take up far more of the page than the text and translation…that’s one of the reasons this LCL is so good. He has provided so many insights into ancient Greek culture and Myth, that his footnotes ALONE shoudl be their own book.
So…after all of my eyestain with 6pt font…do I get a Textkit brownie button or something?