Was Achilles from Troy black?

... life and times of the beloved anti-apartheid revolutionary. Its choice of lead? Colin Firth. That isn't happening. However, you can see its equivalent on Troy: Fall of a City this Saturday – well, at least according to furious Twitter commenters berating the BBC for casting black actors to play Achilles and Zeus. read more

We know the Achilles was not - black or even Ethiopian. This is evidenced by the grammar ( literary sources do describe Achilles as having blonde or reddish-blonde hair. From the Iliad, 1.197) and visual references to him. read more

"#Netflix so you're going to black wash troy fall of city the new show. zeus, achilles wasn't black and more. as a Greek I am disgusted," said one, in the interests of asserting Greek identity more than diminishing black actors, of course. read more

Achilles, oder Das zerstörte Troja ("Achilles, or Troy Destroyed", Bonn 1885) is an oratorio by the German composer Max Bruch. Achilles auf Skyros (Stuttgart 1926) is a ballet by the Austrian-British composer and musicologist Egon Wellesz. Achilles' Wrath is a concert piece by Sean O'Loughlin. read more