After killing the last of them, he reached the Skaian Gate of Ilium [27], but here an arrow shot from the bow of Paris by the hand of Apollo himself [28] struck him in the heel, and the hero died. According to some authors, he was killed by Apollo himself [29], or by an arrow from Apollo, who took the form of Paris [30], or by Paris, who hid behind the statue of Apollo Phimbrius [31]. The earliest author to mention Achilles' vulnerable ankle is Statius [32], but there is a corresponding image on an amphora from the 6th century BC [33].
