Achilles' cult was also to be found at other places, e
The cult of Achilles is illustrated in the 500 BC Polyxena sarcophagus, which depicts the sacrifice of Polyxena near the tumulus of Achilles
The "present day" measures, he gives at this point, seem to account for an identification of Achillea or Leuce with today's Snake Island
Pliny's contemporary Pomponius Mela () tells that Achilles was buried on an island named Achillea, situated between the Borysthenes and the Ister, adding to the geographical confusion
Ruins of a square temple, measuring 30 meters to a side, possibly that dedicated to Achilles, were discovered by Captain Kritzikly () in 1823 on Snake Island
A second exploration in 1840 showed that the construction of a lighthouse had destroyed all traces of this temple
Similarly, others relate the island's name to its white cliffs, snakes or birds dwelling there
Pausanias has been told that the island is "covered with forests and full of animals, some wild, some tame
In this island there is also Achilles' temple and his statue"
Leuce had also a reputation as a place of healing
Pausanias reports that the Delphic Pythia sent a lord of Croton to be cured of a chest wound
Ammianus Marcellinus attributes the healing to waters (aquae) on the island
Strabo mentioned that the cape of the Racecourse of Achilles was sacred to Achilles and although it was treeless, was called Alsos (ἄλσος)
A number of important commercial port cities of the Greek waters were dedicated to Achilles
Later attestations point to an Achílleion in Messenia (according to Stephanus Byzantinus) and an Achílleios (Ἀχίλλειος) in Laconia
The kings of Epirus claimed to be descended from Achilles through his son, Neoptolemus
Alexander the Great, son of the Epirote princess Olympias, could therefore also claim this descent, and in many ways strove to be like his great ancestor
He is said to have visited the tomb of Achilles at Achilleion while passing Troy
In AD 216 the Roman Emperor Caracalla, while on his way to war against Parthia, emulated Alexander by holding games around Achilles' tumulus
Reception during antiquity

In Greek tragedy 

The Greek tragedian Aeschylus wrote a trilogy of plays about Achilles, given the title Achilleis by modern scholars
The tragedies relate the deeds of Achilles during the Trojan War, including his defeat of Hector and eventual death when an arrow shot by Paris and guided by Apollo punctures his heel
Extant fragments of the Achilleis and other Aeschylean fragments have been assembled to produce a workable modern play
The tragedian Sophocles also wrote The Lovers of Achilles, a play with Achilles as the main character
Towards the end of the 5th century BC, a more negative view of Achilles emerges in Greek drama; Euripides refers to Achilles in a bitter or ironic tone in Hecuba, Electra, and Iphigenia in Aulis
As a student of the monist Parmenides and a member of the Eleatic school, Zeno believed time and motion to be illusions
Plato
In Hippias Minor, a Socratic dialogue attributed to Plato, an arrogant man named Hippias argues with Socrates
The two get into a discussion about lying
Socrates uses various analogies, discussing athletics and the sciences to prove his point
The two also reference Homer extensively
Socrates and Hippias agree that Odysseus, who concocted a number of lies throughout the Odyssey and other stories in the Trojan War Cycle, was false intentionally
Achilles, like Odysseus, told numerous falsehoods
Hippias believes that Achilles was a generally honest man, while Socrates believes that Achilles lied for his own benefit
The two argue over whether it is better to lie on purpose or by accident
Socrates eventually abandons Homeric arguments and makes sports analogies to drive home the point: someone who does wrong on purpose is a better person than someone who does wrong unintentionally
In Roman and medieval literature 
The Romans, who traditionally traced their lineage to Troy, took a highly negative view of Achilles
Virgil refers to Achilles as a savage and a merciless butcher of men, while Horace portrays Achilles ruthlessly slaying women and children
Other writers, such as Catullus, Propertius, and Ovid, represent a second strand of disparagement, with an emphasis on Achilles' erotic career
In modern literature and arts

Literature
 Achilles appears in Dante's Inferno (composed 1308–1320)
He is seen in Hell's second circle, that of lust
Achilles is portrayed as a former hero who has become lazy and devoted to the love of Patroclus, in William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida (1602)
Despicably, he has his Myrmidons murder the unarmed Hector, and then gets them to announce that Achilles himself has slain Hector, as if it had been in a fair fight (Act 5.9.5-14)
The French dramatist Thomas Corneille wrote a tragedy La Mort d'Achille (1673)
Achilles is the subject of the poem Achilleis (1799), a fragment by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In 1899, the Polish playwright, painter and poet Stanisław Wyspiański published a national drama, based on Polish history, named Achilles
In 1921, Edward Shanks published The Island of Youth and Other Poems, concerned among others with Achilles
The 1983 novel Kassandra by Christa Wolf also treats the death of Achilles
H.D.'s 1961 long poem Helen in Egypt features Achilles prominently as a figure whose irrational hatred of Helen traumatizes her, the bulk of the poem's plot being about her recovery
Akhilles is killed by a poisoned Kentaur arrow shot by Kassandra in Marion Zimmer Bradley's novel The Firebrand (1987)
Achilles is one of various 'narrators' in Colleen McCullough's novel The Song of Troy (1998)
The Death of Achilles (Смерть Ахиллеса, 1998) is an historical detective novel by Russian writer Boris Akunin that alludes to various figures and motifs from the Iliad