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No. He was hidden in the court of Lycomedes, king of Skyros, by Thetis or Peleus, living among the king's daughters (oh, and he raped one, Deidamia, who gave him a son, Neoptolemus, also called Pyrrhus), to avoid going to the war (and thus dying). And the way he was discovered varies. In both Oddyseus went looking for him after Prophet Calchas said how they wouldn't be able to capture Troy without him.

-In one version, he pretends to be a peddler selling women's clothes, but places a spear and shield among the goods. Achilles takes the spear instantly, thus is found out.

-In another version, he sounds a trumpet alarm while Achiles is with Lycomedes's daughters. At the sound, the women panic and flee, but Achilles instead prepares to fight, thus revealing his disguise.