The nursing home care 'Arkopolis' of the Humanitas foundation, a social organization that takes care of the elderly, is located on Achillesstraat in Schiebroek. In the park at the entrance is the bronze plastic Achilles made by the Rotterdam artist Willem Verbon. The work was made in the percentage scheme for the construction of the care institution in 1972. Verbon has made many works in his realistic style, several of them commissioned or on his own initiative for the public space of Rotterdam. Achilles is an important hero in the Trojan War in Greek mythology and the main character in the book Iliad from Homer. He describes Achilles as the fairest, bravest, strongest, and loftiest of all heroes.
