The heroic cult dedicated to Achilles on Leuce seems to go back to an account from the lost epic Aethiopis according to which, after his untimely death, Thetis had snatched her son from the funeral pyre and removed him to a mythical  (Leúkē Nêsos "White Island").
ðə hɪɹˈoʊɪk kˈʌlt dˈɛdᵻkˌeɪɾᵻd tʊ ɐkˈɪliːz ˌɔn lˈuːs sˈiːmz tə ɡˌoʊ bˈæk tʊ ɐn ɐkˈaʊnt fɹʌmðə lˈɔst ˈɛpɪk ˌiːθɪˈoʊpiz ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə wˈɪtʃ, ˈæftɚ hɪz ʌntˈaɪmli dˈɛθ, θˈɛɾiz hæd snˈætʃt hɜː sˈʌn fɹʌmðə fjˈuːnɚɹəl pˈaɪɚ ænd ɹᵻmˈuːvd hˌɪm tʊ ɐ mˈɪθɪkəl lˈuːk nˈɛɹsoʊz "wˈaɪt ˈaɪlənd".