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əˈkɪl izachilles

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Achillesnoun

    a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'

Wiktionary

  1. Achillesnoun

    semi-divine hero, son of Peleus and the nymph Thetis, prince and leader of the Myrmidons; great warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp, killed in the Trojan War; central character of the Iliad.

  2. Etymology: From Ἀχιλλεύς.

Wikipedia

  1. Achilles

    In Greek mythology, Achilles ( ə-KIL-eez) or Achilleus (Ancient Greek: Ἀχιλλεύς, [a.kʰilˈleu̯s]) was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and is the central character of Homer's Iliad. He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia. Achilles' most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan prince Hector outside the gates of Troy. Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the Iliad, other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him in the heel with an arrow. Later legends (beginning with Statius' unfinished epic Achilleid, written in the 1st century AD) state that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel because, when his mother Thetis dipped him in the river Styx as an infant, she held him by one of his heels. Alluding to these legends, the term "Achilles' heel" has come to mean a point of weakness, especially in someone or something with an otherwise strong constitution. The Achilles tendon is also named after him due to these legends.

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  1. achilles

    Achilles is a key character from Greek mythology, known as a hero of the Trojan War and the central character in Homer's epic poem, "The Iliad." He is famously known for his only vulnerability being his heel, often referred to as 'Achilles' heel.' This trait has been widely used as a metaphor to symbolize a point of weakness, despite overall strength. In the context of anatomy, the Achilles tendon, located in the back of the lower leg, is named after this character due to its comparative vulnerability to injury.

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  1. Achilles

    In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad. Achilles was said to be a demigod; his mother was the nymph Thetis, and his father, Peleus, was the king of the Myrmidons. Achilles’ most notable feat during the Trojan War was the slaying of the Trojan hero Hector outside the gates of Troy. Although the death of Achilles is not presented in the Iliad, other sources concur that he was killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him in the heel with an arrow. Later legends state that Achilles was invulnerable in all of his body except for his heel. Because of his death from a small wound in the heel, the term Achilles' heel has come to mean a person's point of weakness.

Editors Contribution

  1. achilles

    The name of a tendon in the human body.

    The achilles tendon is an important tendon in the human body.


    Submitted by MaryC on December 26, 2020  

Mythology

  1. Achilles

    (Achil′les) was the most valiant of the Greek heroes in the Trojan War. He was the son of Peleus, King of Thessaly. His mother, Thetis, plunged him, when an infant, into the Stygian pool, which made him invulnerable wherever the waters had washed him; but the heel by which he was held was not wetted, and that part remained vulnerable. He was shot with an arrow in the heel by Paris, at the siege of Troy, and died of his wound.

Who Was Who?

  1. Achilles

    A baby whose mother gave him a bath but forgot to wash all of his feet. Later was veteran of the siege of Troy. Died before receiving pension.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ACHILLES

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Achilles is ranked #35489 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Achilles surname appeared 634 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Achilles.

    91% or 577 total occurrences were White.
    3.9% or 25 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.7% or 11 total occurrences were Black.
    1.5% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.9% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.7% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ACHILLES in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ACHILLES in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of ACHILLES in a Sentence

  1. Harry Kazianis:

    The great Achilles heel of China Sea is trade — especially natural resources that come via sea and into its ports — and a big reason it will inevitably become a globally deployed military power.

  2. John Hannah:

    Maintenance has long been an Achilles heel for the Iraqi security services, and they have been almost entirely dependent on the United States to keep their planes flying, the F-16s have been based at the Balad airfield, which has been regularly targeted with rockets and mortars by pro-Iranian militias. My view is that the F-16 program could be in serious trouble if the Iraqi government is unable or unwilling to fulfill its most basic international obligation to protect U.S. diplomats, troops, and contractors that theyve invited into their country.

  3. Jack Riley:

    Clearly that was his Achilles' heel the first time and I think it can be this time, this time when we get him, and I tell you we are going to get him, it may have a little different outcome for him.

  4. Christians Castillo:

    It's his Achilles' heel, those who would be coming into power with him, I think, would be very worried.

  5. Marcel Fratzscher:

    Low investment is the Achilles' heel of the German economy.

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