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Achilles

Achilles Meaning & Definition
Achilles Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Achilles?

[n] a mythical Greek hero of Homer's 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"

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