Achilles - definition, transcription
Amer.
|əˈkɪlɪz|
Brit.
|əˈkɪliːz|
noun
- 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' (syn: achilles)
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...an ancient vase in an alcove and a sculpture of Achilles on a stand in the museum's Greek Hall...
I would draw his descent from Hector, or Achilles.
Achilles' behaviour aroused divine nemesis.
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