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achilles
/əˈkɪliːz/
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What does achilles mean?
proper noun
- A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.
- The Greek camp Trojan asteroid 588 Achilles.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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The heel of Achilles in all historical speculations of this class has been the role of the individual.
From him, Achilles came to have divine honors in Epirus, under the name of Aspetus, in the language of the country.
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Or perchance he was some Achilles, who had nourished his wrath apart, and had now come to avenge or rescue his Patroclus.
This lord, Achilles—Ajax, who wears his wit in his belly and his guts in his head—I’ll tell you what I say of him.
Our children are still called by names that he invented above three thousand years ago; who does not know Hector and Achilles?