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Definition of Achilles

1. 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'.

Definition of Achilles

1. Proper noun. (context Greek mythology) 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 w:Iliad Iliad. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Achilles

1. Mythical Greek warrior, vulnerable only in the heel. See: Achilles bursa, Achilles reflex, Achilles tendon. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Achilles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Iliad by Homer, W. G. Caldcleugh (1870)
"THE SHIELD OF achilles. ARGUMENT. The news of Patroclus' death is brought to achilles, who is overwhelmed with grief, and seeks to destroy himself. ..."

2. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1898)
"14- achilles and Ajax at Dice : A Vase in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, by Miss Lida Shaw King, of the Packer Collegiate Institute. ..."

3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"The parallel drawn between Cuchulainn and achilles is wonderfully close. There are even some points which might be added, such as the warning to Thetis that ..."

4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1903)
"The achilles-jerk has been extensively studied, but has not taken the place it ... THE achilles-JERK. The result of our study of this (so-called) reflex ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"The achilles-jerk has been extensively studied, but has not taken the place it ... THE achilles-JERK. The result of our study of this (so-called) reflex ..."

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