Achilles

1. 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'

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.; A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Aquiles

Achilles

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

Achilles (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); a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Achilles

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Achillēs. Doublet of Achil.

Achilles

Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

Achilles

Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

Achilles (Ancient Greek hero)

Achilles

Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).