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nouna 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 that contains achilles
- hector (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
- achilles 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'
- thetis (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus
- patroclus (Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War; his death led Achilles to return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon
- chiron (Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes
- myrmidon (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy
- peleus a king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles