Greek hero of the Trojan War stories, son of Thetis and Peleus, his name is perhaps a compound of akhos "pain, grief" (see awe) + laos "the people, a people" (see lay (adj.)); or e [..]

(n) 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 [..]

N M Achilles| Greek hero

The English, John Talbot, first Earl of Shrewsbury (1373–1453).

King of the Myr’midons (in Thessaly), the hero of Homer’s epic poem called the Iliad. He is represented as brave and relentless. The poem begins with a quarrel between him and Agamem [..]

n. "Achilles, Greek hero of the Trojan war," proper n.; not in MED. KEY: achilles@n#propn

n#propn 12 achille 1 achilles 11

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

From the Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Achilleus), which is of unknown meaning, perhaps derived from Greek ἄχος (achos) meaning "pain" or e [..]