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Meaning of ACHILLES
Pronunciation:
u'kileez
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Definition:
[n]
a
mythical
Greek
hero
of
Homer
'
s
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
"
 
See Also:
mythical being
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