Achilles of Germany

Achilles of Germany. A title given, on account of his bravery, to Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg and Culmbach (141401486), "a tall, fiery, tough old gentleman," says Carlyle, "in his day, ... a very blazing, far-seen character, dim as he has now grown."


An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction; including also familiar pseudonyms, surnames bestowed on eminent men, and analogous popular appellations often referred to in literature and conversation.
By William A. Wheeler.
Nineteenth Edition.
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin and Company
1884

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