Achilles. [Greek .] (Greek & Roman Mythology) The principal hero of Homer's "Iliad," the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, in Thessaly, and of Thetis, a Nereid. He was distinguished above all the rest of the Greeks in the Trojan war by his strength, beauty, and bravery. At his birth, he was dipped by his mother in the river Styx, and was thus made invulnerable except in the right heel, -- by which she held him; but he was at length killed by Paris, or, according to some accounts, by Apollo. See HECTOR

An unfortunate country [Hanover], if the English would but think; liable to be strangled, at any time, for England's quarrels; the Achilles-heel to invulnerable England.
--Carlyle.

Achilles, the hero of the allied Greek army in the siege of Troy, and king of the Myrmidons. (See Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, p. 10).

The English Achilles, John Talbot, first earl of Shrewsbury (1373-1453).

The duke of Wellington is so called sometimes, and is represented by a statue of Achilles of gigantic size in Hyde Park, London, close to Apsley House (1769-1852).

The Achilles of Germany, Albert, elector of Brandenburg (1414-1486).

Achilles of Rome, Sicinius Dentatus (put to death B.C. 450).

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The Reader's Handbook of Famous Names in Fiction, Allusions, References, Proverbs, Plots, Stories and Poems
By The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer
A New Edition Revised Throughout and Greatly Enlarged
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Co.
1899

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Achilles: the chief character in the opera of that name.
--Gay, Achilles.

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Who's Who in Fiction?
A Dictionary of Noted Names in Novels, Tales, Romances, Poetry, and Drama
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