What is the meaning of Achilles?

noun

  • 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'. .
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
10
 
|15 years ago|1.4k views|share |citing 
APAWordNet. (2010). achilles. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/achilles/definitions/1228167
ChicagoWordNet. 2010. "achilles" http://smartdefine.org/achilles/definitions/1228167 (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardWordNet 2010, achilles, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/achilles/definitions/1228167>.
MLAWordNet. "achilles" 23 October 2010. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/achilles/definitions/1228167>
{ class="autoclick" }next definition (/)