Achilles Definition
ə-kĭlēz
noun
The hero of Homer's Iliad, the son of Peleus and Thetis and slayer of Hector.
American Heritage
Greek warrior and leader in the Trojan War who kills Hector and is killed by Paris with an arrow that strikes his only vulnerable spot, his heel: he is the hero of Homer's Iliad.
Webster's New World
pronoun
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