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1Achilles de Flandres — is a major character, primary antagonist, in Orson Scott Card s Shadow series (also known as the Bean Quartet). It is part of the universe created in the novel and short story Ender s Game . Achilles appears in the novels Ender s Shadow , Shadow… …
2Achilles (Pantheon) — Achilles is the name of two unrelated characters from the Marvel Universe. The first Achilles fought in World War II and first appeared in Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #379, while the second Achilles, is based on the classic Greek hero who fought in… …
3Achilles Rizzoli — Achilles G. Rizzoli (1896 1981), anonymous during his lifetime, has since his death become celebrated as an outsider artist. He is an unusual example of an outsider artist who had considerable formal training in drawing. Rizzoli lived near the… …
4Achilles — Achilleus redirects here. For the emperor with this name, see Achilleus (emperor). For other uses, see Achilles (disambiguation). In Greek mythology, Achilles (also Akhilleus or Achilleus; Ancient Greek: polytonic|Ἀχιλλεύς) was a Greek hero of… …
5Achilles — Achillean /ak euh lee euhn, euh kil ee /, adj. /euh kil eez/, n. Class. Myth. the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan War and hero of Homer s Iliad. He killed Hector and was killed when Paris wounded him in the heel, his one vulnerable spot,… …
6Achilles tendon — Infobox Anatomy Name = Achilles tendon Latin = tendo calcaneus, tendo Achillis GraySubject = 129 GrayPage = 483 Caption = Posterior view of the foot and leg, showing the Achilles tendon ( tendo calcaneus ). The gastrocnemius muscle is cut to… …
7Achilles tendon — Anat. the tendon joining the calf muscles to the heel bone. Also, Achilles tendon. [1900 05] * * * ▪ anatomy also called calcaneal tendon strong tendon at the back of the heel that connects the calf muscles to the heel. The tendon is… …
8Achilles tendon — from Mod.L. tendo Achillis, first used by German surgeon Heister and so called in reference to the one vulnerable spot of the great Greek hero ACHILLES (Cf. Achilles), whose mother held him by the heel when she dipped him in the River Styx to… …
9Achilles' heel — {n. phr.}, {literary} A physical or psychological weakness named after the Greek hero Achilles who was invulnerable except for a spot on his heel. * /John s Achilles heel is his lack of talent with numbers and math./ …
10Achilles' heel — {n. phr.}, {literary} A physical or psychological weakness named after the Greek hero Achilles who was invulnerable except for a spot on his heel. * /John s Achilles heel is his lack of talent with numbers and math./ …
