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Greek hero of Homer's Iliad. He was the son
of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Thessaly,
and the sea nymph Thetis, who rendered him
invulnerable, except for the heel by which
she held him, by dipping him in the river
Styx. Achilles killed Hector in the Trojan
War and was himself killed by Paris who shot
a poisoned arrow into Achilles' heel.
Subject by: Russell Webb