Achilles

son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, in The aly, and of Thetis. His mother’s desire for his safety made her try to make him invulnerable when a child by anointing him with ambrosia, and again by dipping him in the river Styx, from which he came out proof against wounds, all but the heel, by which she held him. He was the bravest of the Greeks in the Trojan War, in which he was slain. He is the hero of Homer’s Iliad, and was said to be invulnerable. Achilles’ Tendon, TENDON oF ACHILLES, the strong tendon which connects the muscles of the calf with the heel, and may be easily felt with the hand. The origin of name will be understood from the above article.