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The legend said that when he was a baby, his mother the goddess Thetis attempted to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx. In doing this she held him by his heels and did not dip or wet them after, so that left his heels vulnerable.
The story is that he was killed in the siege of Troy by Paris, who shot an an arrow into his heel. Thus an "Achilles' heel" has come to be a term for a person's principal weakness.
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When did Achilles Rizzoli die?
Achilles Rizzoli died in 1981.
When did Achilles Statius die?
Achilles Statius died in 1581.
When did Achilles Frydman die?
Achilles Frydman died in 1940.
Did Achilles die at Troy?
Yes. He died when Apollo shot him in the Achilles Tendon with an arrow.
What was the weakness of Achilles?
The weakness of Achilles was that when he was young he was foretold that he would die young .
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