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What is the meaning of Achilles' heel?
It is a person's point of weakness. Achilles, according to legend, was dunked in the River Styx by his mother Thetis when he was a baby. She wanted to make him immortal. While dunking him, she held him by the heel. This is the only body part that was not immortal. During the Trojan War, Paris shot him in the heel, killing him. His heel was his only weak point, hence his "Achilles Heel.'
Who is Achilles and what was the importance of his heel?
Achilles Heel is an old saying about a guy who is invincible except for his heel. the moral is that everybody has a weakness. Example: The spiders are her Achilles Heel or it means: the only thing that can scare her are spiders .His mother dipped all of Achilles in the river Styx all except his heel. He was invincible everywhere except his heels because of that
What happens to Achilles in the Trojan war?
Achilles was dipped into the River Styx from his heel when he was a baby by his mother Thetis, which allowed him to become nearly invincible. His only weakness was his heel. Achilles was in war and fought for the Greeks. He got shot with an arrow through his heel and it killed him.
What is the name of the Trojan warrior who killed Achilles in the Trojan War?
Paris killed Achilles, with an arrow (in his heel, the only vulnerable spot on his body). or the other legend is that Paris stabbed Achillies in the back with a dagger.
Who was archilles?
Achilles was one of the best heroes in Greek mythology. No weapon or man could ever harm him when he was young. His mother was a goddess and wanted to share her immortality with him by dipping him into the River Styx so he would have an impenetrable hide. The only thing was that his heel was covered by his mother's thumb, his weak spot. He appeared in Homer's Iliad and was shot by a poisoned arrow in his tendon in his heel. The term Achilles Tendon or Achilles Heel pertains to a person's weakness.
