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Achilles
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Achilles
[Marvel Comics] 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 the Trojan War and first appeare... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_(Marvel_Comics)
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The name Achilles has been used for British war ships since 1744 and is associated with the capture of the St Florentine in 1759 and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. In 1863 a first-class cruiser was launched and named Achilles. That Achilles was decommissioned in 1901. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RA.HTM
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Achilles is a Grecian commander in Troilus and Cressida. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/K.HTM
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son of Peleus and Thetis, a goddess; bathed in the river Styx as a baby by his mother, Achilles' heel did not enter the water that makes whomever bathes in it invulnerable; one myth says that an arrow shot by Paris hit Achilles in his vulnerable heel and caused his death; his parents put him in the ... Found op http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glossaryi.html
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Achilles
[n] - a mythical Greek hero of Homer's Iliad Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=Achilles
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Greek hero of Homer's Iliad. He was the son of Peleus, King of the Myrmidons in Thessaly, and of the sea nymph Thetis who, by dipping him in the River Styx, rendered him invulnerable, except for the... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Achilles: In Greek mythology, the hero who was thought to have some special medical knowledge. Achilles studied medicine with Chiron, the centaur, who invented it. '...But save me. Take me to the ship, cut this arrow out of my leg, wash the blood from it with warm water and put the right things on i... Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=33625
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Mythical Greek warrior, vulnerable only in the heel. ... See: Achilles bursa, Achilles reflex, Achilles tendon. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?Achilles
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noun a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held ... Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Achilles
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(from the article `Troilus and Cressida`) ...of Sparta but now the mistress of the Trojan prince Paris. Their one scene together presents Helen and Paris as vapid and self-centred. Other ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/11
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(from the article `Wolf, Max`) ...to use the stereocomparator (a type of stereoscopic viewer), which greatly helps in the discovery and identification of variable or moving objects ... In 1906 the first of the predicted objects, (588) Achilles, was discovered near the Lagrangian point preceding Jupi... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/11
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(from the article `Graf Spee`) ...ships in the Atlantic, the Graf Spee was sighted on Dec. 13, 1939, off the Río de la Plata estuary by a British search group consisting of the ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/11
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in Greek mythology, son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons, and the Nereid, or sea nymph, Thetis. He was the bravest, handsomest, and ... [12 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/11
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Achilles is a Greek boy name. The meaning of the name is `without lips, brown, dark ` Where is it used? The name Achilles is mainly used In Greek Mythology (Latinized) .How do they say it elsewhere? Achille ( In French and In Italian) The name Achilles doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most comm... Found op http://www.pregnology.com/index.php?boys/Achilles
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Achilles The Trojan hero and son of Thetis and Peleus from a Greek myth. Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/15/
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Type: Term Pronunciation: ă-kil′ēz Definitions: 1. Mythic Greek warrior, vulnerable to wounding only in his heel. See: Achilles bursa, Achilles reflex, Achilles tendon Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=603
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[automobile] The Achilles was an English shaft-drive voiturette manufactured by B Thompson & Co. in Frome, Somerset between 1903 and 1908. A range of cars were advertised, mostly with single-cylinder engines by Aster and De Dion. Other mechanical parts were also bought in, and it seems likel... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_(automobile)
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[disambiguation] Achilles is the name of the Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War. Achilles may also refer to: ==Science, technology, medicine== == Christian saints == ==Fiction== == Music == == Places == == People == == Transport == == Sport == == See also == ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_(disambiguation)
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In Greek mythology, Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς, Akhilleus, pron) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer`s Iliad. Plato named Achilles the most handsome of the heroes assembled against Troy. Later legends (beginning with a poem by Statius in the ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles
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(minor planet 588) The first of the Trojan asteroids to be found, in 1906 by Max Wolf. Its discovery, at Jupiter's fourth Lagrangian point (L4), preceding the planet in its orbit, confirmed Joseph-Louis Lagrange`s theory that two-body systems have points where a third object of ... Found op http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/Achilles.html
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Achilles (ukil'ēz) , in Greek mythology, foremost Greek hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and Thetis. He was a formidable warrior, possessing fierce and uncontrollable anger. Thetis, knowing that Achilles was fated to die at Troy, disguised him as a girl and hid him among the women at ... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0802322.html
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In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero. He is the chief character in Homer's Iliad. His father was Peleus, ruler of Phthia in Thessaly, his mother the sea-goddess Thetis. When only six years of age he was able to overcome lions and bears. His guardian, Cheiron the Centaur, having declared tha... Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/D1A.HTM
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Achilles
Greek hero of Homer's Iliad. He was the son of Peleus, King of the Myrmidons in Thessaly, and of the sea nymph Thetis who, by dipping him in the River Styx, rendered him invulnerable, except for the heel by which she held him. Achilles killed Hector at the climax of the Iliad, and acco... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0008491.html
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[band] Achilles is an American hardcore band from Rochester, Upstate New York. Formed in 2004, the band currently consists of Rory van Grol (vocals), Rob Antonucci (guitar), Josh Dillon (bass) and Chris Browne (drums). ==History== Achilles formed in 2004 as a result of the demise of three lo... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_(band)
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[1906-12 motorcycle] The Achilles was a motorcycle manufactured between 1906 and 1912 in the former Czechoslovakia. The bikes were powered by 3.5 hp single-cylinder and 5hp V-twin engines built by Fafnir and Zeus. ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_(1906-12_motorcycle)
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