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How did the Achilles tendon get the name Achilles?
it got its name because Achilles the Greek warrior had an arrow go through his. This disabled him and the tendon has been given his name.
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Why was Achilles named Achilles?
His name actually means no lips.The story is: His mother, Thetis, was of divine descent, and knew some sorcery. In order to make her son invulnerable she tried to burn him slightly. This would burn...
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What is Achilles about?
Achilles was a immortal legend (real man ) aside from his heal but his mother was thetis a sea nympth that had a child with pelaus she was forced by the gods and goddess despite her hate for mortals,...
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What did Achilles do?
He was one the Greek leaders who led an army in attacking Troy and the neighboring islands allied to Ilium. He did good at the start of the war but at one point he went beyond the attitude of being a...
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Where was Achilles from?
Phthia, as he says in the first book of the Iliad in his rant to Agamemnon.