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noun • (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus | ||||||||
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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 him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel' | ||||||||
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