Achilles

=__//**Achilles**//__= __Morals and Meanings__
 * Everyone has a weakness, whether it's physical or mental.
 * All heroes have a weak spot, and it can become their downfall

__Modern Connections: Achilles' Heel__ __The Story of Achilles- A heroic form of a myth about a Trojan War hero__ Achilles was a person who actually did live during the time of Ancient Greece and he was a hero of the Trojan War who helped to win it in the name of the Greeks. The legend was that Achilles was born the son of King Peleus of the Myrmidons of Thessaly and the sea nymph known as Thetis. It was believed that Thetis had dipped Achilles into the River Styx (a river separating the world of the living from the world of the dead) as a child to be able to make her son immortal. In the legend, his heels were his one weakness because the water from the river did not touch his heels due to the fact that his mother had hung him by his heels when dipping him into the river. Achilles eventually fought in the course of the Trojan war leading alongside an army of his father’s people, the Myrmidons, his personal tutor Phoenix, and his close friend Patroclus, he ended up winning countless battles throughout the Trojan War in the name of the Greeks included many towns in the Trojan territory such as the cities of Troy and Lyrnessos where he took the woman Briseis as his prize but she was eventually taken away from him and eventually his friend Patroclus took his place in battle but he too was also killed and it was believed that Achilles was killed because Patroclus who was wearing his armor at the time. Finally, Achilles eventually died in battle after a number of campaigns where he was eventually shot in the heel possibly by one of his enemies named Paris with a poison arrow in his heel which was the one place where he was vulnerable.
 * The Achilles' Heel is commonly referred to as a major weakness or small weakness in overall strength which can lead to one's downfall.
 * The Achilles' Tendon is the muscle that connects the lower leg and the heel bone which is commonly used in sports such as basketball which can overstress the tendon and cause a strain.
 * These modern connections relate because Achilles' only weakness was his heel, because when he became immortal, his heel was left out, causing it to be a massive weakness.
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