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According to the Achilleid, written by Statius in the 1st century AD, and to non-surviving previous sources, when Achilles was born Thetis tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx; however, he was left vulnerable at the part of the body by which she held him: his left heel [14] [15] (see Achilles' heel, Achilles tendon). It ...
An Achilles' heel [1] (or Achilles heel [2] [3]) is a weakness despite overall strength, which can lead to downfall. While the mythological origin refers to a physical vulnerability, idiomatic references to other attributes or qualities that can lead to downfall are common.
Achilles Defeating Hector or Achilles the Vanquisher of Hector (French - Achille vainqueur d'Hector) is a c.1630 oil on panel painting by Peter Paul Rubens, showing Achilles defeating Hector during the Trojan War, with Athena hovering above. [1] It was originally intended as a cartoon for a tapestry and is now in the musée des Beaux-Arts de ...
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White ground technique lekythos attributed to the Sappho Painter depicting Achilles watching out for Polyxena. Louvre, Paris. Sappho Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active c. 510–490 BCE. [1] The artist's name vase is a kalpis depicting the poet Sappho, currently held by the National Museum, Warsaw (Inv. 142333).
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Andromache Mourning Hector is a 1783 oil-on-canvas painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David.The painting depicts an image from Homer's Iliad, showing Andromache, comforted by her son, Astyanax, mourning over her husband Hector, who has been killed by Achilles. [1]
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