When he was a baby his mother dipped him into the River Styx. Yet she held him by his heel which therefore did not gain the powers of invincibility provided by the waters of the River Styx.
The weakness of Achilles was that when he was young he was foretold that he would die young .
His heel
An Achilles heal is someone's weakness or flaw.
Achilles' heel was his weak spot thus the saying that someone's weakness is their "Achilles heel."
everyone has a weakness.
Everyone has a weakness. There is nobody who doesn't have an "Achilles' Heel"
''Achilles' ''heel is a seemingly small but actually crucial weakness.''''
He had a weak spot on his heel that is why a weakness is called an Achilles heel
Achilles' heel is an excellent example of an allusion. Say somebody has a certain weakness that can be taken advantage of. That weakness is the person's "Achilles' heel" because according to mythology, Achilles was immortal except for his heel that was not dipped into the River of Styx, A.K.A. his only weakness.
Achilles
his heel was his weakness. there is no specific reason, just that for Achilles in particular his heel was his one weakness.
Achilles' mother, Thetis, dipped him in the River Styx to make him invulnerable. However, she held him by his heel, which did not touch the water, leaving that spot vulnerable. This is why the term "Achilles' heel" has come to symbolize a critical weakness despite overall strength.