Because when his mother dipped him in the Styx, that is where she held on to him so she could pull him out. So the rest of him was impervious to almost anything, but in that one spot, he was still normal.
It is a person's point of weakness. Achilles, according to legend, was dunked in the River Styx by his mother Thetis when he was a baby. She wanted to make him immortal. While dunking him, she held him by the heel. This is the only body part that was not immortal. During the Trojan War, Paris shot him in the heel, killing him. His heel was his only weak point, hence his "Achilles Heel.'
According to legend, Achilles was dipped into the river Styx, causing him to become invincible, but since he was held up by his heel, that part didin't get dipped, and became his one vulnerable point.
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Odysseus did not kill Achilles. Paris killed Achilles.
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Thetis, mother of Achilles, tried to make him invulnerable by putting him into the waters of the Styx (a river of Hades) but the heel by which she held him was not touched by the Styx's waters, and failed to be protected.In the Iliad, Homer does not mention this weakness of Achilles' heel.
The weakest tendon in the human body isn't known. However, the Achilles tendon is viewed as the strongest in the body.
Because when his mother dipped him in the Styx, that is where she held on to him so she could pull him out. So the rest of him was impervious to almost anything, but in that one spot, he was still normal.
It is your weakest piont. According to the legend, Achilles' mother dipped him into a miraculous water when he was a child holding him by his heel. This way Achilles became nearly invulnerable. Knowing this, the Trojan prince Paris shot him in the heel with a poisoned arrow, and Achilles died.
Yes, any object will most likely break or give at the weakest point.
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Achilles was fatally injures on his heel, his one moral point
Achilles is a famous greek warrior and his only weak spot was his heel. that's why its called an Achilles heel. it means a weak spot.
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Achilles often spoke to Thetis to request something of his goddess mother which was usually granted to him by her.
There is a nerve in the arm. That is the strongest pressure point for Females and Males