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Show did military heroes of the ancient Greece of mythology He was the outstanding out-standing figure of the Trojan war and the central character of Homer's Iliad . From his very Infancy It was planned to make Achilles insuperable, invinci ble, a warrior beyond compare. To this end, he was dipped In the river Styx, In order, according to Greek a I2ow It Started ! 3 Miff Jean Xeivton 3 The Heel of Achilles EVERY now and then we hear It said of a man much In the public eye, when some startling disclosure is made In connection with him and he receives his long deferred deserts that the heel of Achilles was reached. We at once understand this to mean that he was finally detected or affected in his weak spot, and when this happened, he went the way of all who are similarly exposed. Cut why do we sny "The Hep) of Achilles?" The answer is interesting and enlightening. Achilles was one of the most splon- lore, to make every part of his body invulnerable. However, while being so immunized, immun-ized, 'he was held by the -heel, which was overlooked In the process, his heel thus becoming tiie one weak spot In his make-up, and injury to which, after numberless heroic exploits ex-ploits finally caused his death. Ever since then the expression "Heel of Achilles" has become an allusion to a vulnerable spot. l'J32. Bell Syndicate. WNU Sorvlce. |