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Achilles is the name of a Greek mythological hero of the Trojan War.
Achilles or Achilleus may also refer to:
Science and medicine
Achilles tendon, the posterior tendon of the leg
588 Achilles, the first Trojan asteroid to be discovered
Fiction
Achilleis (trilogy), a trilogy of plays by Aeschylus
Achilles (Marvel Comics), a member of the fictional group the Pantheon in the Marvel universe
Olympian (comics), whose second DC Comics incarnation is that of the Greek hero Achilles
Achilles de Flandres, a villain in Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game novel series
Achilles, Phoebus' horse in the animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Music
Achilles (opera), a 1733 ballad opera by John Gay
Achilleus a 1886 secular oratorio by Max Bruch
Achilles (band), an American hardcore band
"Achilles", song by Jag Panzer from the album Casting the Stones, 2004
Places
Achilles, Kansas, US, a ghost town
Achilles, Virginia, US, an unincorporated community
Achilles Point, a headland in Auckland, New Zealand
People
Saints Nereus and Achilleus, 2nd century Christian saints and martyrs
Achilles Tatius of Alexandria, 2nd century Greek writer
Felix, Fortunatus, and Achilleus (died 212), Christian saints and martyrs
Achilles or Achillius of Larissa (died 330), Christian saint
Achilleus (Roman usurper), the ruler of Egypt for a very short time in the late 3rd century AD
Achilles (judge royal) (died after 1201), Hungarian noble
Achilles Alferaki (1846–1919), Russian-Greek composer and mayor
Achilleus Kewanuka (1869–1886), Ugandan Christian saint and martyr
Frederick Achilles, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt (1591–1631)
Kullervo Achilles Manner (1880–1939), Finnish politician and journalist
Theodore Achilles (1905–1986), American diplomat
Transport
Achilles (automobile), a British automobile maker, 1903–1908
Achilles (1906–1912 motorcycle), a Czechoslovakian motorcycle manufacturer
Achilles (1953–1957 motorcycle), a West German scooter and moped manufacturer
Achilles (1873–1892), one of the ten South Devon Railway Buffalo class steam locomotives
Achilles, one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915
SS Achilles (1866) was one of the first steamships that were fuel efficient enough to trade between the UK and China.
Military
HMS Achilles, seven Royal Navy ships
HMNZS Achilles, New Zealand Navy cruiser, 1932–1948
USS Achilles, two US Navy ships
17pdr SP M10C Achilles and 3in SP M10 Achilles, British variants of the M10, a World War II tank destroyer
Chilean ship Aquiles, four ships of the Chilean Navy with the name in Spanish
Sport
Achilles '29, a Dutch football club based in Groesbeek
Achilles F.C., an English football club based in Ipswich
Achilles Athletics Club, a club in Mombasa, Kenya, founded and run by coach Ray Batchelor in the 1950s
Achilles Club, an English a track and field club
Achilles International, an international non-profit organization which provides support to athletes with disabilities
See also
Acanthurus achilles, commonly known as Achilles tang or Achilles surgeonfish, a species of tropical marine fish
Achille (disambiguation)
Achillea, the yarrows, a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae
Achilles' heel, a weakness or vulnerability
Achilles number, a powerful number which is not a perfect power
Achilleos, a surname
†Archicebus achilles, an extinct species of primate
Borgå Akilles, a Finnish sports club based in Provoo
Morpho achilles, the Achilles morpho, blue-banded morpho, or banded blue morpho, a species of Neotropical butterfly
Phyllonorycter achilleus, a species of moth from the family Gracillariidae
Z Achilles and Turbo Achilles, "Beyblades" from the anime and toyline Beyblade Burst Turbo
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