Achilles (Greek: ?χιλλε?, English: Achilles) is a hero in Greek mythology, the son of the sea goddess Thetis and the mortal hero Peleus.
After Achilles was born, his mother Thetis learned from the goddess of fate that he would die in battle, so she burned the mortal part of Achilles' body with heavenly fire and restored it with divine ointment. It was interrupted when he was discovered by his father Peleus when it was about to be completed (it is said that Thetis held Achilles' ankles and dipped him into the River Styx). Therefore, except for the fatal spot on his heel, Achilles is invulnerable to all gods.
After Achilles participated in the Trojan War, it took only two battles to tilt the originally stalemate situation sharply in favor of the Greek army, and killed the Trojan leader Hector. However, due to his enmity with Apollo, the god of light, Achilles was shot in the heel by Apollo's hidden arrow and died.
There are few related stories about Achilles, mainly two battles in the Trojan War, but he is very famous in Greek mythology, and his name has become a professional term in modern medicine.