Meaning of Achilles | Babel Free
əˈkɪliːzDefinitions
Equivalents
Examples
“Achilles! a drayman, a porter, a very camel.”
“Achilles’ wrath, to Greece the direful spring⟳ Of woes unnumber’d, heavenly goddess, sing⟳!”
“If once the lamentation is heard, it will ring⟳ out again, of the short-lived Achilles, of the leaf-like change⟳ and vicissitude of the human race⟳, of the decay of the heroic age.”
“In the last⟳ third of the Iliad, Achilles’ beloved companion, Patroklos, and his bitter enemy, Hektor, die⟳ wearing Achilles’ armor, their deaths prefiguring Achilles’ own⟳.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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