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 (character), 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 Peak, a mountain in New Zealand
  • 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 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 Czechoslovak motorcycle 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
  • 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
  • The "Achilles" drone battalion of Ukraine's 92nd Assault Brigade

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