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Tendon Achilles

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Name given to the tendon of the leg above the heel, so called as being the tendon by which Thetis held Achilles when she dipped him in the Styx, and where alone he was in consequence vulnerable.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Tendon Achilles'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​t/tendon-achilles.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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