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Originally Posted by issybird
According to myth, Thetis tried to make Achilles immortal by dipping him as an infant into the River Styx; however, he was vulnerable where she held him, by the heel.
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Yes, but as I said in an earlier post, that story originates in the 1st century AD poem, the "Achilleid", written by the Roman poet Publius Papinius Statius. There's no trace of any earlier source for the story. The "Homeric" Achilles certainly isn't invulnerable.