Achilles (disambiguation)

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 (comics), 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 Point, a headland in Auckland, New Zealand
 * 588 Achilles, the first Trojan asteroid to be discovered

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 very 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 Czechoslovakian motorcycle manufacturer
 * Achilles (1953–1957 motorcycle), a West German scooter and moped 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
 * SS Achilles (1866) 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

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