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An Achilles' heel or Achilles heel is a weakness in spite of overall strength, which can lead to downfall. While the mythological origin refers to a physical vulnerability, idiomatic references to other attributes or qualities that can lead to downfall are common.

An Achilles' heel or Achilles heel is a weakness in spite of overall strength, which can lead to downfall. While the mythological origin refers to a physical vulnerability, idiomatic references to other attributes or qualities that can lead to downfall are common.

==[[用户:Agnes|Agnes]]（[[用户讨论:Agnes|讨论]]）[翻译]An Achilles' heel or Achilles heel 此处省译，因为通过查询发现两种不同的英文表达在中文中都翻译为阿喀琉斯之踵，故译者认为无需重复赘述。

==[[用户:Agnes|Agnes]]（[[用户讨论:Agnes|讨论]]）[翻译]An Achilles' heel or Achilles heel 此处省译，因为通过查询发现两种不同的英文表达在中文中都翻译为阿喀琉斯之踵，故译者认为无需重复赘述。

[[File:Peter Paul Rubens 181.jpg|thumb|right|Oil painting (c. 1625) by [[Peter Paul Rubens]] of the goddess Thetis dipping her son Achilles in the [[River Styx]], which runs through [[Hades]]. In the background, the ferryman [[Charon (mythology)|Charon]] rows the dead across the river in his boat.]]

[[File:Peter Paul Rubens 181.jpg|thumb|right|Oil painting (c. 1625) by [[Peter Paul Rubens]] of the goddess Thetis dipping her son Achilles in the [[River Styx]], which runs through [[Hades]]. In the background, the ferryman [[Charon (mythology)|Charon]] rows the dead across the river in his boat.]]

【图2：Oil painting (c. 1625) by Peter Paul Rubens of the goddess Thetis dipping her son Achilles in the River Styx, which runs through Hades. In the background, the ferryman Charon rows the dead across the river in his boat.油画(约1625年)由彼得·保罗·鲁本斯创作，女神忒提丝在流经地狱的冥河中浸泡她的儿子阿喀琉斯。背景中，摆渡人卡戎撑着船运为死者摆渡。】

【图2：Oil painting (c. 1625) by Peter Paul Rubens of the goddess Thetis dipping her son Achilles in the River Styx, which runs through Hades. In the background, the ferryman Charon rows the dead across the river in his boat.

由彼得·保罗·鲁本斯创作的油画(约1625年)，女神忒提丝在流经地狱的冥河中浸泡她的儿子阿喀琉斯。背景中，摆渡人卡戎撑着船运为死者摆渡。】

Classical myths attribute Achilles’s invulnerability to his mother Thetis having treated him with ambrosia and burned away his mortality in the hearth fire except on the heel, by which she held him. Peleus, his father, discovered the treatment and was alarmed to see Thetis holding the baby in the flames, which offended her and made her leave the treatment incomplete. According to a myth arising later, his mother had dipped the infant Achilles in the river Styx, holding onto him by his heel, and he became invulnerable where the waters touched him—that is, everywhere except the areas of his heel that were covered by her thumb and forefinger.

Classical myths attribute Achilles’s invulnerability to his mother Thetis having treated him with ambrosia and burned away his mortality in the hearth fire except on the heel, by which she held him. Peleus, his father, discovered the treatment and was alarmed to see Thetis holding the baby in the flames, which offended her and made her leave the treatment incomplete. According to a myth arising later, his mother had dipped the infant Achilles in the river Styx, holding onto him by his heel, and he became invulnerable where the waters touched him—that is, everywhere except the areas of his heel that were covered by her thumb and forefinger.

 

==[[用户:Agnes|Agnes]]（[[用户讨论:Agnes|讨论]]）[翻译]译者认为，原文中破折号“——”和“that is”所起到的作用相同，都是解释说明，为保证译文通常，此处采用省译，省去了that is 的翻译。

  --[[用户:Agnes|Agnes]]（[[用户讨论:Agnes|讨论]]）[翻译]burned away his mortality中mortality一词在牛津英汉双解词典中解释为“the state of being human and not being for ever”，译者反复思考后决定译为“生命的限期”，但是原文仍然不能完全通畅，所以对于morality一词的翻译仍然存疑；

The oldest-known written record of the tendon being named for [[Achilles]] is in 1693 by the Flemish/Dutch anatomist [[Philip Verheyen]]. In his widely used text ''Corporis Humani Anatomia'' he described the tendon's location and said that it was commonly called "the cord of Achilles."<ref>{{Citation

  --[[用户:Agnes|Agnes]]（[[用户讨论:Agnes|讨论]]）[翻译]译者认为，原文中破折号“——”和“that is”所起到的作用相同，都是解释说明，为保证译文通常，此处采用省译，省去了that is 的翻译。

已知最古老的关于以阿喀琉斯命名跟腱的文字记录是由弗兰德/荷兰解剖学家菲利普 · 费尔海因在1693年撰写的。在他的著作《人体解剖学》中，他描述了跟腱的位置，并说它通常被称为“阿喀琉斯的束缚”。“阿喀琉斯之踵”这种表达，意思是“弱点所在，脆弱的地方”，最早只能追溯到1840年，同时1810年《牛津英语词典》中，塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治可能是用了“爱尔兰，英国阿喀琉斯脆弱的脚后跟 ”这一表达。

The oldest-known written record of the tendon being named for [[Achilles]] is in 1693 by the Flemish/Dutch anatomist [[Philip Verheyen]]. In his widely used text ''Corporis Humani Anatomia'' he described the tendon's location and said that it was commonly called "the cord of Achilles".<ref>}}|title=Corporis humani anatomia|last1=Veheyen|first1=Philip|authorlink=Philip Verheyen|publisher=Aegidium Denique|place=Leuven|year=1693|quote=Vocatum passim ''chorda Achillis'', & ab Hippocrate ''tendo magnus''. (Appendix, caput XII. ''De musculis pedii et antipedii'', p. 269)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The large and prominent tendon of the [[gastrocnemius]], [[soleus]], and [[plantaris]] muscles of the calf is called the ''tendo achilleus'' or [[Achilles tendon]]. This is commonly associated with the site of Achilles's death wound. Tendons are avascular, so such an injury is unlikely to be fatal; however, the myth has the arrow poisoned with the blood of the [[Lernaean Hydra]].

The large and prominent tendon of the [[gastrocnemius]], [[soleus]], and [[plantaris]] muscles of the calf is called the ''tendo achilleus'' or [[Achilles tendon]]. This is commonly associated with the site of Achilles's death wound. Tendons are avascular, so such an injury is unlikely to be fatal; however, the myth has the arrow poisoned with the blood of the [[Lernaean Hydra]].

腓肠肌、比目鱼肌和跖肌的大而突出的肌腱称为小腿腱或跟腱。这个部位通常与阿喀琉斯的致命伤有关。肌腱是无血管的，所以这种损伤不太可能是致命的; 然而，神话中的箭淬上了勒拿九头蛇有毒的血液。

腓肠肌、比目鱼肌和跖肌的大而突出的肌腱称为小腿腱或跟腱。这个部位通常与阿喀琉斯的致命伤的部位有关。肌腱是无血管的，所以这种损伤不太可能是致命的; 然而，神话中的箭淬上了勒拿九头蛇有毒的血液。

A more likely anatomical basis for Achilles's death, assuming an unpoisoned dart, would have been an injury to his [[posterior tibial artery]] behind the [[medial malleolus]], in between the tendons of the flexor digitorum longus and the posterior tibial vein. This area could also have been included in [[Thetis]]'s grip.

A more likely anatomical basis for Achilles's death, assuming an unpoisoned dart, would have been an injury to his [[posterior tibial artery]] behind the [[medial malleolus]], in between the tendons of the flexor digitorum longus and the posterior tibial vein. This area could also have been included in [[Thetis]]'s grip.

==See also==

==See also==