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Adjective- Like the greatest warrior among the Greeks at Troy.

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  • He was brave like an Achillean.
  • Why not cast him in Achillean brass, the rival of the great hero of gunpowder and
  • He marshaled his hugely populated orchestra and chorus with an Achillean virtuosity that was, literally, breathtaking.
  • He summoned up all the Achillean courage it takes for a fourteen-year-old boy to admit his interest to a specific girl, and to her face at that.
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