Achilles Heel--The Myth

According to Greek mythology, Achilles, the son of Thetis and Peleus, was the bravest hero in the Trojan War.  When Achilles was born, his mother, Thetis, tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the river Styx.  As she immersed him, she held him by one heel and forgot to dip him a second time so the heel she held could get wet too.  Therefore, the place where she held him remained untouched by the magic water of the Styx and that part stayed mortal or vulnerable.

Achilles fought heroically against the Trojans, but Paris killed him.  Paris shot him with an arrow from behind.  Paris’s hand was guided by Apollo who took revenge for the death of his son.  To this day, any weak point is called an “Achilles heel.”  The Democrat Party’s Achilles Heel is BHO, the heel.