The Achilles name pregreche origins, so old that the meaning is somewhat uncertain. According to the most common hypothesis, probably comes from two words tachýs (= fast) and lychòs (= wolf) with the meaning of fast as a wolf. The speed was just one of many physical gifts greek hero Achilles [in the picture, starring Brad Pitt in the movie Troy ] , mortal son of the sea nymph Thetis who, fearing death in war, even the child plunged into the River Styx, Hell that would make him invulnerable to any weapon Thetis held the infant to the heel, then getting wet and he was the only weak point of the hero. According to one version of the myth, was Peleus, the father, to snatch the baby from her mother's hands before it could submerge completely, fearing it would drown him, with this release, comes another possible etymology of the name of Achilles, which could mean lipless (from privative prefix a- and the word cheilosis = lip) , as Thetis, angry, left Peleus and son to return to live in the sea and therefore do not ever nursed a child. Accresciutasi fame grew and his invulnerability, Achilles reluctantly departed for the Trojan War, but emerged as the best Greek warrior in the ranks until he was hit right in the heel by an arrow from fearful scagliatagli Paris. "Sing, o Goddess, the wrath of Achilles son of Peleus" : it opens the ' Homer's Iliad, which ends with the funeral of the Trojan Hector, tortured and killed by Achilles to avenge the death of friend Patroclus.
Other hypotheses on the origin of the name lead back to an ancient greek word which means brown, dark Or do the voices come akhos (= pain) and laos (= people, army) with the meaning, again due to the figure of the mythological hero of [the one that provides] a lot of pain .
For the name-day, generally refers to the variant Achilleus, Achilleus faithful to the original greek : it can be celebrated May 12 (in memory of martyr sant'Achilleo ) or 15 of same month (in memory of Bishop sant'Achilleo in Thessaly).
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