Achilleus

During mass at his titular Roman church, Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington repeatedly noted that he wouldn't be saying anything remotely worthy of press coverage.

The Frontrunner? 2007

In his book Combat Sports in the Ancient World, classicist Michael B. Poliakoff describes how sports like wrestling, boxing and stick fighting arose to take the place of actual warfare: "Not long after Homer's time, it became virtually impossible for anyone to excel in war the way Achilleus and Ajax had done, as the era of heroic single combat yielded to the superior power of the tightly organized and unified phalanx," he writes.

Reinventing SportsBread And Circuses David M. Ewalt 2006

When Orlando, as Achilleus, finally succumbed to that great darkness ...

kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2001

Here were clay tablets, inscribed in a form of Greek that bore striking resemblances to the Homeric literary dialect, which contained lists of chariots, corslets, and helmets and such Homeric names as Hektor, Achilleus, Aias, Pandaros, and Orestes.

Triumph of a Heretic Knox, Bernard 1978

Homer begins the Iliad: "Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus 'son Achilleus ..."

The Annotated "Terrapin Station" Robert Hunter 1977

Achilleus, said to have been baptized by St. Peter, followed her into exile, were beheaded at Terracina, and their bodies brought back to the family sepulchre of their mistress.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

In several Roman basilicas e.g. St. Petronilla, St. Bablina, and Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, a niche for the bishop's cathedra was constructed in the wall of the apse, but this arrangement was exceptional.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Pope Clement is rep resented as his son in the Acts of Sts. Nereus and Achilleus, but this would make him too young to have known the Apostles.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

On 22 February, 1739, Tencin was created cardinal, of the title of Sts. Nereus and Achilleus.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

For a while, like many other underground Christian cemeteries, this catacomb seems to have been known by the name of the donor, Domitilla, but later it was called after the holy martyrs Nereus and Achilleus, who were subsequently buried there.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913