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The death of Achilles was not mentioned in Homer's Iliad, but appeared in later Greek & Roman poetry & drama concerning events after the Iliad, later in the Trojan War. Achilles was said to have died from a heel wound as the result of an arrow - possibly poisoned - by Paris. According to a myth arising later, his mother, Thetis, 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 but the areas covered by her thumb and forefinger. It is Achebe's third novel following Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease. These three books are sometimes called The African Trilogy. Arrow of God won the first ever Jock Campbell/New Statesman Prize for African writing. Director: Michael Anderson. Also starred Josephine Griffin, Harold Kasket & Pierre Lefevre Director: Delmer Daves. Also starred Basil Ruysdael, Will Geer & Joyce Mackenzie. Plot: Tom Jeffords (Stewart) tries to make peace between settlers and Apaches. Part of the 11th Labour of Hercules - the apples of Hesperides. Prometheus was chained as a punishment for ridiculing the gods. Each day an eagle would peck at his liver, but the next day the organ would grow back, only for it to happen again. Hercules killed the eagle and, as a reward, Prometheus advised him to send Atlas for the apples. Also starred: George Brent, Eugene Pallette, Dick Foran  Early attempt at a faired bike, ruined Ariel  UK road sign IMDB:8.1/10. Director: Roman Polanski. 1 Oscar, 1 Bafta and one Golden Globe. Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Defense attorney in the Scopes Monkey Trial, 1857-1938 Group nouns: Flight, host, quarrel, tribe, ubiquity Director: Roman Polanski. Also starred Sidney Blackmer, Maurice Evans & Ralph Bellamy. Plot: A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life. Won Oscar  UK road sign By Robert Louis Stevenson, 1888
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