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Impar Congressus Achilli

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No match for Achillēs; the combatants were not equally matched. Said of Troïlus. (Virgil: Ænēid, i. 475.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Imogen
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Imp (Anglo-Saxon)
Imp of Darkness (An)
Impanation
Impannata
Impar Congressus Achilli
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