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Collective name of the Greeks in Homer's poems
The Achaeans or Akhaians (/əˈkiːənz/; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιοί, romanized: Akhaioí, "the Achaeans" or "of Achaea") is one of the names in Homer which is used
Achaeans_(Homer)
Ancient Greek tribe
that the Achaeans (referring to the tribe of the Classical period) originally dwelt in Argolis and Laconia. According to Herodotus, the Achaeans were forced
Achaeans_(tribe)
Confederation of ancient Greek city-states (280–146 BC)
The Achaean League (Ancient Greek: Κοινὸν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, romanized: Koinon ton Akhaion, lit. 'League of Achaeans') was a Hellenistic-era confederation of
Achaean_League
Topics referred to by the same term
Achaeans are the inhabitants of Achaea in Greece. However, the meaning of Achaea changed during the course of Ancient history, and thus Achaeans may refer
Achaeans
War in 146 BC between Rome and the Achaean League
by Orestes' former co-consul Sextus Julius Caesar, went badly, and the Achaeans, outraged at Rome's actions, and whipping up populist sentiment, declared
Achaean_War
Legendary war in Greek mythology
the absence of Achilles, the best warrior of the Achaeans. After the withdrawal of Achilles, the Achaeans were initially successful. Both armies gathered
Trojan_War
Mountain range in Antarctica
by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for the Achaeans, one of the opposing forces of the Trojan War in Homer's Iliad. Mount Achilles
Achaean_Range
Two dialects with this name
Achaeans means "the Greeks but foremost those inhabiting part of the Peloponnese, called Achaea", and he gives these words under the ethnic Achaeans:
Achaean_Doric_Greek
Hero in Greek mythology
warrior among the Achaeans.[citation needed] He was overwhelming Telamonian Ajax in an armed sparring contest when the watching Achaeans bade the men to
Diomedes
Epic poem attributed to Homer
Trojans and the besieging Achaeans (Homer interchangeably refers to the Greeks as "Achaeans", "Argives" or "Danaans"). The Achaean forces consist of armies
Iliad
Greek mythological figures in the Trojan War
In Greek mythology, the Achaean Leaders were those who led the expedition to Troy to retrieve the abducted Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Most
Achaean_Leaders
Figure from Greek mythology
Ancient Greek: Ἀγαμέμνων Agamémnōn) was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans during the Trojan War. He was the son (or grandson) of King Atreus and
Agamemnon
Historical region of ancient Thessaly in ancient Greece
re-incorporated into Thessaly. Phthiotis was inhabited by the Phthiotic Achaeans (Ἀχαιοὶ Φθιῶται), under which name they are usually mentioned as members
Achaea_Phthiotis
2011 novel by Madeline Miller
the war in favor of the Trojans so that the Achaeans will regret having antagonized Achilles, and the Achaeans suffer from a deadly plague. Tensions flare
The_Song_of_Achilles
Battle between the Roman Republic and Corinth and its allies in 146 BC
their lines completely, at which the routed Achaeans retreated in disorder within the city walls. Some Achaeans took refuge in Corinth but no defense was
Battle_of_Corinth_(146_BC)
Epic poem attributed to Homer
nostos to the victorious Achaeans following the fall of Troy, but the narrator focuses on Odysseus and provides other Achaeans' homecomings as part of
Odyssey
Eastern Greek tribes (Aeolians, Achaeans and Ionians) Achaeans (Broader sense) Central Greek tribes (Aeolians and Achaeans) Aeolians Acarnanians, Pre-Dorian
List_of_ancient_Greek_tribes
Region in Greece
the Battle of Mantinea in 362 BC the Achaeans were allied to Sparta, Athens and Mantinea against Thebes. The Achaeans were part of the Greek alliance led
Achaea_(ancient_region)
Historical period of Greece following Classical Greece
fate. Rome now demanded that the Achaean League, the last stronghold of Greek independence, be dissolved. The Achaeans refused and, feeling that they might
Hellenistic_Greece
222 BCE battle between a Macedonian-Achaean alliance and Sparta
successful in defeating the Achaeans, making Sparta the main regional power. This prompted the chief figure of the Achaean League, Aratus of Sicyon, to
Battle_of_Sellasia
Country in Southern and Western Europe
known as Magna Graecia. Ionians, Doric colonists, Syracusans, and the Achaeans founded various cities. Greek colonisation placed the Italic peoples in
Italy
Ancient Greek general
between the Spartans led by Machanidas and the Achaean League, whose forces were led by Philopoemen. The Achaeans defeated the Spartans. In the battle, Philopoemen
Philopoemen
Greek statesman and general (271–213 BCE)
time, the alliance between Achaeans and Aetolians lost cohesion as the Aetolian leadership favoured Sparta over the Achaeans in Eastern Arcadia. In 229
Aratus_of_Sicyon
Spartan war (229/228–222 BCE)
him. In exchange, he would return to the Achaeans the prisoners and strongholds he had seized. The Achaeans invited Cleomenes to Lerna, where they were
Cleomenean_War
Ancient Greek tribe
Heracles, but were defeated by the Achaeans. Under other leadership they managed to be victorious over the Achaeans and remain in the Peloponnesus, a mythic
Dorians
Earliest attested form of the Greek language
Mycenaean and Arcadocypriot dialects belong to the same group, known as Achaean. Certain common innovations of Arcadian and Cypriot, as attested in the
Mycenaean_Greek
Greek mythological character
epic. She was married to Mynes, a son of the King of Lyrnessus, until the Achaeans sacked her city and she was given to Achilles shortly before the events
Briseis
Last king of Sparta from 207 to 192 BC
by the Achaeans that the power of Nabis in the Peloponnese needed to be checked. Flamininus ordered Nabis to give Argos back to the Achaeans, or face
Nabis_of_Sparta
Sparta vs Achaean League, part of the First Macedonian War
defeated and the Achaeans had entrechnced themselves behind a water filled ditch.[citation needed] Leading his men in an assault on the Achaeans, Machanidas
Battle_of_Mantinea_(207_BC)
1263 battle
demoralized by the defection of their numerous Turkish mercenaries to the Achaeans. At Makryplagi, the Byzantines suffered a heavy defeat, which together
Battle_of_Makryplagi
Region in Ancient Greece
between the Achaean and Aetolian Leagues. The war was first started by the Aetolians with the help of the Spartans and Eleans. Allies of the Achaeans were the
Aetolia
Mythological soldiers commanded by Achilles in Homer's Iliad
were an ancient Thessalian tribe. In Homer's Iliad, the Myrmidons are the Achaean soldiers commanded by Achilles. Their eponymous ancestor was Myrmidon,
Myrmidons
Character in Greek Mythology
stature, colossal frame, and strongest of all the Achaeans. Known as the "bulwark of the Achaeans", he was trained by the centaur Chiron (who had trained
Ajax_the_Great
Gold funeral mask discovered at the ancient Greek site of Mycenae
that he had found the body of the Mycenaean king Agamemnon, leader of the Achaeans in the ancient Greek epic of the Trojan War, the Iliad. Modern archaeological
Mask_of_Agamemnon
Trojan hero in Greek mythology
his people and is gracious to all. The Greeks, collectively known as the Achaeans, hate and fear Hector. When Hector kills Patroclus, Achilles—who had refused
Hector
Ancient Greek war from 220 to 217 BC
abandon their former alliance with Aetolia and called on the Achaeans for help. The Achaean strategos, Aratus, set his army in march and sent a protest
Social_War_(220–217_BC)
Country in Southeastern Europe
united in koina or sympoliteiai i.e. federations, like the Aetolian and Achaean League, while after the establishment of economic relations with the East
Greece
Greek goddess of strife and discord
raised up to the heavens: And the Trojans were urged on by Ares, and the Achaeans by flashing-eyed Athene, and Terror, and Rout, and Strife who rages incessantly
Eris_(mythology)
War between Messenia and Sparta
descendants of the Achaeans. This Achaeanizing provoked the Dorians living in Messenia. They viewed themselves as dominant over the Achaeans by right of conquest
First_Messenian_War
Ethnonyms for the Greeks
or Mycenean-Achaeans by historians, entered present-day Greece sometime in the Neolithic era or the Bronze Age. Homer refers to "Achaeans" as the dominant
Names_of_the_Greeks
was when he was general of the Achaeans (174 BC), that Perseus got his letter about the runaway slaves of the Achaeans laid before the assembly. His brother
Xenarchus_(strategos)
Group of Ancient Greek dialects
Pythian, and Olympic Games. By Hellenistic times, under the Achaean League, an Achaean Doric koine appeared, exhibiting many peculiarities common to
Doric_Greek
1256–1258 war in Greece
of Karydi in May/June 1258 effectively brought the war to an end in an Achaean victory, although a definite peace treaty was not concluded until 1262
War of the Euboeote Succession
War_of_the_Euboeote_Succession
Ancient Greek tribe
which Greeks divided themselves in the ancient period (along with the Achaeans, Dorians and Ionians). They originated in the eastern parts of the Greek
Aeolians
Important city of Magna Graecia
Peloponnese. The Achaeans were accompanied by a number of Troezenians who were eventually expelled by the more numerous Achaeans. The Achaean colonisation
Sybaris
Ancient Greek tribe
invaded the Peloponnese they expelled the Achaeans from the Argolid and Lacedaemonia. The displaced Achaeans moved into Aigialeia (thereafter known as
Ionians
party among the Achaeans. In 146 BCE, he was sent by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus to Diaeus, the commander of the Achaeans, to offer peace;
Andronidas
Military leader of Ahhiya
Attarsiya was an Ahhiyan (Achaean) warlord who lived around 1400 BC. He is known from a single Hittite text, which recounts his military activities in
Attarsiya
Roman praetor (Hispania Ulterior, 153 BC) and consul (Achaia, 146 BC)
Metellus having defeated the Achaeans under Critolaus at Scarpheia in Locris. With Metellus seeking to take credit for the Achaean victory, Mummius dashed
Lucius_Mummius_Achaicus
Ancient Greek goddess
him insane and causing him to massacre the Achaeans' cattle, thinking that he is slaughtering the Achaeans themselves. Even after Odysseus himself expresses
Athena
Ancient Greek dialect of Arcadia and Cyprus
Arcadocypriot, or southern Achaean, was an ancient Greek dialect spoken in Arcadia (the central Peloponnese) and Cyprus. Its resemblance to Mycenaean
Arcadocypriot_Greek
1997 video game
Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands is a roleplay-focused, text-based multi-user dungeon (MUD) released on September 9, 1997. It was published by Achaea LLC
Achaea, Dreams of Divine Lands
Achaea,_Dreams_of_Divine_Lands
Debate on the factuality of the Homeric canon
norm, and identifying the scene in which Helen points out to Priam the Achaean leaders in the battlefield as "an illustration of the way in which one
Historicity_of_the_Iliad
the Achaeans in Peloponnesus took this name because Archander and his brother acquired such influence at Argos that they called the people Achaeans after
Archander
Ancient Greek strategos of the Achaean League
Iseas of Keryneia to resign. After joining the Achaean League, he became the leading statesman of the Achaeans and in 256 BC put through a reform to reduce
Margos
195 BCE war between Sparta and a Greco-Roman alliance
to leave Sparta's territorial gains intact. The Romans agreed with the Achaeans, as they did not want a strong and re-organized Sparta causing trouble
War_against_Nabis
1263 battle
the capital of the Latin Principality of Achaea, and a small Achaean force. The Achaeans launched a surprise attack on the greatly superior and overconfident
Battle_of_Prinitza
Former empire (c. 1299–1922)
2400–2150 BC Luwians 2300–1400 BC Assyria 1950–1750 BC Kussara 1780–1680 BC Achaeans (Homer) 1700–1300 BC Kizzuwatna 1650–1450 BC Hittites 1680–1220 BC Arzawa
Ottoman_Empire
Greek mythological figure
dream Zeus plants in Agamemnon in Book 2 and urging the Achaeans to battle, instructing the Achaeans in Book 4 to use spear techniques that in actuality would
Nestor_(mythology)
Ancient Greek poet
Chapman's Homer" Ancient Greece portal Poetry portal Literature portal Achaeans (Homer) Bibliomancy Catalogue of Ships Creophylus of Samos Cyclic Poets
Homer
Greek mythological hero
According to this story, Odysseus learned from the prophet Calchas that the Achaeans would be unable to capture Troy without Achilles's aid. Odysseus went to
Achilles
3rd-century BC Greek politician
while he himself remained at home. Notwithstanding the declarations of the Achaeans to regard every one as an enemy who should trespass upon the territories
Ariston_(strategos)
Ancient league of Greek city-states in southern Italy
Italiote League of city-states was founded in about 430 BC by several Greek Achaean colonies in southern Italy. This region of Italiotes (Italian Greek-speakers)
Italiote_league
Eponym of the Graecians in Greek mythology
(magnetes) Makedon (Makedones) Graecus (Graecians) Aethlius Aegimius Achaeus (achaeans) Ion (ionians) Endymion Dymas (dymanes) Pamphylus (pamphyli) Aetolus (aetolians)
Graecus
Ancient Greek city-state
part of Agamemnon's forces. Later, following its fall to the Achaeans, Helike led the Achaean League, an association that joined twelve neighboring cities
Helike
Military alliance led by Sparta, c. 550 – 366 BC
to adopt an oligarchic constitution. The Achaeans were conquered by Epaminondas in 366. By 389, the Achaeans controlled Pleuron, Kalydon and Naupaktos
Peloponnesian_League
Mythical king of Sparta
was contested by a united Peloponnesian Achaean army (except for Arcadia) under Tisamenus, an Atreid. The Achaeans lost. They were commanded to evacuate
Eurysthenes
Indo-European language
based on the work of Lucien van Beek: Graeco-Phrygian Greek South Greek Achaean Mycenaean Arcadocypriot Attic–Ionic Attic Western Ionic Central Ionic Eastern
Greek_language
Semi-legendary early Greek poet
abandonment of Philoctetes on the island of Lemnos, the landing of the Achaeans on the coast of Asia Minor, and the first engagement before Troy. Proclus
Stasinus
Topics referred to by the same term
Achaia may also refer to: Achaeans (Homer), a collective name for the Greeks of the Mycenaean period used by Homer Achaeans (tribe), one of the four major
Achaea_(disambiguation)
Debate over authorship of the Iliad and Odyssey
Menelaus Nestor Odysseus Ajax Diomedes Patroclus Thersites Achaeans Myrmidons See also: Achaean Leaders, Catalogue of Ships Trojans and allies Priam Hecuba
Homeric_Question
Character in Homer's Odyssey, son of Polybus
In Greek mythology, Eurymachus (/jʊˈrɪməkəs/; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύμαχος Eurúmakhos) was an Ithacan nobleman and one of the two leading suitors of Penelope
Eurymachus_(Odyssey)
Mythological Greek hero in the Trojan War
Ancient Greek: Ἀντίλοχος Antílokhos) was a prince of Pylos and one of the Achaeans in the Trojan War. He was the youngest prince to command troops. Antilochus
Antilochus
Common sanctuary of the Achaean League (built c. 371 BC)
Homagyrium or Amarion (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάριον) was the common sanctuary of the Achaean League, built c. 371 BC at Aegium. It was so named as it was dedicated
Homarium
Ancient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC
of Greece: Persians, Macedonians, European Thracians, Paeonians, Medes, Achaean Greeks, Cissians, Hyrcanians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Bactrians, Sacae, Arians
Achaemenid_Empire
a son Jason and Medea and brother of Tisander. Alcimedes, one of the Achaeans who fought in the Trojan war. He was a friend of the hero Ajax, son of
Alcimedes
Mythical Greek soldier of the Trojan War
sneaks into the city of Troy by deception and raises a fire-signal to the Achaeans, telling them to sail in from Tenedos. The Little Iliad, is a lost epic
Sinon
Mythical forefather of the ancient Macedonians
Magnes (magnetes) Makedon (Makedones) Graecus (Graecians) Aethlius Achaeus (achaeans) Ion (ionians) Endymion Aetolus (aetolians) Makedon's genealogy according
Makedon_(mythology)
Ancient Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses
Mycenean Pylos and the Achaeans adopted the cult of Poseidon Helikonios. The cult spread in Peloponnese and then to Ionia when the Achaeans migrated to Asia
Poseidon
and the Achaeans drew them off. Amphimachus then did Stichius and goodly Menestheus, leaders of the Athenians, carry to the host of the Achaeans, and Imbrius
Amphimachus_I_of_Elis
1973 SM1 Anticlus, Greek warrior during the Trojan War and one of the Achaeans who hid inside the Trojan Horse. MPC · 7214 7215 Gerhard 1977 FS Gerhard
Meanings of minor-planet names: 7001–8000
Meanings_of_minor-planet_names:_7001–8000
Greek myths about the warriors' voyages home
part of the Epic Cycle focused on these stories is called the Nostoi. The Achaeans entered the city using the Trojan Horse and slew the slumbering population
Returns_from_Troy
Ancient citadel above the city of Athens
BC) League of Corinth (338–322 BC) Euboean League (c. 300 BC–c. 300 AD) Achaean League (280–146 BC) Politics Boule Free city Koinon Proxeny Stasis Symmachia
Acropolis_of_Athens
Greek mercenary general (c. 436–401 BC)
Socrates (Ancient Greek: Σωκράτης) (c. 436 BC – 401 BC) was a Greek mercenary general from Achaea who traveled to Persia to fight at the Battle of Cunaxa
Socrates_of_Achaea
Spartan victory against the Achaean League, 226 BCE
defeat crushed the Achaeans and forced them to sue for peace. Cleomenes offered to give back any cities he seized from the Achaeans and to return any prisoners
Battle_of_Dyme
unknown killer or unexplained cause of death = (†) Catalogue of Ships Achaean Leaders Trojan Battle Order Trojan Horse List of Homeric characters List
List_of_Trojan_War_characters
Trojan War figures in Greek mythology
summon of King Priam of Troy as allies against the Achaean invaders during the Trojan War. Achaean Leaders Trojan Battle Order Homer, Iliad 2.811 ff.
Trojan_Leaders
Menelaus Nestor Odysseus Ajax Diomedes Patroclus Thersites Achaeans Myrmidons See also: Achaean Leaders, Catalogue of Ships Trojans and allies Priam Hecuba
Trojan War in literature and the arts
Trojan_War_in_literature_and_the_arts
Exchange of insults in the form of verse
representations in Greek of Achaean and Trojan speech, where Achaeans repeatedly engage in public, ritualized abuse: "Achaeans are proficient at blame, while
Flyting
Most beautiful woman in Greek mythology
Menelaus Nestor Odysseus Ajax Diomedes Patroclus Thersites Achaeans Myrmidons See also: Achaean Leaders, Catalogue of Ships Trojans and allies Priam Hecuba
Helen_of_Troy
God of war in ancient Greek religion
fixed allegiance. He promises Athena and Hera that he will fight for the Achaeans but Aphrodite persuades him to side with the Trojans. During the war, Diomedes
Ares
It was the first move towards the creation of the Peloponnesian Senate. Achaean Directory [el] 1821–1822 Patras An unrecognised protostate during the Greek
List of short-lived states and dependencies
List_of_short-lived_states_and_dependencies
Ancient region in the Peloponnese and a coastal town in ancient Paphlagonia
A region in the northern Peloponnese, where Aegium is one of the main Achaean cities. The region later became known as Achaia. A coastal town in ancient
Aegialus
War between Rome and Macedonia, 200–197 BC
conference with Flamininus, Attalus and the Achaeans at Mycenae, at which he agreed to stop attacking the Achaeans and to supply troops to the Romans. Over
Second_Macedonian_War
City-state in ancient Greece
against the Argive Dorians to the east and southeast, and also the Arcadian Achaeans to the northwest. The evidence suggests that Sparta, relatively inaccessible
Sparta
Greek god of the sky and king of the gods
City of Troy at the end of the war Book 7: Zeus and Poseidon ruin the Achaeans fortress Book 8: Zeus prohibits the other Gods from fighting each other
Zeus
Ancient city-state, potential historical counterpart of Troy
that the name Ahhiyawa corresponds to the Homeric term for the Greeks, Achaeans. Forrer's work was primarily motivated by linguistic similarities, since
Wilusa
Part of Iliad, listing towns, war leaders and number of ships
occupied in the Late Bronze Age. The terms Danaans, Argives and Achaeans or the sons of the Achaeans are used for the army as a whole. In his Library, Apollodorus
Catalogue_of_Ships
Water deity in Greek mythology
primordial tribes of Hellas (Graecians, Magnetes, Makedones, Dorians, Achaeans, Ionians, and Aeolians). In some accounts, Xenopatra was also called the
Orseis
It was the first move towards the creation of the Peloponnesian Senate. Achaean Directory [el] 1821–1822 Patras Unrecognised Protostate during the Greek
List of historical unrecognized states
List_of_historical_unrecognized_states
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