Achaeus

Achaeus in Wikipedia

Achaeus may refer to: Achaeus (son of Xuthus), mythical founder of Achaean race Achaeus (Greek: Ἀχαιός) was, according to nearly all traditions, a son of Xuthus and Creusa, and consequently a brother of Ion and grandson of Hellen. The Achaeans regarded him as the author of their race, and derived from him their own name as well as that of Achaia, ...

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Achaeus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A Greek tragic poet of Eretria, born about B.C. 484, a contemporary of Sophocles, and especially famous in the line of satyric drama. He wrote about forty plays, of which only small fragments are preserved. These have been edited by Urlichs (Bonn, 1834)....

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