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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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
Thracian tribe
grouped, they attacked the Achaeans by the ships and, after fighting for a whole day, they broke their ranks. This is why the Achaeans put to sea, and fled
Cicones
Trojan hero in Greek mythology
fight. He is gracious to all and thus thought of favorably by all but the Achaeans, who both hate and fear him as the Trojans' best warrior. He turns the
Hector
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
King of Sparta, husband of Helen of Troy
to stone her to death, but when she ripped the front of her robes, the Achaean warriors were stunned by her beauty and the stones fell harmlessly from
Menelaus
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
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)
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
Wife of Odysseus in Greek mythology
him to keep the Oath of Tyndareus by going to war against Troy with the Achaeans. Though Odysseus was made to make for Troy, he never forgave Palamedes
Penelope
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
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
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)
Mythological Greek character
Hypoplacian Thebe or in Lyrnessus where she was taken as prisoner by the Achaeans. According to some, she was the wife of Eetion, king of Lyrnessus (usually
Chryseis
Mythical Greek soldier of the Trojan War
Greeks came out of the Trojan Horse after it had been opened by Sinon. The Achaeans then killed the guards at the gates and, at a given signal, admitted their
Sinon
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
Trojan prince, second husband of Helen of Troy
Menelaus Nestor Odysseus Ajax Diomedes Patroclus Thersites Achaeans Myrmidons See also: Achaean Leaders, Catalogue of Ships Trojans and allies Priam Hecuba
Paris_(mythology)
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
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
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
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)
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
Legendary Greek king of Ithaca
Thersites speaks against him. When Agamemnon, to test the morale of the Achaeans, announces his intentions to depart Troy, Odysseus restores order to the
Odysseus
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
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
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 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
Group of characters from Homer's Odyssey
tells him that there are 108 suitors: 52 from Dulichium, 24 from Same, 20 Achaeans from Zacynthus, and 12 from Ithaca. Together, Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus
Suitors_of_Penelope
Debate over Homer's identity and 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
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
Greek migrations (11th to 9th century BCE)
Ionians who came later. The settlement of the Achaeans from Pylia is related to that at Colophon, while Achaeans from Argolis were established in the area
Iron_Age_Greek_migrations
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
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
Greek mythological hero
adversary of Heracles. The snakebite recurs in a version that has the Achaeans, en route to Troy, coming to the island of Tenedos, where Achilles angered
Philoctetes
Late Bronze Age Greek civilization
reference to the Trojan War. Homer interchangeably used the ethnonyms Achaeans, Danaans, and Argives to refer to the besiegers, and these names appear
Mycenaean_Greece
Greek city in ancient Aetolia
possession of the Achaeans, but the means of possession are unclear; however, it is better documented that Naupactus was given to the Achaeans at the close
Calydon
Latin epic poem by Virgil
Menelaus Nestor Odysseus Ajax Diomedes Patroclus Thersites Achaeans Myrmidons See also: Achaean Leaders, Catalogue of Ships Trojans and allies Priam Hecuba
Aeneid
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
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 soldiers commanded by Achilles in Homer's Iliad
Menelaus Nestor Odysseus Ajax Diomedes Patroclus Thersites Achaeans Myrmidons See also: Achaean Leaders, Catalogue of Ships Trojans and allies Priam Hecuba
Myrmidons
Wife of Hector in Greek mythology
and charming." Andromache was born in Cilician Thebe, a city that the Achaeans later sacked, with Achilles killing her father, Eetion, and seven brothers
Andromache
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
Epic poem by Quintus of Smyrna
Menelaus Nestor Odysseus Ajax Diomedes Patroclus Thersites Achaeans Myrmidons See also: Achaean Leaders, Catalogue of Ships Trojans and allies Priam Hecuba
Posthomerica
Archaeological site in Greece
Menelaus Nestor Odysseus Ajax Diomedes Patroclus Thersites Achaeans Myrmidons See also: Achaean Leaders, Catalogue of Ships Trojans and allies Priam Hecuba
Mycenae
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 mythological character
Peleus's son, Achilles. When the tide of the Trojan War turned against the Achaeans, Patroclus, disguised as Achilles and defying his orders to retreat in
Patroclus
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)
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 Mediterranean peoples
various Mediterranean polities, to varying acceptance: the Ekwesh with the Achaeans, the Denyen with the Danaans, the Lukka with the Lycians, the Shekelesh
Peleset
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
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
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
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
Ancient Greek deity and herald of the gods
Menelaus Nestor Odysseus Ajax Diomedes Patroclus Thersites Achaeans Myrmidons See also: Achaean Leaders, Catalogue of Ships Trojans and allies Priam Hecuba
Hermes
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)
Mythical Trojan prince and seer
that if Alexander (Paris) brought home a Greek wife (i.e. Helen), the Achaeans would pursue, and overpower Troy and slay his parents and brothers. Helenus
Helenus_(son_of_Priam)
Lost Ancient Greek epic
Cycle, also known as the Trojan cycle, it narrated the stories of the Achaean heroes returning to Greece after the end of the Trojan War. The story of
Nostoi
Greek mythological figure
After the death of Achilles, Neoptolemus went to Troy to support the Achaeans. After the war, Deidamia was given in marriage by Neoptolemus to his slave
Deidamia (daughter of Lycomedes)
Deidamia_(daughter_of_Lycomedes)
Mythological Greek soldier
He was also the architect of the Wooden Horse, by means of which the Achaeans took Troy; he was himself among those warriors who hid inside it. Epeius
Epeius_of_Phocis
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
Ancient Greek historian and politician of the 2nd century BC
final defeat of the Antigonid dynasty in the Third Macedonian War, 1,000 Achaeans (including Polybius) with suspect allegiances were interned in Rome and
Polybius
and strongest warrior (after Achilles) to fight for the Achaeans. Ajax the Lesser, an Achaean commander, son of Oileus often fights alongside Great Ajax;
List_of_Homeric_characters
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 forms of the Greek language
the classical period. Western group: Doric proper Northwest Doric Achaean Doric (probably Northwest Doric) Central group: Aeolic Arcado-Cypriot
Ancient_Greek
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
Judge in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Diaphorus was a judge who sailed to Troy with the Achaeans. Hyginus, Fabulae 97. Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus
Diaphorus_(mythology)
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
3rd-century BCE king of Sparta, Agiad dynasty
and was met by the entire Achaean army. In the battle, the Spartans routed the Achaean phalanx, killing many of the Achaeans and capturing others. Following
Cleomenes_III
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
Ancient Greek tribe
(aeolians) Magnes (magnetes) Macedon (macedones) Graecus (graeci) Achaeus (achaeans) Ion (ionians) The genealogical relation between the early Greek tribes
Magnetes
Indo-European language
the classical period. Western group: Doric proper Northwest Doric Achaean Doric (probably Northwest Doric) Central group: Aeolic Arcado-Cypriot
Greek_language
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
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