Definition of Achaean. Meaning of Achaean. Synonyms of Achaean

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Definition of Achaean

Achaean
Achaean A*ch[ae]"an, Achaian A*cha"iana. [L. Achaeus, Achaius; Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to Achaia in Greece; also, Grecian. -- n. A native of Achaia; a Greek.

Meaning of Achaean from wikipedia

- 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...
- The Achaeans or Akhaians (/əˈkiːənz/; Ancient Gr****: Ἀχαιοί, romanized: Akhaioí, "the Achaeans" or "of Achaea") is one of the names in Homer which is used...
- The Achaean League (Gr****: Κοινὸν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν, Koinon ton Akhaion "League of Achaeans") was a ****enistic-era confederation of Gr**** city states on the...
- The Achaeans (/əˈkiːənz/; Gr****: Ἀχαιοί, romanized: Akhaioí) were one of the four major tribes into which Herodotus divided the Gr****s, along with the...
- The Achaean War of 146 BC was fought between the Roman Republic and the Gr**** Achaean League, an alliance of Achaean and other Peloponnesian states in...
- of the Trojan War, fought between the Trojans and the besieging Achaeans. The Achaean forces consist of armies from many different Gr**** kingdoms, led...
- took place around the 12th or 13th century BCE. The war was waged by the Achaeans (Gr****s) against the city of Troy after Paris of Troy took Helen from her...
- Achaean Doric Gr**** may refer to: The Doric Gr**** dialect spoken in Achaea in the NW Peloponnese, on the islands of Cephalonia and Zakynthos in the Ionian...
- statesman, who was Achaean strategos on eight occasions. From the time he was appointed as strategos in 209 BC, Philopoemen helped turn the Achaean League into...
- and Agamemnon, after Achilles, as one of the best warriors of all the Achaeans in prowess (which is especially made clear in Book 7 of the Iliad when...