Achaeus_(mythology)

Achaeus (mythology)

Achaeus (mythology)

Name of three mythological characters

For other uses, see Achaeus (disambiguation).

In Greek mythology, Achaeus or Achaios (/əˈkiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιός Akhaiós means 'griever',[1] derived from αχος achos, 'grief, pain, woe') was the name of two mythological characters:

Notes

  1. [1]
    Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. pp. Index s.v. Achaeus. ISBN 9780241983386.
  2. [2]
    Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.17.3
  3. [3]
    Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10a.20–4
  4. [4]
    Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21; Servius ad Virgil, Aeneid 1. 242 (Latin)

References

This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Achaeus_(mythology), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.