Achaeus
Ăchaeus, i, m.
- Son of Xuthus, brother of Ion, and ancestor of the Achaei. —
- II A king of Lydia, Ov. Ib. 301.
Ăchaeus, a, um, adj., = Ἀχαιός.
- Belonging to Achaia; subst., an Achaean: Achaeis in finibus, Lucr. 6, 1114; Liv. 35, 13.—
- B In gen., Grecian; subst., a Greek (v. Achaia, II.), Juv. 3, 61; Stat. Th. 2, 164; Plin. 4, 7, 14, 49.—
- II An inhabitant of a Greek colony on the Black Sea, Ov. Pont. 4, 10, 27.—
- III Portus Achaeorum, the harbor before Troy, where the Greeks landed, Plin. 4, 12, 26, 83.
Achaeus, s. Achaeī no. II, 1.
1 Ăchæus, a, um, achéen ; voir Achæi.
2 Ăchæus, (14) ī, m. , ¶ 1 héros éponyme des Achéens : Serv. En. 1, 242 ¶ 2 roi de Syrie : Ov. Ib. 299.
Achaeus
(1) See Achaei.
(2) 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).
Achaeus
Achaeus, son of Xuthus
- Paus. 7.1.2
- a legendary eponymous hero, son of Xuthus, ancestor of the Achaeans: Apollod. 1.7.3, Hdt. 2.98
- reigns in Thessaly: Paus. 7.1.3