achaean

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Definition of achaean in English Turkish dictionary

eski yunanistana ait

Eski Yunanistan'a ait

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Definition of achaean in English English dictionary

An inhabitant or a resident of Achaea

Of or related to Achaea

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Any member of an ancient Greek people identified in Homer as those who, with the Danaoi and the Argeioi, attacked Troy. Some identify them with the Mycenaeans of the 14th-13th century BC; others say that they arrived in the 12th-century Dorian invasions. They may have held power only a few generations before being replaced by the Dorians. Herodotus claims the later Achaeans of the northern Peloponnese (see Achaean League) were descended from these earlier Achaeans

a member of one of the four divisions of the prehistoric Greeks

Related Terms

Achaean League

3rd-century BC confederation of towns of Achaea, an area in the northern Peloponnese of ancient Greece. Twelve cities had joined together by the 4th century BC to combat piracy, but they disbanded after the death of Alexander the Great. Ten cities renewed the league in 280 BC, later admitting non-Achaean cities to defend themselves against Macedonia, then Sparta, and finally Rome. Rome dissolved the league after defeating it in 146 BC. Later a smaller league was formed that existed into the Roman imperial age

Hyphenation

A·chae·an

Etymology

[ &-'kE-&n ] (adjective.) 1567. Latin Achaeus or Achaius Ancient Greek Ἀχαιός (Achaios)