Achaeus (mythology)
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 three mythological characters:
- Achaeus, son of Poseidon and the eponym of Achaea.[2]
- Achaeus, son of Xuthus and mythical founder of Achaean race.[3]
- Achaeus, son of Phthia, daughter of Phoroneus and the god Zeus.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. pp. Index s.v. Achaeus. ISBN 9780241983386.
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.17.3
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 10a.20–4
- ^ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21; Servius ad Virgil, Aeneid 1. 242 (Latin)
References
[edit]- Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities. English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937-1950. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. ISBN 978-0143106715
- Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. ISBN 978-0-241-98338-6, 024198338X
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com.
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