Achaean Definition

ə-kēən
noun
A native or inhabitant of Achaea.
American Heritage
A person born or living in Achaea.
Webster's New World
One of a Hellenic people believed to have inhabited the Peloponnesus and to have created the Mycenaean civilization.
American Heritage
Loosely, a Greek.
Webster's New World
A Greek, especially of the Mycenaean era.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
adjective
Of Achaea or its people or culture.
Webster's New World
Greek.
Webster's New World

Of or relating to Achaea.

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Other Word Forms of Achaean

Noun

Singular:
Achaean
Plural:
achaeans

Origin of Achaean

  • Latin Achaeus or Achaius, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιός (Akhaios).

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Achaean Sentence Examples

  • The Achaean kingdom fell before the incoming Dorians, and throughout the classical period the history of Laconia is that of its capital Sparta (q.v.).

  • Sybaris (721) and Crotona (703) were Achaean settlements; Locri Epizephyrii (about 710) was settled by Ozolian Locrians, so that, had it not been for the Dorian colony of Tarentum, the southern coast of Italy would have been entirely occupied by a group of Achaean cities.

  • In 243 Corinth was freed by Aratus and incorporated into the Achaean league.

  • During the Macedonian supremacy the town passed in turn from Cassander and Demetrius Poliorcetes to Antigonus Gonatas, and finally was incorporated in the Achaean League.

  • Under the dominion of the Roman republic its national league was dissolved, but was revived by Augustus, who also restored to Phocis the votes in the Delphic Amphictyony which it had lost in 346 and enrolled it in the new Achaean synod.

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