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Achaean

Achaean

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Relating to the ancient Greek region of Achaea or its people
  • adjective
  • /əˈkiːən/
  • Literature
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  • The Achaean warriors were known for their bravery during the Trojan War.

So he's talked as as, as like a tower as the bulwark of the the Achaean troops.

Examples

  • Homer's epic poems often highlight the exploits of the Achaean heroes on the battlefield.

  • It was the seat of the Dodekapolis, the original twelve cities of the Achaean League, and, in the Iliad, Homer included it among the contingent under Agamemnon's command at the siege of Troy.

    Academic text (2004)

  • And so Arcadian, the Achaean, is always railing against Philip, right?

  • But Tydeus, my father, I scarce remember, since I was a little child when he left, when the Achaean warriors died at Thebes.

    Blog text (1)

  • Brandishing two bronze-tipped spears, he challenged any Achaean leader to meet him man-to-man in awful war.

    Academic text (2008)

  • It is told by the elder folk that once upon a time, a beautiful goddess lived high in the icy Achaean Mountains, perched at the peak of the towering mass known as Mount Arebus.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • In ancient Greece, the Achaean League was an important alliance of city-states.

Surface Forms

Achaean positive

Morphology

Achaean = Achaea (transparent) = Achaea + ean

Regular adjectival/demonymic formation from the place-name 'Achaea' with '-ean', so the relation is clear.

Etymology

Achaean comes from the name Achaea, an old region of Greece, and poets like Homer used it to describe people and things from there. So, Achaean as an adjective means 'relating to Achaea' or to its ancient Greek people.