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Achaean

Syllabification: (A·chae·an)
Pronunciation: /əˈkēən/
Definition of Achaean

adjective

  • of or relating to Achaea in ancient Greece.
  • literary (especially in Homeric contexts) Greek.

noun

  • an inhabitant of Achaea.
  • literary (especially in Homeric contexts) a Greek.

The Achaeans were among the earliest Greek-speaking inhabitants of Greece, being established there well before the 12th century bc. Some scholars identify them with the Mycenaeans of the 14th-13th centuries bc. The Greek protagonists in the Trojan War are regularly called Achaeans in the Iliad, though this may have referred only to the leaders

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