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Achaeus
(368 words)

(Ἀχαιός; Achaiós).

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[1] Son of Xuthus and Creusa

Son of Xuthus and Creusa, grandson of Helen, brother of Ion (Hes. fr. 10a 20-24; Apollod. 1,49 f.). He settled in Achaea (Eur. Ion 1592-4; Philochor. FGrH 328 F 13) or in Thessaly (Paus. 7,1,2), from whence his sons Archander and Architeles set of…

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Graf, Fritz (Columbus, OH), Pressler, Frank (Heidelberg) and Mehl, Andreas (Halle/Saale), “Achaeus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 02 April 2020 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e101940>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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