Achaeans are the inhabitants of Achaea in Greece. However, the meaning of Achaea changed during the course of Ancient history, and thus ''Achaeans'' may refer to: * Achaeans (Homer), a name used by Homer in the Iliad for Mycenaean-era Greeks in general. *

Achaeans (tribe) The Achaeans (; el, Ἀχαιοί, ''Akhaioi'') were one of the four major tribes into which the Greeks divided themselves (along with the Aeolians, Ionians and Dorians). According to the foundation myth formalized by Hesiod, their name comes fro ...

, one of the major tribes of Greece according to the Hesiodic foundation myth * Achaea (ancient region), historical inhabitants, during the Archaic and Classical periods, of the Peloponnesian region of Achaea * Achaea Phthiotis, a region of ancient Thessaly * Achaean League *

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

, the modern Greek administrative unit

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