In
Greek mythology, Achaeus or Achaios (;
Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιός ''Akhaiós'' means 'griever', derived from ''αχος'' ''achos'', 'grief, pain, woe') was the
eponym of
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 ...
.
Family
Achaeus was the son of
Poseidon, the god of the sea and
Larissa
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
, daughter of
Pelasgus, the son of
Triopas, meaning he is of
Argive descent through his mother's parentage. He is the brother of
Phthius In Greek mythology, Phthius (Ancient Greek: φθῖος) was the name of two different figures:
* Phthius, son of Lycaon.
* Phthius, son of Poseidon & Larissa.Dionysius of Halicarnassus1.17.3
Notes
References
* Apollodorus
Apollodorus (A ...
and
Pelasgus.
Mythology
Together with his brothers
Phthius In Greek mythology, Phthius (Ancient Greek: φθῖος) was the name of two different figures:
* Phthius, son of Lycaon.
* Phthius, son of Poseidon & Larissa.Dionysius of Halicarnassus1.17.3
Notes
References
* Apollodorus
Apollodorus (A ...
and
Pelasgus, they left Achaean
Argos with a
Pelasgian contingent for
Thessaly. They then established a colony on the said country naming it after themselves. The only source of the accounts of Achaeus is recounted by
Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( grc, Διονύσιος Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἁλικαρνασσεύς,
; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary sty ...
in his ''Roman Antiquities'' about the
Pelasgian race's migration in connection with Achaeus.
: "In the sixth generation afterwards, leaving the Peloponnesus, they
elasgiansremoved to the country which was then called Haemonia and now Thessaly. The leaders of the colony were Achaeus, Phthius and Pelasgus, the sons of Larisa and Poseidon. When they arrived in Haemonia they drove out the barbarian inhabitants and divided the country into three parts, calling them, after the names of their leaders, Phthiotis, Achaia and Pelasgiotis."
[Dionysus of Halicarnassus, ''Roman Antiquities']
1.17.3
'
Note
References
*
Dionysus of Halicarnassus, ''Roman Antiquities.'' English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937–1950
Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site* Dionysius of Halicarnassus, ''Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt'', ''Vol I-IV''. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
Inachids
Children of Poseidon
Demigods in classical mythology
Mythology of Achaea
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