Achaeus is a masculine given name. It may refer to:
People
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Achaeus of Eretria
Achaeus of Eretria (; born 484 BC in Euboea) was a Greek playwright and author of tragedies and satyr plays. He is variously said to have written 24, 30, or 44 plays, of which 19 titles are known: ''Adrastus'', ''Aethon'', ''Alcmeon'', ''Alphes ...
(born 484 BC), tragic poet
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Achaeus of Syracuse
Achaeus of Syracuse (; lived 4th century BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian native of Syracuse, Magna Graecia. The ''Suda'' ascribes to him 10 plays, while the Pseudo-Eudocia 14. He may be the "Achaios" who won a victory at Athens' Lenaia festival ...
(4th century BC), tragic poet
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Achaeus (son of Seleucus I Nicator)
Achaeus (; flourished 3rd century BC) was a Seleucid nobleman and was the second son born to King and founder of the Seleucid Empire Seleucus I Nicator and Sogdian noblewoman Apama I.
Background
Achaeus was of Greek and Sogdian descent. He had ...
(3rd century BC), Greek Macedonian nobleman
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Achaeus (general)
Achaeus (, ''Achaiós''; died 214 BC) was a general and later a separatist ruler of part of the Ancient Greece, Greek Seleucid Empire, Seleucid kingdom. He was the son of Andromachus (son of Achaeus), Andromachus, whose sister Laodice II married ...
(died 213 BC), ruler of part of the Greek Seleucid kingdom
Mythological figures
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Achaeus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Achaeus or Achaios (; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιός ''Akhaiós'' means 'griever', derived from ''αχος'' ''achos'', 'grief, pain, woe') was the name of three mythological characters:
* Achaeus, son of Poseidon and the epon ...
, three figures in Greek mythology
See also
* Achaius, one of the
legendary kings of Scotland
The Scottish Renaissance humanist George Buchanan gave a long list of Scottish Kings in his history of Scotland—published in Latin as ''Rerum Scoticarum Historia'' in 1582—most of whom are now considered by historians to be figures of legend ...
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