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 (4th century BC), tragic poet
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Achaeus (son of Seleucus I Nicator) (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), three figures in Greek mythology
See also
* Achaius, one of the
legendary kings of Scotland
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Greek masculine given names
Masculine given names