Achaeus (mythology) explained

In Greek mythology, Achaeus or Achaios (; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιός Akhaiós means 'griever',^[1] derived from αχος achos, 'grief, pain, woe') was the name of three mythological characters:

• Achaeus, son of Poseidon and the eponym of Achaea.^[2]
• Achaeus, son of Xuthus and mythical founder of Achaean race.^[3]
• Achaeus, son of Phthia, daughter of Phoroneus and the god Zeus.^[4]

Notes

1. Book: [[Robert Graves|Graves, Robert]]. The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. 9780241983386. Index s.v. Achaeus.
2. [Dionysius of Halicarnassus]
3. [Hesiod]
4. [Clementine literature|Pseudo-Clement]

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.
• Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960.
• Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017.
• Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions from Ante-Nicene Library Volume 8, translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867. Online version at theio.com.