Collective name of the Greeks in Homer's poems.
1In Peloponnesus, the powerful city of Argos and the Achaeans stood aloof.
2Thus spoke the son of Atreus, and the Achaeans shouted in applause.
3And the heralds called the gathering, and the Achaeans were assembled quickly.
4And here the Achaeans guarded the venerable tombs of Cassandra and Agamemnon.
5Thus did the two go about shouting and cheering the Achaeans on.
6This done he went his way to the host of the Achaeans.
7These measures had the effect of strengthening his connexion with the Achaeans.
8But Teucer, Meriones, and Ulysses were the best archers of the Achaeans.
9Helen passed by with her maids, all slaves, three Achaeans among them.
10King Agamemnon followed after, ever slaying them and cheering on the Achaeans.
11Nevertheless the Achaeans, mindful of their prowess, bore straight down upon them.
12Friends, a great deed truly hath this man devised against the Achaeans.
13The Trojans and Achaeans feast all night; the Trojans feast in the city.
14The Achaeans none the less marched out in full force themselves.
15The Achaeans were long the most eminent of the Grecian tribes.
16Agis IV, of Sparta, assists the Achaeans in their war against the Aetolians.
Translations for achaeans