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