Achaian (or Achaean): is a native or inhabitant of the later Greek province of Achaia (Achaea). Achaia is the northernmost region of the Peloponnese, a large peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece, which is separated from the northern part of the country by the Gulf of Corinth.
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Achaeans
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Achaeans are the inhabitants of Achaea in Greece. However, the meaning of Achaea changed during the course of Ancient history, and thus Achaeans may refer to:
- Achaeans (Homer), a name used by Homer in the Iliad for Mycenaean-era Greeks in general
- Achaeans (tribe), one of the major tribes of Greece according to the Hesiodic foundation myth
- Achaea (ancient region), historical inhabitants, during the Archaic and Classical periods, of the Peloponnesian region of Achaea
- Achaea Phthiotis, a central Greek region throughout the ancient Greek period
- Achaean League
- Achaea, the modern Greek administrative unit
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