Achaeans

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collective character in Greek mythology mythological ethnic group

The Achaeans were the collective name for the Greek forces who fought against Troy in the legendary Trojan War of Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Achaeans canonical 24
Achaean Greeks 5
Argives 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collective character in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological ethnic group ⓘ
aftermath nostoi (homecoming journeys of the heroes) ⓘ
alliedWith Argives ⓘ
Mycenaean civilization ⓘ
surface form: Mycenaeans

Spartans ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Akhaioi ⓘ
Achaeans ⓘ
surface form: Argives

Danaans ⓘ
assembledAt Aulis ⓘ
besieged Troy ⓘ
culture Mycenaean Greek culture ⓘ
describedAs collective name for the Greek forces at Troy ⓘ
durationOfSiege ten years (mythological) ⓘ
goalInTrojanWar to recover Helen of Sparta ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
ledBy Achilles ⓘ
Agamemnon ⓘ
Ajax the Greater ⓘ
Ajax the Lesser ⓘ
Diomedes ⓘ
Idomeneus ⓘ
Menelaus ⓘ
Nestor ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ
mentionedIn Epic Cycle ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form: Iliad

Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: Odyssey
mythologicalLocation Achaea ⓘ
notableHero Achilles ⓘ
Agamemnon ⓘ
Ajax the Greater ⓘ
Diomedes ⓘ
Menelaus ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ
opposed Trojans ⓘ
opposedByDeity Aphrodite ⓘ
Apollo ⓘ
Ares ⓘ
participatedIn Trojan War ⓘ
partOf Greek mythology ⓘ
sailedFrom various Greek city-states ⓘ
sourceLanguageForm Achaeans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ἀχαιοί (Akhaioi)
sufferedLoss many warriors killed at Troy ⓘ
supportedByDeity Athena ⓘ
Hera ⓘ
Poseidon ⓘ
usedStratagem Trojan Horse ⓘ
victoryOver Troy ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Achilles → sideInConflict → Achaeans ⓘ
Argolid → ancientEthnicGroup → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argives
Sybaris → foundedBy → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaean Greeks
Patroclus → fightsFor → Achaeans ⓘ
Metapontum → foundedBy → Achaeans ⓘ
Dorians → contrastWith → Achaeans ⓘ
Achaea → namedAfter → Achaeans ⓘ
Achaea → historicalEthnicGroup → Achaeans ⓘ
Hellen → associatedTribe → Achaeans ⓘ
Trojan War → hasParticipant → Achaeans ⓘ
Nestor → sideInTrojanWar → Achaeans ⓘ
Tlepolemus → sideInConflict → Achaeans ⓘ
Tlepolemus → category → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaeans (Homer)
Sarpedon → opponent → Achaeans ⓘ
Ionians → majorGreekEthnosAlongside → Achaeans ⓘ
Myrmidon → foughtForSide → Achaeans ⓘ
subject surface form: Myrmidons
Achaeans → alsoKnownAs → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Argives
Achaeans → sourceLanguageForm → Achaeans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ἀχαιοί (Akhaioi)
Demophon → category → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaeans (Homeric Greeks)
Lapiths → relatedGroup → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaeans (mythological Greeks)
Parco Archeologico di Sibari → associatedWith → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaean Greek settlers
Ajax the Greater → alliedWith → Achaeans ⓘ
Crotone, Calabria, Italy → foundedBy → Achaeans ⓘ
subject surface form: Crotone
Achaean colonies in Magna Graecia → ethnicOrigin → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaean Greeks
Achaean colonies in Magna Graecia → colonizingPeople → Achaeans ⓘ
Crotona → foundedBy → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaean Greeks
Xuthus → ethnicGroupProgenitorOf → Achaeans ⓘ
Achaeus → eponymOf → Achaeans ⓘ
Achaeus → ethnicHeroOf → Achaeans ⓘ
Achaeus → associatedPeople → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaeans (ancient Greek tribe)
Deiphobus → enemy → Achaeans ⓘ
Prothoos → takesSideInTrojanWar → Achaeans ⓘ
Amyclae → preDorianPopulation → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaean Greeks
Eleans → neighbors → Achaeans ⓘ
Dorian → contrastedWith → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Achaean Greeks
Helenus → advisorTo → Achaeans ⓘ
Achaean Greece → ethnonymUsedIn → Achaeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Homeric term "Achaeans"
Diomedes → sideInConflict → Achaeans ⓘ