Achaeus

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Achaeus is a figure in Greek mythology regarded as an ancestral hero of the Achaeans, one of the major ancient Greek tribes.

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Achaeus canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf eponymous ancestor
hero in Greek mythology
mythological figure
associatedPeople Achaeans
surface form: Achaeans (ancient Greek tribe)
associatedWith Achaean tribe
belongsToMythologicalCategory founder-hero
category Greek mythological heroes
eponymous heroes in Greek mythology
culture Ancient Greek mythology
eponymOf Achaeans
ethnicHeroOf Achaeans
hasDomain ethnogenesis myths of Greece
hasGender male
hasMythologicalFunction gives identity to a major Greek tribe
languageOfTradition Ancient Greek
mentionedIn ancient Greek mythographic tradition
mythologicalRole progenitor of the Achaean people
regardedAs ancestral hero of the Achaeans
relatedConcept Achaea
surface form: Achaea (region of Greece)

Achaean League
relatedEthnonym Achaioi (Homeric term for Greeks)
significance explains origin of the name of the Achaeans
timePeriod mythic age
tradition Greek heroic legend
typeOfAncestralFigure tribal ancestor

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

Ion brother Achaeus
Xuthus child Achaeus
Xuthus relative Achaeus
Laodice II mother Achaeus