Akhaioi

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Akhaioi is the ancient Greek term used in Homeric epics to refer to the Achaeans, one of the main groups of Greek warriors who fought in the Trojan War.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Akhaioi canonical 2
Ἀχαιός 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Homeric collective designation ⓘ
ancient Greek people ⓘ
ethnonym ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Peloponnese ⓘ
mainland Greece ⓘ
collectiveOf Greek warriors ⓘ
Mycenaean-era Greeks ⓘ
culturalContext Ancient Greek epic poetry ⓘ
describedAs one of the main groups of Greek warriors in the Trojan War ⓘ
englishName Achaeans ⓘ
etymologicalRelation Achaea (region) ⓘ
linked to: Achaea
fieldOfStudy Ancient Greek philology ⓘ
Classics ⓘ
Mycenaean studies ⓘ
genreContext oral epic tradition ⓘ
grammaticalNumber plural ⓘ
hasConceptualSuccessor Hellenes ⓘ
linked to: Greeks
hasEthnicRole collective term for Greek forces at Troy ⓘ
label Akhaioi ⓘ
Ἀχαιοί ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
ledBy Agamemnon ⓘ
mentionedIn Homeric epics ⓘ
Iliad ⓘ
linked to: Homer's Iliad

Odyssey ⓘ
notableMember Achilles ⓘ
Ajax the Greater ⓘ
Menelaus ⓘ
Nestor ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ
oftenContrastedWith Troes ⓘ
Trojans ⓘ
participatedIn Trojan War ⓘ
primarySourceAuthor Homer ⓘ
relatedGroup Argives ⓘ
Danaans ⓘ
religion Ancient Greek religion (as depicted in epic) ⓘ
roleInNarrative besiegers of Troy ⓘ
romanization Achaioi ⓘ
script Greek alphabet ⓘ
termType poetic designation for Greeks ⓘ
timePeriod Late Bronze Age (as represented in epic tradition) ⓘ
usedInterchangeablyWith Argives ⓘ
Danaoi ⓘ
worshippedDeity Apollo ⓘ
Athena ⓘ
Hera ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Achaeans → alsoKnownAs → Akhaioi ⓘ
Akhaioi → label → Akhaioi ⓘ
Ξοῦθος → father → Ἀχαιός ⓘ
linked to: Akhaioi
Ξοῦθος → child → Ἀχαιός ⓘ
linked to: Akhaioi