Achaeus (son of Xuthus)

For other uses, see Achaeus (mythology).

In Greek mythology, Achaeus or Achaios (/əˈkiːəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιός Akhaiós) was a son of Xuthus and Creusa, and the brother of Ion as well as the grandson of Hellen.^[1] According to Pausanias, he was the father of Archander and Architeles, who travelled from Phthiotis to Argos and each married daughters of Danaus.^[2]

Mythology

The Achaeans regarded him as the author of their race, and derived from him their own name as well as that of Achaia, which was formerly called Aegialus. When his uncle Aeolus in Thessaly, whence he himself had come to Peloponnesus, died, he went there and made himself master of Phthiotis, which now also received from him the name of Achaia.^[3]

Genealogy of Hellenes

Genealogy[4]
Iapetus Clymene Prometheus Epimetheus Pandora Deucalion Pyrrha Hellen Orseis Dorus Xuthus Aeolus ACHAEUS Ion