Achaemenes

American  

[uh-kee-muh-neez, uh-kem-uh-] / əˈki məˌniz, əˈkɛm ə- /

noun

1. flourished 7th century b.c., Persian king: traditional founder of the Achaemenid dynasty.

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Etymology

Origin of Achaemenes

< Greek Achaiménēs < Old Persian Hachāmanish-

Example Sentences

The name Achaemenes is borne by a son of Darius I., brother of Xerxes.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Have we not heard that the former are sprung from Heracles, and the latter from Achaemenes, and that the race of Heracles and the race of Achaemenes go back to Perseus, son of Zeus?

From Alcibiades I by Plato (spurious and doubtful works)

Num tu, qux tenuit dives Achaemenes, Aut pinguis Phrygiae Mygdonias opes, Permutare velis crine Licymnim?

From The Essays of Montaigne — Complete by Montaigne, Michel de

The most prominent of these chieftains or princes was Achaemenes, who is regarded as the founder of the Persian monarchy.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04 Imperial Antiquity by Lord, John

He was the son of Cambyses, the grandson of Teispes, the great-grandson of Achaemenes, who united the Persian tribes under his leadership, and recognised the sovereignty of Phraortes the Median king.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Duncker, Max