This article is about the ancient people of the Achaeans. See
Achaea (MUD) for the
MUD. The Achaeans (in
Greek , Akhaioi) is one of the collective names used for the Greeks in
Homer's
Iliad (used 598 times) and Odyssey. The other names are the Danaans (, used 138 times in the Iliad) and Argives (, used 29 times in the Iliad). In the historical period, the Achaeans were the inhabitants of the region of
Achaea, a region in the north central part of the
Peloponnese. The city states of this region formed a confederation known as the
Achaean League which was influential during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.
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