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- proper noun The founder of the
Achaemenid dynasty.
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The name Achaemenes, therefore, in spite of its connection with the royal clan name of Achaemenidae, may stand as perhaps that of a real Persian king, and, if so, as probably that of the first king, the original founder of the monarchy, who united the scattered tribes in one, and thus raised Persia into a power of considerable importance.
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The name Achaemenes cannot fail to arouse some suspicion.
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■ defcend from Caucafus • • zlvii II btiild Pfcrfepolis • .. ib,. why called Achaemenes • • 11
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All Persian kings claimed descent from the supposed founder of the line, Achaemenes.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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All Persian kings claimed descent from the supposed founder of the line, Achaemenes.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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All Persian kings claimed descent from the supposed founder of the line, Achaemenes.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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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?
The First Alcibiades 2006
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At Salamis, Xerxes was not available to strike at, but his stand-ins were his half brother Ariabignes and his full brother Achaemenes, admiral of the Egyptian fleet.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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At Salamis, Xerxes was not available to strike at, but his stand-ins were his half brother Ariabignes and his full brother Achaemenes, admiral of the Egyptian fleet.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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In the early 7th century, one of their chiefs, Achaemenes (Hakhamanish) founded a dynasty, the Achaemenids, and won independence from the Neo-Elamite kings.
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