Achaemenides

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This article is about the mythological figure. For the ancient Persian dynasty, see Achaemenid empire.

In Greek and Roman mythology, Achaemenides (Ἀχαιμενίδης) was a son of Adamastus of Ithaca, and one of Odysseus' crew. He was marooned on Sicily when Odysseus fled Polyphemus the cyclops, until Aeneas arrived and took him to Italy with his company of refugee Trojans.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ Virgil, Aeneid III, 613-614
  2. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV, 158
  3. ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867), "Achaemenides", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, MA, pp. 8 
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