Achaemenides
- plural of Achaemenid.
Example Sentences
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The good Anchises rais'd him with his hand; Who, thus encourag'd, answer'd our demand: 'From Ithaca, my native soil, I came To Troy; and Achaemenides my name.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
As against the Achaemenides, emulating the high Semitic culture of the West and the Hellenistic endeavours preceding the Parthian dynasty, the Sasanians pre-eminently were the promulgators of the Iranian principles.
From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)
But whatever be the source of the Phoenician, that of the Persian system current under the Achaemenides is clear enough.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
This passage Achaemenides had shown, Tracing the course which he before had run.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
