Akhaïa

/ aˈxaːja /

noun

1. transliteration of the Modern Greek name for Achaea

Example Sentences

Not at Argos in Akhaia, but blown off course, held up in some far country, is that what gave the killer nerve to strike?”

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So Nestor held his throne and scepter now, lord of the western approaches to Akhaia.

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Then by the tugging team he stood, and spoke over the horses’ heads: “Farewell, my lads. Homage to Nestor, the benevolent king; in my time he was fatherly to me, when the flower of Akhaia warred on Troy.”

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Then he said grimly: “Curse this day. What gloom I feel, not for myself alone, and not only because we lose that bride. Women are not lacking in Akhaia, in other towns, or on Ithaka. No, the worst is humiliation—to be shown up for children measured against Odysseus—we who cannot even hitch the string over his bow. What shame to be repeated of us, after us!”

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And past the pyre Akhaia’s captains paraded in review, in arms, clattering chariot teams and infantry.

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