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Achæmenian, a. and n.|ækiːˈmɛnɪən|
[f. L. Achæmenius, f. Gr. ἀχαιµένης Achæmenes, said to have been the ancestor of Cyrus + -ian.]
Also Achæmenid |əˈkiːmənɪd|, a. and n. [-id3.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to a member of the dynasty that ruled in ancient Persia from the time of Cyrus the Great (d. 529 b.c.) until the death of Darius III in 330 b.c.
B. n. A member of this dynasty.
1717G. Sewell et al. tr. Ovid's Metam. I. iv. p. 122 The Vogue of Achæmenian Towns obtain'd. 1885Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 565/1 It is far more likely that Anshan was a place in Persis, the proper family seat of the Achæmenians. 1886ibid. XXI. 849/1 A residence of the Achæmenian kings. 1900M. L. McClure tr. Maspero's Passing of Empires vii. 736 Compare the tombs of the Achæmenids. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Jan. 18/1 In the Achaemenid period the soil was rocky and muddy with the leavings of Babylonia and Assyria. 1939A. J. Toynbee Stud. Hist. VI. 207 The Achaemenid Great King Artaxerxes Ochus. 1956― Hist. Approach Relig. iv. 51 This Macedonian Greek founder of an Egyptian successor-state to the Achaemenian Empire. |