Achaemenes
From LSJ
κεῖται μὲν γαίῃ φθίμενον δέμας, ἡ δὲ δοθεῖσα ψυχή μοι ναίει δώματ' ἐπουράνια → my body lies mouldering in the ground, but the soul entrusted to me dwells in heavenly abodes
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἀχαιμένης, -ους, ὁ.
Descendant of Achaemenes: Ἀχαιμενίδης, -ου, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ăchaemĕnēs: is, m., = Ἀχαιμένης,
I the ancestor of the old Persian kings, grandfather of Cyrus: dives Achaemenes, poet. for great or Asiatic wealth in gen., Hor. C. 2, 12, 21.
