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Achaemenides
A companion of Ulysses left behind in the Cyclops's land, rescued by Aeneas's passing fleet; he tells of Polyphemus's rage. From Vergil, Aeneid 3.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.2 Greek Achaemenides
Achaemenides, the Greek marooned by Ulysses among the Cyclopes and rescued by the Trojan Aeneas; proof that even an enemy's ship may save a suppliant.
- Ibis §13 Achaemenides
The companion of Ulysses marooned on Etna and rescued by the passing Trojans (Aeneid 3).
- Metamorphoses §14.438 Achaemenides
A man of Ulysses's crew left behind in the Cyclops's land and rescued by Aeneas's fleet -- Ovid takes the figure from Aeneid 3 and lets him meet a fellow Ithacan.