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Population, 3,000. Achernar (a-ker'när). [Ar. Akher - nahr , the latter part.] The first-magnitude star a Eridani, situated in the southern hemisphere at the southern extremity of the constellation, about 324 degrees from the south pole. Acheron (ake-ron). Gr. Αχέρων : probably geography: (a) A small region in southern derived from Heb. ah'rón , the west, i. e. The aly, containing Phthia, hence called the direction of the setting sun, darkne ; Achaia Phthiotis. It was probably the original home of the Achæan race, and it retained its name as late as the time of Hero dot us. See the extract. Achæa Phtniotis was the tract about Mount Othrys. Its sea-board reached from the middle of the Pagasæan gulf to the mouth of the Spercheius. Inland it once extended beyond Pharsalus, called anciently Phthia (Leake, iv. pp. 484, 485); but at this time its northern boundary seems to have been the line of hills stretching from Lake Xynias ( Taukli ) acro to the gulf of Pagase, and terminating in the promontory of Pyrrha (Cape Angkistri ). it was bounded by the Dolopians and Enianians. Rawlinson, Herod., IV. 108, note. (b) A mountainous district in the Peloponnesus, bordering on the Corinthian Gulf, north of Elis and Arcadia: originally named Ægialus or Ægialeia, that is, "The Coast." (c) The states forming the restored Achæan League, about 280-146 B. c. See Achæan , 2. (d) A Roman province, of uncertain limits, but nearly corresponding to modern Greece, formed probably in the 1st century B. C. Its northern boundary was probably drawn south of The aly and Epirus. The province was abolished by Nero, but was reëstablished by Vespas i an. 2. A medieval Frankish principality in Greece, corresponding generally to the Peloponnesus. Achaia. A nomarchy of modern Greece. Area, 1,252 square miles. Population (1896), 144,826. Achalm (ächʼälm). A summit of the Rauhe Alb, near Reutlingen, in Würtemberg, 2,300 feet high. Achamoth (ak'a-moth). The name given by the Gnostic Valentine to a lower or imperfect Wisdom, the weakest œon, the form under which spirit surrenders itself completely to matter and becomes the foundation of the real world. Achan (ā'kan). An Israelite of the tribe of Judah, stoned to death, with his family, for plundering during the sack of Jericho. Josh. vii. Also called Achar . 1 Chron. ii. 7. Achard (äch'ärt), Franz Karl. Born at Berlin, April 28, 1753: died at Cunern, Silesia, April 20, 1821. A German chemist, the founder of the beet-root sugar manufacture. Achard (äsh-är'), Louis Amédée Eugène. Born at Marseilles, April 23, 1814: died at Paris, March 25, 1875. A French novelist and dramatist, author of “La Belle Rose" (1847), “La Cha e Royale" (1849-50), etc. A char i us (ä-käʻri-ös), Erik. Born at Gefle, Sweden, Oct. 10, 1757: died at Wadstena, Sweden, Aug. 14, 1819. A Swedish physician and botanist, a pupil of Linnæus: author of "Lich enographia universal is," etc. Acharnians (a-kär'ni-anz), The. [Gr. Ἀχαρναί , Acharnæ, the principal deme of Attica, 60 stadia north of Athens, near the foot of Mount Parnes.] A comedy of Aris toph anes, brought out, under the name of Call i stratus, at the Lenæa, or country Dionysia, 425 B. C. It was an attempt to support the aristocratic peace party against the intrigues and intimidations of the democratic war party represented by the chorus of Acharnians. In form it an extravagant farce rather than a comedy. Achasta. See Rumsen . Achastlian. See Rumsen . hence its connection with Hades.] 1. In an cient geography, the name of several small rivers, of which the chief, the modern Gurla, was in Thesp roti a in Epirus. It flowed through the lake A cher us i a, received the waters of the Cocytus (the modern Vuvos), and emptied into the Ionian sea. 2. In cla ical mythology, a river in Hades, and later the Lower World in general. A cher us i a Palus (ak-e-röʻsi-i pal us). [L., 'A cher us i an bog, Gr. Άχερουσία λίμνη .] In ancient geography, the name of several small lakes supposed to be connected with the lower world. The most important were the lake through ples, the modern Lago del Fusaro. Like Acheron , the name which the Acheron flowed, and one 11 miles west of Na was transferred to the lower world. Achill, or Achil (ak'il), or Eagle Island. An island in the county of Mayo, Ireland, off the western coast in lat. 54° N., long. 10° W. Area, 80 square miles. Achilleis (ak-i-lē'is), or Achilleid (ak-i-lē'id). 1. An unfinished epic poem by P. Papinius Statius. - 2. A part of the Iliad, comprising Books I, VIII, XI-XXII, regarded by some critics as constituting a poem of which the theme is the "wrath of Achilles," and which is distinct from, and older than, the rest of the Iliad. See Iliad . The name "Achilleis" was first applied to these books by Grote.-3. A poem by Goethe. Achilles (a-kil'ēz). [Gr. Ἀχιλλεύς .] A Greek legendary warrior, son of Peleus and Thetis and grandson of Æacus, and chief of the Myrmidons, a The alian tribe. He is the central hero of the Iliad, which is largely occupied with his quarrel with Agamemnon, leader of the Greek host, and his martial exploits. He was the slayer of Hector, and was himself slain by Paris.