Achīvi

, the name of the inhabitants of Argos and Lacedæmon before the return of the Heraclidæ, by whom they were expelled from their po e ions 80 years after the Trojan war. Being without a home, they drove the Ionians from Ægialus, seized their 12 cities, and called the country Achaia. The Ionians were received by the A then i ans. The appellation of Achivi is indiscriminately applied by the ancient poets to all the Greeks. Pausanias , bk. 7 , ch. 1 , . See: Achaia .