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Hakhamani, the friendly (Sayce).] The Achæmenes (a-kem'e-nez). [Gr. Ἀχαιμένης, Greece (the modern Aspropotamo), which rises in Epirus, forms part of the boundary between ancient Ætolia and A carn an i a, and flows into the Ionian sea. Its length is about 130 miles. Achenbach (äch'en-bäch), Andreas. Born at Ca el, Germany, Sept. 29, 1815. A noted German landscape and marine painter. Achenbach, Oswald. Born at Dü eldorf, eponymous founder of the ancient Persian Pru ia, Feb. 2, 1827. A German landscape royal family of the Achæmenidæ: the name was later used as a family name, as by one of the sons of Darius Hystaspis. See Achæmenidæ . Achæmenidæ (ak-e-men'i-dē). An ancient royal family of Persia, founded about 600 в. с. The following are the names of its leading members: Achæmenes, Cyrus the Great, Cambyses (Gomates, the Magian usurper), Darius Hystaspis, Xerxes I., Artaxerxes I., Xerxes II., Sogdianos, Darius Ochus, Artaxerxes Mnemon, Ochus, Árses, Darius Codomannus. Also Achæmen ides, Ache me nides , Achemenids . Achæus (a-kē'us), or Achaios (a-kī'os). [Gr. Ἀχαιός .] A Greek poet of Eretria in Eubœa, who flourished from about 484 B. c. to 448. He was the author of forty-four dramas, only fragments of which remain. The titles of seventeen are known. He contended with Sophocles and Euripi des. Achaia (a-kay a). [Gr. Axaia .] 1. In ancient painter, brother of Andreas. The subjects of his works are chiefly Italian. A chen wall (äch'en-val), Gottfried. Born at Elbing, Pru ia, Oct. 20, 1719: died at Göttingen, May 1, 1772. A German scholar, profe or of philosophy (1748) and of law (1761) at the University of Göttingen. He is regarded as the founder of the science of statistics. Achern (ächʼern). A town in Baden, situated on the Acher about 31 miles southwest of