ας ou Ἀχαιά, ᾶς (ἡ) Akhæa, càd. :
      1 Dèmèter, en Attique, HDT. 5, 61 ; AR. Ach. 709 ;
      2 Athèna, à Lucérie, en Apulie, ARSTT. Mir. 117.

➳ Ἀχαιά, EM. 180, 42. Ion. Ἀχαιΐη, HDT. l. c.

Proper name: ACHAEA (Ἀχαία), a surname of Demeter by which she was worshipped at Athens by the Gephyraeans who had emigrated thither from Boeotia. (Herod, v. 61; Plut. Is. et Osir. p. 378, d.) 2. A surname of Minerva worshipped at Luceria in Apulia where the donaria and the arms of Diomedes were preserved in her temple. ( Aristot. Mirab. Narrat. 117.) (Wikisource | public domain)

Ion. Ἀχαιΐη, ἡ, epith. of Demeter in Attica, Hdt. 5.61; also in Boeotia, Plu. 2.378e; Ἀχέα at Thespiae, IG 7.1867.

(ion. Her. 5.61 Ἀχαιΐη), Beiname der Demeter, wahrscheinlich von ἄχος, wegen der Trauer um ihre geraubte Tochter, wie Hesych. angibt, vgl. Her. 5.61 ; Plut. Is. et Osir. 69. Sie hieß so in Attika, Ar. Ach. 674, wo Ἀχαιά akzentuiert ist. Buttmann Lexil. II p. 120 nimmt die Erkl. des EM. auf, ὅτι μετὰ κυμβάλων ἠχοῦσα τὴν Κόρην ἐζήτει.