Achaea

Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, Akhaḯa, ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras which is the third largest city in Greece.

thumb|upright=1.4|Peneus averts his gaze as Apollo, pierced by Cupid's arrow of desire, pursues Daphne, transforming into the laurel (Apollo and Daphne, 1625, by Nicolas Poussin|Poussin) thumb|River gods consoling Peneus for the Loss of his Daughter, Daphne In Greek mythology, Peneus (; ) was a Thessalian river god, one of the three thousand Rivers, a child of Oceanus and Tethys.

Aigialeia (, ) is a municipality and a former province (επαρχία) in the eastern part of the Achaea regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aigio. The municipality has an area of 723.063 km2. The main towns are Aigio, Akrata and Diakopto. The municipality Aigialeia stretches from the south coast of the Gulf of Corinth to the mountainous interior of the Peloponnese peninsula. The main rivers of the municipality are the Selinountas and the Vouraikos.

men's association football team in Patras, Greece

collective name of the Greeks in Homer's poems

Olympic stadion victor 512 BCE

European polity

ancient Greek Olympic victor in running

mythological Greek character