Ἀχαία , Ion. Ἀχαιΐη , ἡ, epith. of Demeter in Attica, Hdt.5.61; also in Boeotia, Plu.2.378e; Ἀχέα at Thespiae, IG7.1867.
II.ἀχαιά , ἡ, = ἔριθος, Philet. ap. Gramm. post Orionem p.185S. (Acc. to Hsch. from ἄχοςgrief for the loss of her daughter: also Ἀχηρώ Id.) Ἀχαΐα , v. Ἀχαιός.