Achaemenes

Achaemenes ( Old Persian Hachāmanisch, Hakamanuisch Elamite, Akkadian Amanischa, Aramaic Ahamenesch, Ἀχαιμένης ancient Greek, Latin Achaemenes / Achaemenes ) was the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty, which belonged to the great kings of the ancient Persian Empire. This kingdom is therefore also called the Achaemenid Empire. The name Achaemenes means " with a friendly spirit."

Achaemenes should have led to 701 BC, the great migration of the Persians from the area south of the Lake Urmia to the south by the territory of the Medes, and Elamites, which finally ended with the establishment within the territory of the later Persepolis. In Susa found clay tablets testify that the Persians already occupied by 685 BC fief seats on elamischem area.

Supposedly he was the son of Perses and grandson of Perseus, after the Persians were named, and was fed by an eagle.