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"Achaemenidion" is the title of a short story by Mór Jókai. But what is an achaemenidion?

Question #148716. Asked by urbankheki.
Last updated Dec 11 2021.
Originally posted Dec 10 2021 6:19 AM.

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Based on an English translation, it seems to be a a magical potion with strange powers. The daughter of the king knows the secret formula.
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Dec 10 2021, 8:48 AM
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The Hungarian is beyond me, so I cannot read the story to see what it is about and look for some kind of link to these, but linguistically it could be a reference to a follower of Achaemenides, who was mentioned in Virgil's 'Aeneid' as a member of the crew of Odysseus who was left behind on Sicily, before being collected by Aeneas and taken to Italy.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenides

Alternatively, it could be one who lived in the Achaemenid empire (in Persia) founded by Cyrus the Great around 550 BCE and conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire

Dec 11 2021, 3:08 AM
hypatia415
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Here is a link to the story:

link https://webzone.ee/aurin/proza/jmazachaemenidion.html

If you have Chrome, just right-click on the story & in the popup it will say, "translate to English", click on that. In the story, there is an explanation. I would have provided the translation here but I'm not sure if there is a size/word limit.

Response last updated by hypatia415 on Dec 11 2021.
Dec 11 2021, 6:47 PM
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