The Achaeans (/əˈkiːənz/; Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιοί Akhaioí) constitute one of the collective names for the Greeks in Homer's Iliad (used 598 times) and Odyssey. The other common names are Danaans (/ˈdæneɪ.ənz/; Δαναοί Danaoi; used 138 times in the Iliad) and Argives (/ˈɑːrɡaɪvz/; Ἀργεῖοι Argeioi; used 182 times in the Iliad) while Panhellenes (Πανέλληνες Panhellenes) and Hellenes (/ˈhɛliːnz/;Ἕλληνες Hellenes) both appear only once; all of the aforementioned terms were used synonymously to denote a common Greek civilizational identity. In the historical period, the Achaeans were the inhabitants of the region of Achaea, a region in the north-central part of the Peloponnese. The city-states of this region later formed a confederation known as the Achaean League, which was influential during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.
The Homeric "long-haired Achaeans" would have been a part of the Mycenaean civilization that dominated Greece from circa 1600 BC until 1100 BC. However, by the Archaic and Classical periods, the term "Achaeans" referred to inhabitants of the much smaller region of Achaea. Herodotus identified the Achaeans of the northern Peloponnese as descendants of the earlier, Homeric Achaeans. According to Pausanias, writing in the 2nd century CE, the term "Achaean" was originally given to those Greeks inhabiting the Argolis and Laconia. However, this clearly is not the manner in which Homer uses the term.
Donna ni yonde mo jikan wa tomerarenai
Kioku wo atsumete takara-bako ni tsumekomu
STYLE ni nanka torawarenai sa
Honki dashite ikiru dake
All Right! Kekka nado
All Right! Mienai yo
Ashita no koto sae wakaranai kedo
All Right! Ore-tachi wa
All Right! Itsu datte
All Right! Susumu dake sa
Iron' na sekai e arukidashite itte mo
Massugu nageau ha-gotae aru yasashisa
Kakegai no nai deai to wakare
Hitotsu hitotsu kirameku yo
All Right! Kinou kara
All Right! Ashita e to
Subete wa kawatte iku mono demo
All Right! Ore-tachi no
All Right! Jibun-iro
All Right! Iro asenai
Tsuyoku nareru no wa daiji na mono ga
Itsu mo ore ni aru kara sa
All Right! Kekka nado
All Right! Mienai yo
Ashita no koto sae wakaranai kedo
All Right! Ore-tachi wa
All Right! Itsu datte
All Right! Susumu dake sa
All Right! Kinou kara
All Right! Ashita e to
Subete wa kawatte iku mono demo
All Right! Ore-tachi no
All Right! Jibun-iro
All Right! Iro asenai