» This article is about Achaemenes, legendary founder of the first Persian dynasty. For other uses of the name, see Achaemenes (disambiguation). Achaemenēs (English pronunciation, from Greek, Haxāmaniš) was the eponymous ancestor of the Achaemenid Dynasty, who ruled Persia between 705 BC and 675 BC.Dandamayev The name is a bahuvrihi compound literally translating to "having a friend’s mind,"Schlerath p. 36, no. 9. See also Iranica in the Achaemenid Period p. 17. or "charac… (More on Achaemenes)