Career
Achaeus of Eretria was regarded in antiquity as being the 2nd greatest writer of satyr plays, after Aeschylus. A quote in Aristophanes" The Frogs suggests he was dead by 405 British Columbia. Achaeus of Eretria belongs to the classic age, but is not recognized as a classic writer His satyric plays were much admired for their spirited style, albeit somewhat labored and lacking in clarity.
The philosopher Menedemus thought his plays second only to Aeschylus, he was part of the Alexandrian canon, and Didymus wrote a commentary on him.
Athenaeus (10451c) describes him as having a lucid style, but with tendencies to obscurity. Athenaeus also claimed that Euripides took a line from Achaeus, while Aristophanes quotes him twice, in The Frogs and The Wasps.