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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 142 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ACHATES , the See also:

COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion of See also:

AENEAS

Aeneas in See also:

Virgil's Aeneid . The expression " fidus Achates " has become proverbial for a loyal and devoted companion .

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