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Atalanta

Atalanta (Atalan´ta) was daughter of Caeneus. The oracle told her that marriage would be fatal to her, but, being very […]

Mythology February 18, 2024 February 18, 2024 Atalanta, Cybele, Golden Apple, myth, mythological character, mythology, Venus
Ate

Ate (A´te). The goddess of revenge, also called the goddess of discord and all evil. She was banished from heaven […]

Mythology February 18, 2024 February 18, 2024 Ate, Jupiter, myth, mythological character, mythology
Athena

Athena (Athe´na), a name obtained by [[Minerva (mythology)]] as the tutelary goddess of Athens.

Mythology February 19, 2024 February 19, 2024 Athena, Minerva, myth, mythological character, mythology
Atlas

Atlas was King of Mauritania, now Morocco, in Africa. He was also a great astronomer. He is depicted with the […]

Mythology February 19, 2024 February 19, 2024 atlas, Hyades, myth, mythological character, mythology, Perseus, Pleiades
Atreus

Atreus (At´reus), the type of fraternal hatred. His dislike of his brother Thyestes went to the extent of killing and […]

Mythology February 19, 2024 February 19, 2024 Atreus, myth, mythological character, mythology
Atropos

Atropos (At´ropos), one of the three sisters called The [[Fates (mythology)]], who held the shears ready to cut the thread […]

Mythology February 19, 2024 February 19, 2024 Atropos, Fates, myth, mythological character, mythology
Atys

Atys (A´tys), son of Croesus, was born dumb, but when in a fight he saw a soldier about to kill […]

Mythology February 19, 2024 February 19, 2024 Atys, aurora, myth, mythological character, mythology
Augaeas

Augaeas (Aug´aeas), a king of Elis, the owner of the stable which [[Hercules (mythology)]] cleansed after three thousand oxen had […]

Mythology February 19, 2024 February 19, 2024 Alpheus, Augaeas, Hercules, myth, mythological character, mythology
Augury

Augury (Au´gury). This was a means adopted by the Romans of forming a judgment of futurity by the flight of […]

Mythology February 19, 2024 February 19, 2024 augury, myth, mythological character, mythology
Aurora

Aurora (Auro´ra), the goddess of the morning, “Whose rosy fingers ope the gates of day.” She was daughter of [[Sol […]

Mythology February 19, 2024 February 19, 2024 aurora, myth, mythological character, mythology, Sol, Tithonus

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