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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 | |
Auster
Auster (Aus´ter), the south wind, a son of [[Jupiter (mythology)]]. |
Mythology | February 20, 2024 | February 20, 2024 | Auster, Jupiter, myth, mythological character, mythology | |
Avernus
Avernus (Aver´nus), a poisonous lake, referred to by poets as being at the entrance of the infernal regions, but it […] |
Mythology | February 20, 2024 | February 20, 2024 | Avernus, myth, mythological character, mythology | |
Averruncus Deus
Averruncus Deus (Averrun´cus Deus), a Roman god, who could divert people from evil-doing. |
Mythology | February 20, 2024 | February 20, 2024 | Averruncus Deus, myth, mythological character, mythology |