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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

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