Mythology

Achilles (Achil´les) was the most valiant of the Greek heroes in the Trojan War. He was the son of [[Peleus […]

Aeneas (Aene´as) was the son of Anchises and [[Venus (mythology)]]. He was one of the few great captains who escaped […]

Aeolus (Aeo´lus) was the god of the winds. [[Jupiter (mythology)]] was his reputed father, and his mother is said to […]

Agamemnon (Agamem´non) was the son of Plisthenes and brother of [[Menelaus (mythology)]]. He was king of the Argives. His brother’s […]

Dardanus (Dar´danus), a son of [[Jupiter (mythology)]], who built the city of Dardania, and by some writers was accounted the […]

Ganymede a beautiful Phrygian youth, son of Tros, King of [[Troy (mythology)]]. He succeeded [[Hebe (mythology)]] in the office of […]

Hecuba (Hec´uba). The wife of [[Priam (mythology)]], king of [[Troy (mythology)]], and mother of [[Paris (mythology)]]. Taken captive in the […]

Laocoon (Laoc´oon). One of the priests of [[Apollo (mythology)]], who was, with his two sons, strangled to death by serpents, […]

Laomedon (Laom´edon), son of Ilus, a Trojan king. He was famous for having, with the assistance of [[Apollo (mythology)]] and […]

Memnon (Mem´non), son of [[Tithonus (mythology)]] and of [[Eos (mythology)]], who after the death of Hector brought the Aethiopians to […]