Mythology

Artemis (Ar´temis). This was the Grecian name of [[Diana (mythology)]], and the festivals at [[Delphi (mythology)]] were called Artemisia.

Armata (Arma´ta), one of the names of [[Venus (mythology)]], given to her by Spartan women.

Aristaeus (Aristae´us), son of [[Apollo (mythology)]] and Cyrene, was the god of trees; he also taught mankind the use of […]

Arion (Ari´on) was a famous lyric poet of Methymna, in the Island of Lesbos, where he gained great riches by […]

Ariadne (Ariad´ne), daughter of [[Minos (mythology)]], King of Crete. After enabling [[Theseus (mythology)]] to get out of the [[Labyrinth (mythology)]] […]

Argus (Ar´gus) was a god who had a hundred eyes which slept and watched by turns. He was charged by […]

Argonauts (Ar´gonauts). This name was given to the fifty heroes who sailed to Colchis in the ship Argo, under the […]

Arethusa (Arethu´sa) was one of the nymphs of [[Diana (mythology)]]. She fled from [[Alpheus (mythology)]], a river god, and was […]

Ares (A´res). The same as [[Mars (mythology)]], the god of war.

Areopagus (Areop´agus), the hill at Athens where [[Mars (mythology)]] was tried for murder before twelve of the gods.