Mythological Dictionary on Letter #A

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Achillean

Achilles was the son of the mortal Peleus and the nymph Thetis. A warrior of legendary prowess in ba...

Achillean

Adonis

Adonis was such a handsome youth that Aphrodite herself found him irresistible. A capable hunter, he...

Adonis

Aegis

The aegis is the shield of Zeus (originally a "goat-skin"), which thunders when he shakes it. Athena...

Aegis

Aeolian harp or lyre

Aeolus was put in charge of the winds by Zeus. He kept watch over his subjects in a cave on the Isla...

Aeolian harp or lyre

Amazon

The Amazons were a warrior-race of women from the North who joined battle with a terrifying war-cry....

Amazon

Ambrosia or ambrosial

The Greek gods on Olympus took food and drink as mortals do. But since the gods are of a different o...

Ambrosia or ambrosial

Aphrodisiac

According to Hesiod, Aphrodite was born of the foam around the severed genitals of Uranus, a fitting...

Aphrodisiac

Apollonian

Apollo had as his purview the arts, prophecy, and healing. At his chief shrine at Delphi the watchwo...

Apollonian

Apple of discord

All the gods and goddesses were invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, save one, Eris or "Stri...

Apple of discord

Arachnid

Arachne was a common girl with a remarkable skill in weaving. She won such fame that Athena, slighte...

Arachnid

Arcadia or arcadian

Arcadia is the central mountainous region of the Peloponnese. Often it is described in idyllic terms...

Arcadia or arcadian

Argus or argus eyed

One of Zeus' sexual escapades involved the maiden Io. In an attempt to keep Hera from discovering th...

Argus or argus eyed

Atlas or Atlantic or atlantes or Atlantis

Atlas was a titan who opposed Zeus in the battle between the Olympians and the earlier generation of...

Atlas or Atlantic or atlantes or Atlantis

Augean Stables or Augean

One of Heracles' labors, performed in service to King Eurystheus, was to clean the stables of King A...

Augean Stables or Augean

Aurora australis

Aurora was the Roman goddess of the dawn (the Greek Eos). The sons of Aurora and the titan Astraeus ...

Aurora australis
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