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Atalante in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἀταλάντη). In ancient mythology there occur two personages of this name, who have been regarded by some writers as identical, while others distinguish between them. Among the latter we may mention the Scholiast on Theocritus (3.40), Burmann (ad Ov. Met. 10.565), Spanheim (ad Callimach. p. 275, &c.), and Muncker (ad Hygin. Fab. 99, 173, 18...

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Atropos in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

[MOIRA.] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....

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Ariadne in Wikipedia

Ariadne (Greek: Αριάδνη, Latin: Ariana), in Greek mythology, was daughter of King Minos of Crete[1] and his queen, Pasiphae, daughter of Helios, the Sun-titan.[2] She aided Theseus in overcoming the Minotaur (actually her half-brother) but was equally the bride of the god Dionysus.[3]......

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Astarte in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

[APHRODITE and SYRIA DEA.] - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed....

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Bellerophon in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

or BELLEROPHON (Βελλεροφῶν or Βελλεροφόντης), properly called Hipponous, was a son of the Corinthian king, Glaucus and Eurymede, and a grandson of Sisyphus. (Apollod. 1.9.3; Hom. il. 6.155.) According to Hyginus (Hyg. Fab. 157; comp. Pind. O. 13.66), he was a son of Poseidon and Eurymede. He is said to have received the name Bellerophon or Be...

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Astarte in Wikipedia

Astarte[1] (Greek Ἀστάρτη, "Astártē") is the Greek name of a goddess known throughout the Eastern Mediterranean from the Bronze Age to Classical times. Originally the deified evening star, she is found as Ugaritic 𐎓𐎘𐎚𐎗𐎚 ‘ṯtrt ("‘Aṯtart" or "‘Athtart"); Phoenician "‘shtrt" (‘Ashtart); and Hebrew עשתרת (As...

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Athena in Wikipedia

Athena (pronounced /əˈθiːnə/) or Athene (/əˈθiːniː/; Attic: Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnā or Ἀθηναία, Athēnaia; Epic: Ἀθηναίη, Athēnaiē; Ionic: Ἀθήνη, Athēnē; Doric: Ἀθάνα, Athana; Latin: Minerva), also referred to as Pallas Athena (Παλλάς Αθηνά; pronounced / ˈpæləs/), is the goddess of war, civilization, wisdom, strength, strategy, crafts, justice and skill i...

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Aurora in Wikipedia

Aurora is the Latin word for dawn, the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology and Latin poetry. Aurora is comparable to the Greek goddess Eos, though Aurora did not bring with her any resonance of a greater archaic goddess. In Roman mythology, Aurora, goddess of the dawn, renews herself every morning and flies across the sky, announcing the arriva...

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Bellona in Wikipedia

Bellona was an Ancient Roman war goddess. She is believed to be one of the numinous gods of the Romans (without a particular mythology and possibly of Etruscan origin), and is supposed by many to have been the Romans' original war deity, predating the identification of Mars with Ares. She accompanied Mars into battle and is taken variously as ...

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Ariadne in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἀριάδνη), a daughter of Minos and Pasiphae or Creta. (Apollod. 3.1.2.) When Theseus was sent by his father to convey the tribute of the Athenians to Minotaurus, Ariadne fell in love with him, and gave him the string by means of which he found his way out of the Labyrinth, and which she herself had received from Hephaestus. Theseus in return ...

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