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Artemis in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*)/Artemis), one of the great divinities of the Greeks. Her name is usually derived from ἀρτεμής, uninjured, healthy, vigorous; according to which she would be the goddess who is herself inviolate and vigorous, and also grants strength and health to others. (Plat. Cratyl. p. 406b. ; Strab. xiv. p.635; Eustath. ad Hom. pp. 32, 577, 1732.) Acc...

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Astraea in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*)Astrai=a), a daughter of Zeus and Themis, or according to others, of Astraeus by Eos. During the golden age, this star- bright maiden lived on earth and among men, whom she blessed ; but when that age had passed away, Astraea, who tarried longest among men, withdrew, and was placed among the stars. (Hygin. Poct. Astr. 2.25 ; Eratost. Catast....

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Atreus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἀτρεύς), a son of Pelops and Hippodameia, a grandson of Tantalus, and a brother of Thyestes and Nicippe. [PELOPS.] He was first married to Cleola, by whom he became the father of Pleisthenes; then to Aerope, the widow of his son Pleisthenes, who was the mother of Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Anaxibia, either by Pleisthenes or by Atreus [AGAMEMNON...

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Bacchus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

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

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Bellerophon in Wikipedia

Bellerophon (Βελλεροφῶν) or Bellerophontes (Βελλεροφόντης) was a hero of Greek mythology. He was "the greatest hero and slayer of monsters, alongside of Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles",[1] whose greatest feat was killing the Chimera, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail: "her br...

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Asclepius in Wikipedia

Asclepius (pronounced /æsˈkliːpiəs/; Greek Ἀσκληπιός Asklēpiós /askliːpiós/; Latin Aesculapius) is the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek religion. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters are Hygieia ("Hygiene"), Iaso ("Medicine"), Aceso ("Healing"), Aglæa/Ægle ("Healthy Glow"), and Panacea ("Univer...

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Atalanta in Wikipedia

Atalanta (Greek: Αταλάντη, English translation: "balanced") is a character from ancient Greek mythology. Atalanta was the daughter of Hades or Iasius (or Mainalos), a Boeotian (according to Hesiod) or an Arcadian princess (according to Apollodorus) or Schoeneus according to Hyginus. Many categorized Atalanta as a goddess. Apollodorus is the on...

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Atropos in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Atropos (pronounced /ˈætrəpɒs/) (from Greek Άτροπος, "without turn") was one of the three Moirae, goddesses of fate and destiny. Her Roman equivalent was Morta. Atropos was the oldest of the Three Fates, and was known as the "inflexible" or "inevitable". It was Atropos who chose the mechanism of death and ended the life of e...

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Argus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*)/Argos). 1. The third king of Argos, was a son of Zeus and Niobe. (Apollod. 2.1.1, &c.) A Scholiast (ad Hom. Il. 1.115) calls him a son of Apis, whom he succeeded in the kingdom of Argos. It is from this Argus that the country afterwards called Argolis and all Peloponnesus derived the name of Argos. (Hyg. Fab. 145; Paus. 2.16.1, 22.6, 3...

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Asclepius in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*)Asklh/pios). 1. A fabulous personage, said to have been a disciple of Hermes, the Egyptian Thot, who was regarded as the father of all wisdom and knowledge. 2. A Greek grammarian of uncertain date, who wrote commentaries upon the orations of Demosthenes and the history of Thucydides; but both works are now lost. (Ulpian, ad Dem. Phililp. I;...

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