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Aesculapius in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἀσκληπιός), the god of the medical art. In the Homeric poems Aesculapius does not appear to be considered as a divinity, but merely as a human being, which is indicated by the adjective ἀμύμων, which is never given to a god. No allusion is made to his descent, and he is merely mentioned as the ἰητὴρ ἀμύμων, and the father of Machaon and Poda...

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Agamemnon in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

1. A son of Pleisthenes and grandson of Atreus, king of Mycenae, in whose house Agamemnon and Menelaus were educated after the death of their father. (Apollod. 3.2.2; Schol. ad Eurip. Or. 5; Schol. (ad Iliad. 2.249.) Homer and several other writers call him a son of Atreus, grandson of Pelops, and great-grandson of Tantalus. (Hom. Il. 11.131; ...

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Alcmene in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Ἀλκμήνη), a daughter of Electryon, king of Messene, by Anaxo, the daughter of Alcaeus. (Apollod. 2.4.5.) According to other accounts her mother was called Lysidice (Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 7.49; Plut. Thes. 7), or Eurydice. (Diod. 4.9.) The poet Asius represented Alcmene as a daughter of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle. (Paus. 5.17.4.) Apollodorus menti...

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Admetus in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（*)/Admhtos), a son of Pheres, the founder and king of Pherae in Thessaly, and of Periclymene or Clymene. (Apollod. 1.9.2, 9.14.) He took part in the Calydonian chase and the expedition of the Argonauts. (Apollod. 1.9.16; Hyg. Fab. 14. 173.) When he had succeeded his father as king of Pherae, he sued for the hand of Alcestis, the daughter of P...

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Aegyptus in Wikipedia

Aegyptus is the Latin name of ancient Egypt, a civilization in northeastern Africa that thrived for over 3,000 years. The civilization was known for its rich culture, advanced technology, and intricate religious beliefs. Aegyptus played a significant role in the development of human history, with achievements such as the construction of massive py...

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Aeson in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Aeson or Aison (Greek: Αἴσων) was the son of Tyro and Cretheus, who also had his brothers Pheres and Amythaon. Aeson was the father of Jason and Promachus with Polymede, the daughter of Autolycus.[1] Other sources say the mother of his children was Alcimede[2] or Amphinome.[3] Aeson's mother Tyro had two other sons, Neleus ...

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Aglaia in Wikipedia

Aglaea or Aglaïa (Greek: Ἀγλαΐα) is the name of five figures in Greek mythology.Charis - The youngest of the Charites, Aglaea or Aglaia ("splendor, brilliant, shining one") was Hephaestus' wife and Asclepius' daughter in Greek mythology. Other sources cite her and her sisters as the daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome. Her other two sist...

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Alcyone in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Alcyone (Ancient Greek: Ἁλκυόνη Halkyónē) was the daughter of Aeolus, either by Enarete or Aegiale. She married Ceyx, son of Eosphorus, the Morning Star. They were very happy together in Trachis, and according to Pseudo-Apollodorus's account, often sacrilegiously called each other "Zeus" and "Hera".[1] This angered Zeus, so ...

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Adonis in Wikipedia

Adonis (Greek aδωνις lord), is a figure with West Semitic antecedents, where he is a central cult figure in various mystery religions, who entered Greek mythology. He is closely related to the Cypriot Gauas[1] or Aos, Egyptian Osiris, the Semitic Tammuz and Baal Hadad, the Etruscan Atunis and the Phrygian Attis, all of whom are deities of reb...

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Aegyptus in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Aegyptus (Greek: Αἴγυπτος, Aígyptos) is a descendant of the heifer maiden, Io, and the river-god Nilus, and was a king in Egypt.[1] Aegyptos was the son of Belus[2] and Achiroe, a naiad daughter of Nile. Aegyptus fathered fifty sons, who were all but one murdered by the fifty daughters of Aegyptus' twin brother, Danaus, epo...

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