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Arachne
Arachne is a mortal weaver in the best-known Greek myth of artistic rivalry, pride and transformation. According to the account preserved by the Roman poet Ovid, she was so exceptionally skilled that she challenged Miner…
Apollo
Apollo is one of the most important gods of ancient Greek religion and mythology. He is associated with prophecy, healing, music, poetry, archery, protection from disease, and the ordered movement of life and ritual. In …
Apate
Apate (Ancient Greek Ἀπάτη, commonly transliterated Apátē) is the Greek personification of deceit, trickery, and deliberate deception. She belongs to the group of abstract powers associated with the darker or more troubl…
Antiope
Antiope is a name shared by more than one woman in Greek mythology. The best-known Antiope is an Amazon queen associated with Theseus and the birth of Hippolytus, while another Antiope is a Theban princess who became the…
Anticlea
Anticlea is a figure from Greek mythology best known as the mother of Odysseus, the wandering hero of Homer’s Odyssey. She is traditionally described as the daughter of Autolycus, a famous thief and trickster, and the wi…
Anteros
Anteros is a minor figure of Greek mythology associated with returned love, mutual affection and, in some traditions, the punishment of unrequited love. His name is formed from the Greek ant-erōs, a word that can suggest…
Antaeus
Antaeus is a powerful wrestler and giant of Greek mythology, traditionally associated with Libya in the broad geographical sense used by ancient Greek writers for North Africa. He is best known for his encounter with Her…
Andromeda
Andromeda is a mortal princess in Greek mythology, best known for being rescued from a sea monster by the hero Perseus. She is the daughter of Cepheus, king of Aithiopia, and Cassiopeia. In the best-known versions of her…
Ananke
Ananke is the Greek personification of necessity, compulsion and the forces that cannot be avoided. Her name, written Ἀνάγκη in Greek and often transliterated as Anankē, can refer either to an abstract condition—somethin…
Amymone
Amymone is a figure in Greek mythology, best known as one of the fifty daughters of Danaus and as the mortal woman associated with the spring of Lerna. In the most familiar version of her story, the god Poseidon rescues …
Amphitryon
Amphitryon is a mortal king and heroic figure in Greek mythology, best known as the husband of Alcmene and the social father of Heracles. His place in the myth is shaped by a deception: while Amphitryon is away from home…