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Amykos

"Amycus first (Opinion's son) began to spoil the inner sanctuary of its gifts. He snatched up from that shrine a chandelier, adorned with glittering lamps, and lifted high, with all the force of one who strives to break the bull s white neck with sacrificial axe, he dashed it at the head of Celadon, one of the Lapithae, and crushed his skull into the features of his face. His eyes leaped from his sockets, and the shattered bones of his smashed face gave way so that his nose was driven back and fastened in his throat. But Belates of Pella tore away a table-leg of maple wood and felled Amycus to the ground; his sunken chin cast down upon his breast; and, as he spat his teeth out mixed with blood, a second blow despatched him to the shades of Tartarus.
- *Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.245-12.257 (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.)*
Antiope (Amazon)

In Greek mythology, Antiope (/ænˈtaɪ.əpi/; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from αντι anti "against, compared to, like" and οψ ops "voice" or means "confronting") was an Amazon, daughter of Ares and sister to Melanippe, Hippolyta, Penthesilea and possibly Orithyia, queens of the Amazons. She may have been the wife of Theseus and mother to his son Hippolytus, but differing sources claim this was Hippolyta.

## Mythology

There are various accounts of the manner in which Theseus became possessed of her, and of her subsequent fortunes.

In one version, during Heracles' ninth labour, which was to obtain the Girdle of Hippolyta, when he captured the Amazons' capital of Themiscyra, his companion Theseus, king of Athens, abducted Antiope and brought her to his home (or she was captured by Heracles and then given by him to Theseus). According to Pausanias, Antiope fell in love with Theseus and betrayed the Amazons of her own free will. They were eventually married and she gave birth to a son, Hippolytus, who was named after Antiope's sister. Soon after, the Amazons attacked Athens in an attempt to rescue Antiope and to take back Hippolyta's girdle; however, in a battle near the Areopagus they were defeated by Athenian forces under Theseus's leadership. During this conflict, known as the Attic War, Antiope was accidentally shot dead by an Amazon named Molpadia, who, in turn, was killed by Theseus. The tombs of both Antiope and Molpadia were shown in Athens, according to Pausanias.

According to some sources, the cause for the Amazons' attack on Athens was the fact that Theseus had abandoned Antiope and planned to marry Phaedra. Antiope was furious about this and decided to attack them on their wedding day. She promised to kill every person in attendance; however, she was slain instead by Theseus himself, fulfilling an oracle's prophecy to that effect. Ovid mentions that Theseus killed Antiope despite the fact that she was pregnant.

An alternate version of the myth relates all of the facts concerning Antiope (abduction by Theseus, their marriage, birth of Hippolytus, her being left behind in favour of Phaedra) not of her, but of Hippolyte. In various accounts of this version, the subsequent attack on Athens either does not occur at all or is led by Orithyia.
Astynomus

## Classical Text

"SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF PRIAM TO THE NUMBER OF LV: Hector, Deiphobus, Cebriones, Polydorus, Helenus, Alexander, Hipposidus, Antinous, Agathon, Dius, Mestor, Lysides, Polymedon, Ascanius, Chirodamas, Evagoras, Dryops, Astynomus, Polymelus, Laodice, Ethionome, Phegea, Henicea, Demnosia, Cassandra, Philomela, Polites, Troilus, Palaemon, Brissonius, Gorgythion, Protodamas, Aretus, Dolon, Chromius, Eresus, Chrysolaus, Demosthea, Doryclus, Hippasus, Hyperochus, Lysianassa, Iliona, Nereis, Evander, Proneos, Archemachus, Ilagus, Axion, Binates, Hippothous, Deiopites, Medusa, Hero, Creusa."
Anius

In Greek mythology, **Anius** (Ancient Greek: Ἄνιος) was a king of Delos and priest of Apollo.

## Mythology

Anius was born either on the island of Delos, which was sacred to his father Apollo, or on Euboea, after the box in which his mother had been placed by Staphylus when he had discovered her pregnancy was washed ashore there. Rhoeo then, placing the baby on Apollo's altar, asked the god to care for it, if it was his. Rhoeo then married Zarex, who thus became the legal father of Anius. Apollo cared for the child Anius for a long time, teaching him the arts of divination and prophecy. Anius later became Apollo's priest and the king of Delos.

Anius had three daughters: Oeno, Spermo, and Elais, known as the Oenotropae; and three sons, Andros, Mykonos, and Thasos. Their mother was Dorippe, a Thracian woman ransomed by Anius for the price of a horse from the pirates who had kidnapped her. Dionysus gave the three daughters the power to change whatever they wanted into wine, wheat, and oil. When the Greeks landed on Delos while on their way to Troy, Anius prophesied that the Trojan War would not be won until the tenth year, and insisted that they stay with him for nine years, promising that his daughters would supply them with aliments during that period. When Agamemnon heard this, he wanted to take the Oenotropae with him by force, to provide his army with food and wine. They prayed to Dionysus, who changed them into doves.

Of Anius's three sons, Andros and Mykonos became eponyms of the islands of Andros and Mykonos respectively. As for Thasos, he was devoured by dogs, and since then it was prohibited to keep dogs on Delos.

Later, Anius, an old friend of Anchises, gave aid to him, his son Aeneas, and his retinue when they were fleeing from Troy and en route to the future site of Rome. According to a rare version of the myth, Aeneas married Anius's daughter Lavinia (or Launa), who, like her father, had prophetic abilities and bore Aeneas a son, who was also named Anius.
Daeira

Daeira (Δαειρα) was an Okeanid-nymph of the town in Eleusis in Attika (southern Greece). She may have been the Naiad of the town's famous well, the Kallikhoros, where Demeter first rested upon entering Eleusis. She was also the mother of the town's eponymous king Eleusis by the god Hermês.

Daeira was surely connected with the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries. Her name means "Knowing One" or "Teacher" from the Greek verb *daô* which appears to connect her with the instruction of initiates in the secret knowledge of the Mysteries. The name Daeira was also an Eleusinian title of the goddess Persephone. Daeira may also have been identified with the Eleusinian Hekate who, according to some, was a consort of Hermes Khthonios (the Guide of the Dead).
Ajax the Greater

Ajax the Greater (also known as Telamonian Ajax, Ajax or Aiax) was the son of King Telamon and Periboea. He was also one of the suitors of Helen. When the Trojan War started he was one Akhaean leaders. He played a pivotal role in the myth of the Trojan War.

## Family

### Spouse & Lovers

Glauke

Tekmessa
Lysidike

### Children

Aeantides (by Glauke)
Eurysakes (by Tekmessa)
Philaeus (by Tekmessa)

## During the Trojan War

It was at Troy that Ajax was given his distinguishing moniker of “Great” (or Greater), this was not to show him as a superior warrior to Ajax the Lesser, although Ajax the Great was regarded as second only to Akhilles in terms of warrior skills, but rather “Great” refers to his stature. Ajax the Lesser was of smaller stature to that of Ajax, son of Telamon, for Ajax the Great was the tallest of Akhaean warriors, standing like a man mountain amongst the Greeks. Such was the size of Ajax the Great that he could be spotted on the battlefield from the ramparts of Troy.

Ajax the Great possessed famous weapons and armor, but his most famous possession was his shield. Attributed to the work of the craftsman Tykhius, the shield of Ajax was made from seven layers of bull’s hide, with an eighth layer of bronze, making it impenetrable to mortal spears. The shield was also enormous in size, and was of sufficient girth and height for Ajax and his half-brother Teûkros to be protected, as Teûkros shot his arrows from cover.

It was common, during the Trojan War, to find Ajax and Teûkros on the battlefield together, but Ajax was also often found fight side by side with Ajax the Lesser, with the pair referred to as the Aiantes.

During the Trojan War, the greatness of Ajax was evidence by the fact that *Hyginus* credits the Akhaean with the deaths of 28 named Trojan defenders. The weapon of choice of Ajax the Great was the spear, and amongst those dispatched by Ajax were Simoeisius, Glaukus and Lysander.

Perhaps of greater importance than the number of heroes killed, was the fact that Ajax the Great was not aided in his fights by the gods, whilst the likes of Akhilles, Diomedes and Odysseus had their divine benefactors.

## Classical Text

"Then Telamonian Aias smote Anthemion's son, the lusty youth Simoeisius, whom on a time his mother had born beside the banks of Simois, as she journeyed down from Ida, whither she had followed with her parents to see their flocks."
- Homer, Illiad 4.481
Arkhelaus (Son of Aigyptos)

Arkhelaus was one of the fifty sons of King Aigyptos. Arkhelaus' mother was an unnamed phoenikian woman. The same woman that gave birth to Arkhelaus bore six other sons to Aigyptos. In the mass wedding of the sons of Aigyptos to the daughters of Danaus, Arkhelaus wed Anaxibia.

## Classical Text

"Agaptolemus got Pirene; Cercetes got Dorium; Eurydamas got Phartis; Aegius got Mnestra; Argius got Evippe; Archelaus got Anaxibia; Menemachus got Nelo. These seven sons were begotten on a Phoenician woman and the maidens on an Ethiopian woman"

- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.5 (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.)
Demnosia

In Fabulae, Hyginus lists Demnosia as one of the daughters of King Priam. Hyginus is the only source to list her. Demnosia's mother's name is not provided.

## Classical Text

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF PRIAM TO THE NUMBER OF LV: Hector, Deiphobus, Cebriones, Polydorus, Helenus, Alexander, Hipposidus, Antinous, Agathon, Dius, Mestor, Lysides, Polymedon, Ascanius, Chirodamas, Evagoras, Dryops, Astynomus, Polymelus, Laodice, Ethionome, Phegea, Henicea, Demnosia, Cassandra, Philomela, Polites, Troilus, Palaemon, Brissonius, Gorgythion, Protodamas, Aretus, Dolon, Chromius, Eresus, Chrysolaus, Demosthea, Doryclus, Hippasus, Hyperochus, Lysianassa, Iliona, Nereis, Evander, Proneos, Archemachus, Ilagus, Axion, Binates, Hippothous, Deiopites, Medusa, Hero, Creusa.

- Hyginus, Fabulae 90
Ankaeus (Son of Lykurgus)

Ankaeus, son of Lykoûrgos of Arkadia of Arkadia, was both an Argonaut and a participant in the Kalydonian Boar Hunt, in which he met his end. His arms were ominously hidden at home, but he set forth, dressed in a bearskin and armed only with a labrys (doubled-bladed axe).

While Ankaeus did survive the quest for the Golden Fleece, he was not so fortunate with regard to the Kalydonian Boar Hunt.  Ankaeus' end came from his boasting.  While he was bragging he did not pay attention which gave the boar time to charge. Ankaeus was speared on the boar's tusks at the upper part of the groin and intestents burst forth from the gashes it had made.

His wife was named Iotis, and his mother was either Kleophyle or Eurynome according to one account, or Antinoe according to another one. Ankaeus' son Agapenor led the Arcadian forces during the Trojan War.

## Parents

Lykurgus & Eurynome or Kleophyle or Antinoe
Ephyra

EPHYRA was the eponymous Okeanid-nymph of the town of Ephyra--better known as Korinthos (Corinth)--on the Isthmos in southern Greece. She was the wife or daughter of the Titan Epimetheus. She probably presided over her namesake town's water supply.

Ephyra was surely identified with Pyrrha--the daughter of Epimetheus and wife of Deukalion.
Abas

## Classical Text

"Victorious, then rushed he upon Evagrus, and Corythus and Dryas. First of these was youthful Corythus, whose cheeks were then just covered with soft down. When he fell dead, Evagrus cried, `What glory do you get, killing a boy?’ But Rhoetus did not give him time for uttering one word more. He pushed the red hot stake into the foeman's mouth, while he still spoke, and down into his lungs. He then pursued the savage Dryas, while whirling the red fire fast about his head; but not with like success, for, while he still rejoiced in killings, Dryas turned and pierced him with a stake where neck and shoulder meet. Rhoetus groaned and with a great effort pulled the stake out from the bone, then fled away, drenched in his blood. And Orneus followed him. Lycabas fled, and Medon with a wound in his right shoulder. Thaumas and Pisenor and Mermerus fled with them. Mermerus, who used to excell all others in a race, ran slowly, crippled by a recent wound. Pholus and Melaneus ran for their lives and with them Abas, hunter of wild boars and Asbolus, the augur, who in vain had urged his friends to shun that hapless fight. As Nessus joined the rout, he said to him, `You need not flee, for you shall be reserved a victim for the bow of Hercules!’ But neither Lycidas, Eurynomus nor Areos, nor Imbreus had escaped from death: for all of these the strong right hand of Dryas pierced, as they confronted him. Crenaeus there received a wound in front. Although he turned in flight, as he looked back, a heavy javelin between his eyes pierced through him, where his nose and forehead joined."

*Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.290-12.315*
Erigdoupos

## Classical Text

“Another sight still comes before my eyes, the centaur Phaeocomes with his log. He wore six lion skins well wrapped around his body, and with fixed connecting knots they covered him, both horse and man. He hurled a trunk two yokes of oxen scarce could move and struck the hapless son of Olenus a crushing blow upon the head. The broad round dome was shattered, and his dying brains oozed out through hollow nostrils, mouth, and ears, as curdled milk seeps down through oaken twigs; or other liquors, crushed out under weights, flow through a well-pierced sieve and, thick, squeeze out through numerous holes. As he began to spoil his victim—and your father can affirm the truth of this—I thrust my sword deep in the wretch's groin. Chthonius, too, and Teleboas fell there by my sword. The former had a two-pronged stick as his sole weapon, and the other had a spear, with which the wounded me. You see the scar. The old scar still is surely visible! Those were my days of youth and strength, and then I ought to have warred against the citadel of Pergama. I could have checked, or even vanquished, the arms of Hector: but, alas, Hector had not been born, or was perhaps a boy. Old age has dulled my youthful strength. What use is it, to speak of Periphas, who overcame Pyretus, double-formed? Why tell of Ampyx, who with pointless shaft, victorious thrust Echeclus through the face? Macareus, hurling a heavy crowbar pierced Erigdupus and laid him low. A hunting spear that Nessus strongly hurled, was buried in the groin of Cymelus. Do not believe that Mopsus, son of Ampycus, was merely a prophet of events to come, he slew a daring two-formed monster there. Hodites tried in vain to speak, before his death, but could not, for his tongue was nailed against his chin, his chin against his throat.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.429-12.458 (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.)
Akhlys

AKHLYS (Achlys) was the personified spirit (daimona) of the death-mist--the clouding of the eyes preceding death. She may also have been the goddess of deadly poisons. Akhlys was probably numbered amonst the Keres.

**Akhlys** (Αχλυς) was, according to some ancient cosmogonies, the eternal Night (perhaps the Mist of Death, which clouded the eyes of the dying), and the first created being which existed even before Chaos.

According to Hesiod, she was the personification of misery and sadness, and as such she was represented on the shield of Herakles: pale, emaciated, and weeping, with chattering teeth, swollen knees, long nails on her fingers, bloody cheeks, and her shoulders thickly covered with dust. If she was a daughter of Nyx (Night) then she may have been numbered amongst the Keres.
Aristodeme

## Classical Text

"By other women Priam had sons, to wit, Melanippus, Gorgythion, Philaemon, Hippothous, Glaucus, Agathon, Chersidamas, Evagoras, Hippodamas, Mestor, Atas, Doryclus, Lycaon, Dryops, Bias, Chromius, Astygonus, Telestas, Evander, Cebriones, Mylius, Archemachus, Laodocus, Echephron, Idomeneus, Hyperion, Ascanius, Democoon, Aretus, Deiopites, Clonius, Echemmon, Hypirochus, Aegeoneus, Lysithous, Polymedon; and daughters, to wit, Medusa, Medesicaste, Lysimache, and Aristodeme."

- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.5
Anigros

ANIGROS was a river-god of Elis in the Peloponnese, southern Greece. His waters were particularly foul-smelling, having been polluted by the Hydra-venom of Herakles' arrows.

The Anigros was a small stream which flowed down to the Ionian Sea from Mounts Lapithos and Minthe in southern Elis. The next major neighbouring river was the Alpheios (Alpheus) to the north
Akhilles

## Classical Text

"Driving the Trojans in a body to the Skamandros (Scamander), where he [Akhilleus (Achilles)] destroyed many, including Asteropaios (Asteropaeus), the son of the river Axios' (Axius') son Pelegon. In fury the River rose up against him. But Hephaistos (Hephaestus) chased the river with a great flame and dried up its stream."

- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca E4. 7 - 8 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.)
Brankhus

In Greek mythology, Brankhus was the son of Smyrkus and a lover of Apollôn. Initially a shepherd in Miletus, Brankhus became a prophet after receiving his prophetic abilities from Apollôn. He introduced the worship of the god at Didyma and founded a shrine for him at Miletus. His descendants, the Brankhides, were an influential clan of prophets.
Atê

Atê was the personified spirit (*daimona*) of delusion, infatuation, blind folly, rash action and reckless impulse who led men down the path of ruin. Her power was countered by the Litai which followed in her wake.

## Classical Text

"But abhorred Eris (Strife) bare painful Ponos (Toil), and Lethe (Forgetfulness), and Limos (Starvation), and the Algea (Pains), full of weeping, the Hysminai (Fightings) and the Makhai (Battles), the Phonoi (Murders) and the Androktasiai (Man-slaughters), the Neikea (Quarrels), the Pseudo-Logoi (Lies), the Amphilogiai (Disputes), and Dysnomia (Lawlessness) and Ate (Ruin), who share one another's natures, and Horkos (Oath)."
- Hesiod, Theogony 230 ff (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.)
Adikia

Adikia (Αδικια) was the personified spirit (*daimona*) of injustice and wrong-doing. She was depicted as an ugly, barbarian woman with tattooed skin. Her opposite number was Dikê who was sometimes depicted beating her with a club.

## Classical Text

"[Among the images decorating the chest of Kypselos (Cypselus) dedicated at Olympia :] A beautiful woman is punishing an ugly one, choking her with one hand and with the other striking her with a staff. It is Dike (Justice) who thus treats Adikia (Injustice)."

- *Pausanias, Description of Greece 5. 18. 2(trans. Jones) (Greek travelogue C2nd A.D.)*
Alkyoneus

Alkyoneus (Αλκυονευς) was the King of the Thrakian Gigantes. Unlike the other Gigantes it was not nessicary to have both a hero and a god in order to kill him. Alkyoneus was however immortal while he was within the confines of his homeland of Pallene and could not be killed by god or man.

Herakles encountered Alkyoneus during his travels. He sneaked up upon the giant as he slept and disabled him with a volley of arrows and blows from his club. The hero then dragged the wounded giant beyond the confines of Pallene where he died. Alkyoneus' seven mourning daughters were transformed into a flock of kingfishers (Greek *alkyones*).

The etymology of the giant's name is unclear. Several stories connect Alkyoneus with the kingfisher bird (*alkyôn*), and his brother Porphyriôn was apparently named for the purple-coot. However it is more likely that his name is prefixed with the word *alk*- "the strong" as most of the Gigantes possess warlike names.
Astraios

Astraios (Αστραιος) was the Titan god of stars and planets and of the art of astrology. By Eos he was the father of the Stars and the eight wind gods. The arrival of these Winds was heralded by the rising of certain constellations. Astraios also had a daughter named Astraia who was the goddess of the constellation Virgo.
Akamas (son of Theseus)

**Akamas** (Ἀκάμας), whose name means "unwearying" was a character in the Trojan War.

## Mythology

After his father lost the throne of Athens, Acamas grew up an exile in Euboea. He and Diomedes were sent to negotiate the return of Helen before the start of the Trojan War, though Homer ascribes this embassy to Menelaus and Odysseus. During his stay at Troy he caught the eye of Priam's daughter Laodice, and fathered her son Munitus. The boy was raised by Aethra, Acamas' grandmother, who was living in Troy as one of Helen's slaves. Munitus later died of a snakebite while hunting at Olynthus in Thrace.

In the war, Acamas fought on the side of the Greeks and was counted among the men inside the Trojan Horse. After the war, he rescued Aethra from her long captivity in Troy. Later mythological traditions describe the two brothers embarking on other adventures as well, including the capture of the Palladium. Some sources relate of Acamas the story which is more commonly told of his brother Demophon, namely the one of his relationship with Phyllis of Thrace. This might be a mistake.

Acamas is not mentioned in Homer's *Iliad*, but later works, including Virgil's *Aeneid*, and almost certainly the *Iliou persis*, mention that Acamas was one of the men inside the Trojan horse. The dominant character trait of Acamas is his interest in faraway places.
Adiante

Adiante was one of fifty Daniads who participated in the marriage to the fifty sons of Aigyptos.  Adiante married Daiphron.  That night, she and all of her sisters but one killed their respective husbands with weapons provided by their father.

## Classical Text

"The youngest sons of Egyptus were these: Idas got Hippodice; Daiphron got Adiante (the mother who bore these damsels was Herse)..."

- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheke, 2.1.5
Amphílokhos

**Amphílokhos** (Ἀμφίλοχος ) was an Argive hero in Greek legend and one of the Epigoni.

## Family

Amphilochus was the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle and the younger brother of Alkmaeon.

## Mythology

Eriphyle, bribed by Polynices with the necklace of the goddess Harmonia, persuaded her husband Amphiaraus to join the expedition of the Seven against Thebes. Amphiaraus, knowing that he would die in the battle, reluctantly agreed to go but asked his two sons to avenge his foreseen death. At Thebes, Amphiaraus ended up in combat with Periklymenos, a demigod son of Poseidon. He attempted to flee but the god Zeus threw a bolt of lightning which opened the earth beneath him, swallowing the Argive and his chariot. Amphilochus's brother Alcmaeon then slew his mother and exiled himself from the kingdom.

As king of Argos, Amphilochus was sometimes named among Helen's suitors.

After the Trojan War, he was generally said to have abandoned his former realm and to have eventually settled the territory along the Ambracian Gulf which became known as Amphilochia in his honor. Its capital was a second Argos, which is distinguished as the Amphilochian Argos. (Others credit this settlement to his nephew.) In fact, the area seems to have been a non-Greek settlement that was later Hellenized by its Ambraciot neighbors (reference required).

Like his father before him, Amphilochus had a reputation as a seer and was also credited with founding several oracles. The most important was at Mallus in Cilicia, although this also seems to have been a pre-Greek settlement. Another was the oracle of Apollo at Colophon in Lydia, which Amphilochus was said to have founded with his half-brother Mopsus, the son of Amphiaraus and Manto. Herodotus also credited Amphilochus with the establishment of Posideium on Syria's Cilician border.

Amphilochus was variously said to have been killed by Apollo or to have simultaneously killed and been killed by his half-brother Mopsus. Either story was also sometimes ascribed to his nephew instead.
Atas

## Classical Text

"By other women Priam had sons, to wit, Melanippus, Gorgythion, Philaemon, Hippothous, Glaucus, Agathon, Chersidamas, Evagoras, Hippodamas, Mestor, Atas, Doryclus, Lycaon, Dryops, Bias, Chromius, Astygonus, Telestas, Evander, Cebriones, Mylius, Archemachus, Laodocus, Echephron, Idomeneus, Hyperion, Ascanius, Democoon, Aretus, Deiopites, Clonius, Echemmon, Hypirochus, Aegeoneus, Lysithous, Polymedon; and daughters, to wit, Medusa, Medesicaste, Lysimache, and Aristodeme."
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.5
Britomartis

Britomartis was the virgin goddess of hunting-, fishing- and fowling-nets. The catch of the nets--small game, fish, and fowl--was served by the ancient Greeks as a relish beside the staple meal of bread. Bread itself was apparently the province of Britomartis' mother Karmê "Lady of the Harvest".

Britomartis was a huntress of the island of Krete. When the lustful king Minos attempted to seduce her, she fled his advances, raced the length of the island and leapt into the sea. There she was caught in the nets of fishermen and carried to the safety of the island of Aigina.

Britomartis' name means "Sweet Maiden" from the ancient Greek words *britos* and *martis*. She was also known as Diktynna "Lady of the Nets".
Axios

Axios was a river-god of Makedonia and Paionia in northern Greece.

The River Axios had its headwaters in the mountains of Paionia and flowed south to empty into the Aegean sea near Pella, capital of Makedonia. The major neighboring rivers were the Strymôn to the east, and Haliakmon in the south. The Brykhon stream of nearby Khalkidike was also personified.
Agaptolemus

Agaptolemus was one of the fifty sons of King Aigyptos. Agaptolemus' mother was an unnamed phoenikian woman. The same woman that gave birth to Agaptolemus bore six other sons to Aigyptos. In the mass wedding of the sons of Aigyptos to the daughters of Danaus, Agaptolemus wed Pirene.

## Classical Text

"Agaptolemus got Pirene; Cercetes got Dorium; Eurydamas got Phartis; Aegius got Mnestra; Argius got Evippe; Archelaus got Anaxibia; Menemachus got Nelo. These seven sons were begotten on a Phoenician woman and the maidens on an Ethiopian woman"

- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2.1.5 (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.)
Admetos

## Biography

Admetos succeeded his father Pheres after whom the city was named. His mother was identified as Periklymene or Klymene. He was one of the Argonauts and took part in the Kalydonian Boar hunt. Admetos' wife Alkestis offered to substitute her own death for his. The most famous of Admetos's children was Eumelus, who led a contingent from Pherae to fight in the Trojan War. He also had a daughter Perimele.
Amphion

## Classical Text

"Of the Centaurs which were killed the most renowned were Daphnis, Argeius, Amphion, also Hippotion, Oreius, Isoples, Malanchaetes, and Thereus, Doupon, and Phrixus. As for those who escaped the peril by flight, every one of them later received a fitting punishment: Homadus, for instance, was killed in Arcadia when he was attempting to violate Alcyonê, the sister of Eurystheus. And for this feat it came to pass that Heracles was marveled at exceedingly; for though he had private grounds for hating his enemy,39 yet because he pitied her who was being outraged, he determined to be superior to others in humanity."

*- Diodorus Siculus (Greek historian C1st B.C.), Library of History 4.12.7*
Akamas (Son of Antenor)

Akamas (Ἀκάμας) whose name means "unwearying", was the son of Trojan elder Antenor and possibly Theano, was a participant in the Trojan War, and fought on the side of the Trojans.

## Mythology

With his brother Archelochus and his cousin Aeneas, Acamas was lieutenant of the Dardanian contingent to assist King Priam. Along with Aeneas and Archelochus he led one of the five divisions attacking the Argive wall in the battle for the ships. Homer's Iliad, Book 2, describes the troops of the Dardanians and its leaders:

"The Dardanians were led by brave Aeneas, whom Aphrodite bore to Anchises, when she, goddess though she was, had lain with him upon the mountain slopes of Ida. He was not alone, for with him were the two sons of Antenor, Arkhilokhos and Akamas, both skilled in all the arts of war."

While in Book 16, Acamas avenged the death of his brother, who had been killed by Ajax, by slaying Promachus the Boeotian.

"But he knew well who it was, and the Trojans were greatly vexed with grief [akhos]. Akamas then bestrode his brother's body and wounded Promakhos the Boeotian with his spear, for he was trying to drag his brother's body away. Akamas vaunted loudly over him saying, "Argive archers, braggarts that you are, toil [ponos] and suffering shall not be for us only, but some of you too shall fall here as well as ourselves. See how Promakhos now sleeps, vanquished by my spear; payment for my brother's blood has not long delayed; a man, therefore, may well be thankful if he leaves a kinsman in his house behind him to avenge his fall."

### Versions of Death

Two sources tackles the versions of the myth regarding Acamas' death. He was killed possibly by Meriones of Crete, half-brother of King Idomeneus in book 16 of the Iliad, but the Acamas killed there was not specifically identified as a son of Antenor. Quintus of Smyrna describes him as having been killed by the Greek hero Philoctetes.

#### Homer's account

"Meriones gave chase to Akamas on foot and caught him up just as he was about to mount his chariot; he drove a spear through his right shoulder so that he fell headlong from the car, and his eyes were closed in darkness."

#### Quintus' account

Now Poeas' son [i.e. Philoctetes] the while slew Deioneus and Acamas, Antenor's warrior son: Yea, a great host of strong men laid he low..'
Aisêpos

Aisêpos (Αισηπος) was a river-god of the Troad in northern Mysia, Anatolia.

The Aisêpos River had its headwaters in the foothills of Mount Ida near the town of Skepsis and emptied into the Hellespont in the vicinity of Zeleia. The most important neighboring rivers were the Grênikos to the west, and the Rhyndakos and the Askanios in the east.
Asopis (Daughter of King Thespius)

Asopis was one of the daughters of Thespius, King of Thespiae, Boeotia. She was one of the forty-nine of his fifty daughters to sleep with Herakles while he was in Thespiae. She would carry his son Mentor.

## Family

### Parents

King Thespius & Queen Megamede or potentially one of Thespius' mistresses

## Classical Text

"by Asopis he [Herakles] had Mentor"
*- Apollodorus. Biblioteca 2.7.8*
Aisakos

A son of Priamos and Arisbe, the daughter of Merops, from whom Aisakos learned the art of interpreting dreams. When Hekabe during her pregnancy with Paris dreamt that she was giving birth to a burning piece of wood which spread conflagration through the whole city, Aesakus explained this to mean, that she would give birth to a son who would be the ruin of the city, and accordingly recommended the exposure of the child after its birth.

Aisakos himself was married to Asterope (commonly known as Hesperia), the daughter of the river god Kebrên, who died early, and while he was lamenting her death he was changed into a bird.

## Classical Text

Meanwhile Agamemnon and the two Ajaxes, amidst their general slaughter of insignificant opponents, caught and slew many of Priam’s sons. Agamemnon slew Aesacus and Deiopites and also Archemachus, Laudocus, and Philenor. The Ajaxes – both the son of Oileus and the Telamonian Ajax – slew Mylius, Astynous, Doryclus, Hippothous, and Hippodamas.

In another part of the field Patroclus and Sarpedon the Lycian had withdrawn from their men and were trying to protect the flanks of their respective armies. Driving out beyond the battle lines, they challenged each other to fight in single combat. First, they threw their spears, but neither hit the mark. Then, leaping from their chariots and drawing their swords, they came face to face and fought for much of the day, exchanging blows fast and furious, but neither could wound the other. Finally, Patroclus, realizing that he must act with greater boldness, crouched behind the protection of his shield and came to close quarters. With his right hand he dealt Sarpedon a crippling blow along the back sinews of the leg and then, pressing his body against him – Sarpedon was faint and beginning to totter – pushed him over and finished him off as he fell.
- Dicrts Creteness
Aura (Titaness)

Aura was the Titan-goddess of the breeze and the fresh, cool air of early morning. She was a virgin-huntress who was excessively proud of her maidenhood. In her hubris she dared compare her body with that of the goddess Artemis, claiming the goddess was too womanly in form to be a true virgin. Artemis sought out Nemesis to avenge her and as punishment Aura was violated by the god Dionysos. The crime drove her mad and in her fury she became a ruthless, slayer of men. When her twin sons were born, Aura swallowed one whole, but the second was snatched safely away by Artemis. Zeus then transformed Aura into a stream--or perhaps breeze "aura".

## Family

### Children

* Iakkhos (by Dionysos)
* Iakkhos' unnamed twin brother (by Dionysos)
Autonoë (Nereid)

Autonoe was one of the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris.  According to the Greek poets Hesiod and Apollodorus Autonoe was a Nereid whose name means "with her own mind."

## Classical Text

To Nereus and Doris were born the Nereids, whose names are Cymothoe, Spio, Glauconome, Nausithoe, Halie, Erato, Sao, Amphitrite, Eunice, Thetis, Eulimene, Agave, Eudore, Doto, Pherusa, Galatea, Actaea, Pontomedusa, Hippothoe, Lysianassa, Cymo, Eione, Halimede, Plexaure, Eucrante, Proto, Calypso, Panope, Cranto, Neomeris, Hipponoe, Ianira, Polynome, Autonoe, Melite, Dione, Nesaea, Dero, Evagore, Psamathe, Eumolpe, Ione, Dynamene, Ceto, and Limnoria.

- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.2.7
Amphimakhus of Elis

Amphimakhus (Ἀμφίμαχος) derived from ἀμφί *amphi* "on both sides, in all directions, surrounding" and μάχη *mache* "battle") was one of the leaders of the Elean contingent at the Trojan War.

## Family

Amphiamkhus was the son of Kteatus (son of Aktor) and Theronike, daughter of Dexamenus.

## Mythology

Amphimakhus brought 40 ships to Troy together with other leaders from Elis, including Thalpius, Diores and Poluxenos:

"And they that dwelt in Buprasium and goodly Elis, all that part thereof that Hyrmine and Myrsinus on the seaboard and the rock of Olen and Alesium enclose between them—these again had four leaders, and ten swift ships followed each one, and many Epeians embarked thereon. Of these some were led by Amphimachus and Thalpius, of the blood of Actor, sons, the one of Cteatus and the other of Eurytus; and of some was the son of Amarynceus captain, even mighty Diores; and of the fourth company godlike Polyxeinus was captain, son of king Agasthenes, Augeias' son."
Amphimachus's death at the hands of Hector was recounted by Homer in the following passage in the Iliad:

". . . but Hector smote Amphimachus, son of Cteatus, the son of Actor, in the breast with his spear as he was coming into the battle; and he fell with a thud, and upon him his armour clanged. Then Hector rushed forth to tear from the head of great-hearted Amphimachus the helm that was fitted to his temples, but Aias lunged with his bright spear at Hector as he rushed, yet in no wise reached he his flesh, for he was all clad in dread bronze; but he smote the boss of his shield, and thrust him back with mighty strength, so that he gave ground backward from the two corpses, and the Achaeans drew them off. Amphimachus then did Stichius and goodly Menestheus, leaders of the Athenians, carry to the host of the Achaeans, and Imbrius the twain Aiantes bare away, their hearts fierce with furious valour. And as when two lions that have snatched away a goat from sharp-toothed hounds, bear it through the thick brush, holding it in their jaws high above the ground, even so the twain warrior Aiantes held Imbrius on high, and stripped him of his armour. And the head did the son of Oïleus cut from the tender neck, being wroth for the slaying of Amphimachus, and with a swing he sent it rolling through the throng like a ball; and it fell in the dust before the feet of Hector."
Autolykus

Autolykus (Greek: Αὐτόλυκος) was a Thessalian, son of Deimachus, who together with his brothers Deileon and Phlogius joined Heracles in his expedition against the Amazons. But after having gone astray the two brothers dwelt at Sinope until they joined the expedition of the Argonauts.

Autolycus was subsequently regarded as the founder of Sinope, where he was worshipped as a god and had an oracle. After the conquest of Sinope by the Romans, his statue was carried from there by Lucullus to Rome.
Arkeisios

In Greek Mythology, Arcesius (Ἀρκείσιος) was the son of either Zeus or Cephalus, and king in Ithaca.

## Mythology

According to scholia on the Odyssey, Arcesius' parents were Zeus and Euryodeia; Ovid also writes of Arcesius as a son of Zeus. Other sources make him a son of Cephalus. Aristotle in his lost work The State of the Ithacians cited a myth according to which Cephalus was instructed by an oracle to mate with the first female being he should encounter if he wanted to have offspring; Cephalus mated with a she-bear, who then transformed into a human woman and bore him a son, Arcesius. Hyginus makes Arcesius a son of Cephalus and Procris, while Eustathius and the exegetical scholia to the Iliad report a version according to which Arcesius was a grandson of Cephalus through Cillus or Celeus.

Zeus made Arcesius' line one of "only sons": his only son was Laertes, whose only son was Odysseus, whose only son was Telemachus. Arcesius's wife (and thus mother of Laertes) was Chalcomedusa, whose origins are not mentioned further, but whose very name, chalcos ("copper") and medousa ("guardian" or "protectress"), identifies her as the protector of Bronze Age metal-working technology.
Atlantis

ATLANTIS was a legendary island realm of the far west which was sunk beneath the ocean by the gods to punish its people for their immorality.

The term "Atlanteans" was also applied by the Greeks to the Phoenician colonies along the Barbary Coast of North Africa--i.e. those living near the Atlas Mountains. Diodorus Siculus describes their Titan-mythology and wars with the Libyan Amazones. Plato may have the same nation in mind for he names the second Atlantean king Gadeiros after a famous Phoenician colony near the Straits of Gibraltar.
Aigyptos (Son of King Aigyptos)

Aigyptos who bore his father's name was one of the fifty sons of King Aigyptos of Egypt.

## Classical Text

"The sons of Egyptus by Gorgo, cast lots for the daughters of Danaus by Pieria, and Periphas got Actaea, Oineus got Podarce, Egyptus got Dioxippe, Menalces got Adite, Lampus got Ocypete, Idmon got Pylarge."
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheke, 2.1.5
Automedon

In Greek mythology, **Automedon** (Αὐτομέδων), son of Diores, was Akhilles' charioteer.

## Mythology

In Homer's *Iliad*, Automedon rides into battle once Patroclus dons Achilles's armor, commanding Achilles' horses Balius and Xanthos. After Patroclus dies, Automedon is driven to the rear of the battle, where he tries to console the bereaved horses.

Zeus finally intervenes, and Automedon resumes driving the chariot, but cannot aid the Achaeans until Alcimedon agrees to be his driver. He repels an attempt on his life by Hector, Aeneas, Chromios, and Aretos, killing Aretos and taking his armor in the process. He also appears in the *Aeneid* at line 477 of Book II, when the Greek forces break into the palace of Priam.
Areos

## Classical Text

"Victorious, then rushed he upon Evagrus, and Corythus and Dryas. First of these was youthful Corythus, whose cheeks were then just covered with soft down. When he fell dead, Evagrus cried, `What glory do you get, killing a boy?’ But Rhoetus did not give him time for uttering one word more. He pushed the red hot stake into the foeman's mouth, while he still spoke, and down into his lungs. He then pursued the savage Dryas, while whirling the red fire fast about his head; but not with like success, for, while he still rejoiced in killings, Dryas turned and pierced him with a stake where neck and shoulder meet. Rhoetus groaned and with a great effort pulled the stake out from the bone, then fled away, drenched in his blood. And Orneus followed him. Lycabas fled, and Medon with a wound in his right shoulder. Thaumas and Pisenor and Mermerus fled with them. Mermerus, who used to excell all others in a race, ran slowly, crippled by a recent wound. Pholus and Melaneus ran for their lives and with them Abas, hunter of wild boars and Asbolus, the augur, who in vain had urged his friends to shun that hapless fight. As Nessus joined the rout, he said to him, `You need not flee, for you shall be reserved a victim for the bow of Hercules!’ But neither Lycidas, Eurynomus nor Areos, nor Imbreus had escaped from death: for all of these the strong right hand of Dryas pierced, as they confronted him. Crenaeus there received a wound in front. Although he turned in flight, as he looked back, a heavy javelin between his eyes pierced through him, where his nose and forehead joined."
- Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.290-12.315 (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.)
Euphemus

Euphemus was the son of Poseidon and Europe.  Euphemus was said to be able to run over water without getting wet (a gift given to him by his father).  Euphemus not only was one of the Argonauts who went on the Quest for The Golden Fleece but was one of the Kalydon Hunters who took place in The Hunt For the Kalydonian Boar.

## Mythology

### As An Argonaut

After the death of Tiphys, Euphemus became the helmsman of the Argo.  This was most likely because of his ability to run over water without getting wet which would give an advance notice as towards the direction the water would be going.
Aegeoneus

Aegeoneus is one of the sons which Priam had by women other than Hekabe. He is only mentioned by Appolodorus and only in Bibliotheca.

## Classical Text

"By other women Priam had sons, to wit, Melanippus, Gorgythion, Philaemon, Hippothous, Glaucus, Agathon, Chersidamas, Evagoras, Hippodamas, Mestor, Atas, Doryclus, Lycaon, Dryops, Bias, Chromius, Astygonus, Telestas, Evander, Cebriones, Mylius, Archemachus, Laodocus, Echephron, Idomeneus, Hyperion, Ascanius, Democoon, Aretus, Deiopites, Clonius, Echemmon, Hypirochus, Aegeoneus, Lysithous, Polymedon; and daughters, to wit, Medusa, Medesicaste, Lysimache, and Aristodeme."

- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.5
Elephenor

**Elephenor** /ˌɛlɪˈfiːnər, -ˌnɔːr/ (Greek: Ἐλεφήνωρ, -ορος *Elephḗnōr*, *-oros*) was the king of the Abantes of Euboea.

## Family

Elephenor was the son of Chalcodon by either Imenarete, Melanippe or Alcyone.

## Mythology

Elephenor received the sons of Theseus of Athens, Acamas and Demophon, when they fled the usurper Menestheus. One source states that he unwittingly killed his grandfather Abas and was expelled from Euboea; because of that, he had to assemble his troops before the Trojan expedition on a rock of the Euripus Strait opposite Euboea.

### Trojan War

Elephenor was a suitor of Helen and the leader of the Euboean force of thirty or forty ships which joined the Greek expedition to Troy. On the day the truce was broken by Pandarus, he was killed by Agenor whilst trying to drag off the body of Echepolus.

### The Return

On their way home, Elephonor's men were driven off course and shipwrecked off the coast of Epirus, where they founded the city of Apollonia. Alternately, Elephenor survived and settled on the island Othronos but was soon driven out of the island by a serpent and went to Abantia in Illyria.
Adrastus (Son of King Merops)

Adrastus, a son of King Merops of Percote, and brother to Amphius. Along with Amphius, he led a military force from Adrastea, Apaesus, Pityeia and Tereia to the Trojan War (despite the entreaties of their father, a seer, who could foresee that death awaited them on the battlefield). Adrastus was slain by Diomedes.

## Classical Text

"Then took they a chariot and two men, the best of their people, sons twain of Merops of Percote, that was above all men skilled in prophesying, and would not suffer his sons to go into war, the bane of men; but the twain would in no wise hearken to him, for the fates of black death were leading them on. These did the son of Tydeus, Diomedes, famed for his spear, rob of spirit and of life, and took from them their goodly battle-gear. And Odysseus slew Hippodamus and Hypeirochus."
- Homer, Iliad 11.328-11.335
Eidothea

Eidothea was a prophetic sea-nymph daughter of the shape-shifting marine god Prôteus. When Menelaus was returning home from Troy, his fleet was becalmed on the island of Pharos near Egypt. Eidothea took pity on the hero and told him how he might capture her father and force him to reveal prophecies which would enable his escape from the island.
Enipeus

Enipeus was a river-god of Thessalia in northern Greece. The maiden Tyrô fell in love with Enipeus' streams though she was eventually impregnated by the god Poseidon as she poured his waters upon her lap.

The Enipeus river was a tributary of the Pêneios which flowed north from Mount Oita in Phthiotis through the southern reaches of Thessalia.
Hipponous (Son of Priam)

Hipponous was one of the children of Priam. He was mentioned by both Pseudo-Apollodorus and Quintus Smyrnaeus.the last of Priam's sons to be killed by Akhilles before Akhilles was slain by Paris.

## Classical Text

"After him Hecuba gave birth to daughters, Creusa, Laodice, Polyxena, and Cassandra. Wishing to gain Cassandra's favours, Apollo promised to teach her the art of prophecy; she learned the art but refused her favours; hence Apollo deprived her prophecy of power to persuade. Afterwards Hecuba bore sons, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus: this last she is said to have had by Apollo."

- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.5

"But Peleus' son the while forgat not yet war's fury: still in his invincible limbs the hot blood throbbed, and still he longed for fight. Was none of all the Trojans dared draw nigh the stricken hero, but at distance stood, as round a wounded lion hunters stand mid forest-brakes afraid, and, though the shaft stands in his heart, yet faileth not in him his royal courage, but with terrible glare roll his fierce eyes, and roar his grimly jaws; so wrath and anguish of his deadly hurt to fury stung Peleides' soul; but aye his strength ebbed through the god-envenomed wound. Yet leapt he up, and rushed upon the foe, and flashed the lightning of his lance; it slew the goodly Orythaon, comrade stout of Hector, through his temples crashing clear: his helm stayed not the long lance fury-sped which leapt therethrough, and won within the bones the heart of the brain, and spilt his lusty life. Then stabbed he 'neath the brow Hipponous even to the eye-roots, that the eyeball fell to earth: his soul to Hades flitted forth. Then through the jaw he pierced Alcathous, and shore away his tongue: in dust he fell gasping his life out, and the spear-head shot out through his ear. These, as they rushed on him, that hero slew; but many a fleer's life he spilt, for in his heart still leapt the blood."

- Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 3.162-3.190