1000 Classical Characters Briefly Described

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Achilleis – Alcman

Achilleis

A poem by Statius, having for its subject the life and adventures of Achilles.

Acidalia

A surname of Venus, from the well Acidalius near Orchomenos, where she used to bathe with the Graces.

Acmonides

One of the three Cyclopes in Ovid, the same as Pyracmon in Vergil, and as Arges in other accounts.

Actium

A town and promontory of Epirus, famous for the victory which Augustus gained over the fleet of Antony and Cleopatra.

Aegaeum Mare

The part of the Mediterranean sea now called the Archipelago.

Aegaleos

A mountain in Attica opposite Salamis, from which Xerxes saw the defeat of his fleet, B. C. 480.

Aegean Sea

Aegeus died в. c. 1235.

Aerope

Daughter of Catreus, king of Crete, and wife of Plisthenes, the son of Atreus, by whom she became the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus.

Aeschines

An Athenian orator who lived about 342 B. c., and distinguished himself by his rivalship with Demosthenes.

Albula

An ancient name of the river Tiber.

Alcimede

Daughter of Phylacus and Clymene, wife of Aeson, and mother of Jason.

Alcman

The chief lyric poet of Sparta, is said by some to have been the inventor of erotic poetry.

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