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| Antigone |
in an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles, the heroine and title character, who buries her brother in defiance of a state edict and is executed. |
| antistrophe |
in ancient Greek poetry or theater, the return movement made by the chorus in response to the previous strophe. (Cf. strophe.) [1/2 definitions] |
| Aphrodite |
in Greek mythology, the goddess of love and beauty; Venus. [1/2 definitions] |
| Apollo |
in Greek and Roman mythology, the god of light, prophecy, music, poetry, and medicine. [1/2 definitions] |
| apple of discord |
in Greek mythology, a golden apple that caused jealous discord among three goddesses and indirectly led to the Trojan War. [1/2 definitions] |
| Archimedes |
a Greek mathematician and inventor (287?-212 B.C.). |
| Ares |
in Greek mythology, the god of war; Mars. |
| Argo |
(italics) in Greek mythology, the ship used by Jason in his search for the Golden Fleece. |
| Argonaut |
in Greek mythology, any of the crew of the Argo, who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece. |
| Aristotle |
a Greek philosopher (384-322 B.C.). |
| Arius |
a Greek theologian and Christian priest in Alexandria (256?-336 A.D.). |
| Artemis |
in Greek mythology, a goddess associated with the moon, virginity, and hunting; Diana. |
| Ate |
in Greek mythology, a personification of humans' wicked folly or blind ambition, that is punished by Nemesis. |
| Athena |
in Greek mythology, the goddess of wisdom, the arts, and strategic warfare; Minerva. |
| atlas |
(cap.) in Greek mythology, a Titan condemned to support the heavens on his shoulders. [1/5 definitions] |
| Atreus |
in Greek mythology, king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. |
| Atticism |
a style, idiom, mannerism, custom, or the like, that is characteristic of Attic Greek. [1/2 definitions] |
| Augean |
of or suggesting Augeas, a king in Greek mythology, or his stables, which had not been cleaned for thirty years until Hercules changed the course of a river so that it swept through them. [1/2 definitions] |
| Bacchus |
in Greek and Roman mythology, the god of wine and merrymaking; Dionysus. |
| beta |
the name of the second letter of the Greek alphabet. [1/3 definitions] |
| calliope |
(cap.) in Greek mythology, the Muse of epic or heroic poetry. [1/2 definitions] |
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