| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Areimanios" | Roman | The Hellenistic form of Ahriman, a god of the Zarathushtrian faith, being a sacred, unspeakable name within Roman Mithraism and this name's etymological correspondence to the Zoroastrian Ahriman. |
| God name "Areimanios" | Greek | Chthonic underworld god. Probably derived from the Persian deity AHRIMAN. Plutarch identifies him as the embodiment of HADES.... |
| King name "Areithous" | Greek | king of Arne in Ioeotia, and husband of Philomedusa, is called in the Iliad vii the club, because he fought with no other weapon but a club. He fell by the hand of the Arcadian Lycurgus, who drove him into a narrow defile, where he could not make use of his club. |
| Goddess name "Ares" | Greek | God of storms and war. Ares is a lesser known member of the Olympic pantheon of great gods, the son of ZEUS and HERA, who allegedly lived in Thrace. As a warrior god he is contrasted with the more prominent and successful goddess ATHENA who fought and vanquished him in a war between the gods. Although Athena stands for victory in battle through glory and honor, Ares epitomizes the evil and more brutal aspects of warfare. In the eyes of Zeus he is the most hateful of gods. |
| God name "Ares" | Greek | The god of war and one of the great Olympian gods of the Greeks. He is represented as the son of Zeus and Hera. A later tradition, according to which Hera conceived Ares by touching a certain flower, appears to be an imitation of the legend about the birth of Hephaestus, and is related by Ovid. |
| God name "Ares Lusitani" | Lusitanian | The God of horses. Lusitanian |
| Spirit name "Areskoui" | Haudenosaunee | Areskoui The Great spirit as Patron of the hunt and of war. Haudenosaunee |
"Arestor" | Greek | The father of Argus Panoptes, the guardian of Io, who is therefore called Arestorides. Greek |
| King name "Arete" | Greek | The wife of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians. In the Odyssey she appears as a noble and active superintendent of the household of her husband, and when Odysseus arrived in the island, he first applied to queen Arete to obtain hospitable reception and protection. Respecting her connexion with the story of Jason and Medeia. |
| King name "Arete" | Greek | The wife of Alcinous, king of the Phaeacians. In the Odyssey she appears as a noble and active superintendent of the household of her husband, and when Odysseus arrived in the island, he first applied to queen Arete to obtain hospitable reception and protection. Respecting her connexion with the story of Jason and Medeia, see Alcinous. Greek |
| Nymph name "Arethusa" | Greek | One of the Nereid, and the nymph of the famous well, thus in the island of Ortygia near Syracuse. Alpheius reckons her among the Sicilian nymphs, and as the divinity who inspired pastoral poetry. |
| Book name "Aretus" | Greek | Two mythical personages of this name are mentioned in Homer's Iliad, Book XVII and The Odyssey, Book iii. 413.) and Apollodorus Library Book 3 |
| King name "Argades" | Greek | A son of Ion, a king of Athens between the reigns of Erechtheus and Cecrops |
"Argalus" | Sparta | The eldest son of Amyclas, and his successor in the throne of Sparta. |
| Goddess name "Argante" | British | Silver One goddess queen of Avalon who is known for her healing powers. British |
"Arge" | Greek | One of the chieftains who came with Hercules to Rome. Greek |
"Argeia" | Greek | A surname of Hera derived from Argos, the principal seat of her worship. |
| Cyclop name "Arges" | Greek | One of the Cyclops. Greek |
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