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List of Gods : "Greek" - 1801 records

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God name
"Achlae/ Aclelous/ Acleloos/ Achelous"
Greek A river god of some standing in the community
Hero name
"Achle"
Etruscan Legendary hero of the Trojan war, from the Greek Achilles. Etruscan

"Achlys"
Greek According to some ancient cosmogonies, the eternal night, 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 Heracles: pale, emaciated, and weeping, with chattering teeth, swollen knees, long nails on her fingers, bloody cheeks, and her shoulders thickly covered with dust.

"Acis"
Greek According to Ovid (Metamorphoses I) a son of Faunus and Symaethis.
Spirit name
"Aclahayr"
Greek Of the fourth hour of the Nuctemeron, the genius spirit.

"Acmonian Wood"
Greek The trystplace of unlawful love. It was here that Mars had his åśśignation with Harmonia, who became the mother of the Amazons.
God name
"Acraea"
Greek A daughter of the river-god Asterion near Mycenae, who together with her sisters Euboea and Prosymna acted as nurses to Hera.

"Acragas"
Greek A son of Zeus and the Oceanid Asterope
King name
"Acrisius"
Greek A mythical king of Argos, and a son of Abas and Ocalea (or Aglaea, depending on the author). He quarrelled constantly with his twin brother Proetus, inventing bucklers in the process, and in the end expelled him to Tiryns.

"Actaea"
Greek A daughter of Nereus and Doris. Greek

"Actaeon"
Greek Son of Aristaeus and Autonoe, a daughter of Cadmus. He was trained in the art of hunting by the centaur Cheiron, and was afterwards torn to pieces by his own 50 hounds on mount Cithaeron. The names of these hounds are given by Ovid (Metamorphoses III) and Hyginus.
King name
"Actaeus"
Greek A son of Erisichthon, and the earliest king of Attica. He had three daughters, Agraulos, Herse, and Pandrosus, and was succeeded by Cecrops. Greek

"Actiacus"
Greek A surname of Apollo, derived from Actium, one of the principal places of his worship. Greek

"Actor"
Greek Son of Aristaeus and Autonoe, a daughter of Cadmus. He was trained in the art of hunting by the centaur Cheiron, and was afterwards torn to pieces by his own 50 hounds on mount Cithaeron. The names of these hounds are given by Ovid (Metamorphoses III) and Hyginus.
Nymph name
"Adamanthea"
Greek A nymph who nursed Zeus Greek
Spirit name
"Adamastor"
Greek The spirit of the stormy Cape (Good Hope), described by Camoens in the Lusiad as a hideous phantom. According to Barreto, he was one of the giants who invaded heaven.

"Adaran"
Greek According to the Parsee superstition, is a sacred fire less holy than that called Behram

"Adianta"
Greek wife of Daiphron.
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