Acca Larentia (or Larentia), a mythical woman who occurs in the stories of early Roman history. Macrobius (Macr. 1.10), together with Plutarch (Quaest. Rom. 35; Romul. 5) relates the following tradition about her: In the reign of Ancus Martius [the fourth King of Rome] a servant (aedituus) of the temple of Hercules, during days of celebration, invited the …
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Raiko was a legendary archer and hero during the reign of Emperor Murakami, who killed numerous demons during his career (948–1021). His original name was Minamoto no Yorimitsu, and though of the bushi (warrior) class (that is, not aristocrat in Heian Japan), he was appointed to several governorships. He was approached in a dream by …
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Also known as Akademos, Hekademos or Hecademus was, an Attic hero, who, when Castor and Polydeuces [or Pollux] invaded Attica to liberate their sister Helen, revealed to them that she was hidden at Aphidnae. For this reason the Tyndarids [Castor and Pollux] always showed him much gratitude, and whenever the Lacedaemonians (Ancient Spartans) invaded Attica, …