Also known as Aiakides or Aiakídai（Αἰακίδης), a patronymic name that derives from Aeacus, the son of Zeus and Aegina (daughter of River-God Asopus). The name Aecides or Aiakides is given to various of Aeacus’s descendants: Peleus: a son of Aeacus and Endeis, was king of the Myrmidons at Phthia in Thessaly. Peleus and Telamon resolved …
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Admetus（or Admhtos), a son of Pheres, the founder and king of Pherae in Thessaly, and of Periclymene or Clymene. (Apollod. 1.9.2, 9.14.) He took part in the Calydonian chase and the expedition of the Argonauts. (Apollod. 1.9.16; Hyg. Fab. 14. 173.) When he had succeeded his father as king of Pherae, he sued for the hand of …
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Abderus (or Abdhros), is the son of Hermes, or of Thromius the Locriana according to others. He was a favourite of Heracles, and was torn to pieces by the mares of Diomedes, which Heracles had given him to pursue the Bistones. Heracles is said to have built the town of Abdera to honour him. According …
Absyrtus (or Apsyrtus), is the son of Aeetes, king of Colchis, and brother of Medeia. The name of his mother differs from one writer to the next: Hyginus (Fab. 13) calls her Ipsia, Apollodorus names her as Idyia, Apollonius says it is Asterodeia, while others claim Hecate, Neaera, or Eurylyte. (Schol. ad Apollon. l.c.) When Medeia fled …
Admete, daughter of King Eurystheus Admete (or Admeta) is the daughter of Eurystheus and Antimache. Heracles was obliged by her father King Eurystheus to fetch for her the girdle of Ares, which was worn by Hippolyte, queen of the Amazons. (Apollod. 2.5.9.) According to Tzetzes (ad Lycophr. 1327), she accompanied Heracles on this expedition. There was …
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(or Akrisios), a son of Abas, king of Argos and of Ocaleia. He was grandson of Lynceus and great-grandson of Danaus. His twin-brother was Proetus, with whom he is said to have quarrelled even in the womb of his mother. When Abas died and Acrisius had grown up, he expelled Proetus from his inheritance; but, …
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Acoetes（Ἀκοίτης), according to Ovid (Ov. Met. 3.582, &c.) was the son of a poor fisherman in Maeonia, who served as pilot in a ship. After landing at the island of Naxos, some of the sailors brought with them on board a beautiful sleeping boy, whom they had found in the island and whom they wished …
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Acontius (sometimes Akontius) was a beautiful youth of the island of Ceos. On one occasion he came to Delos to celebrate the annual festival of Artemis (or Diana), and fell in love with Cydippe, the daughter of a noble Athenian. When he saw her sitting in the temple attending to the sacrifice she was offering, …
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Achelois is the surname of the Ancient Greek mythological Sirens, the daughters of Achelous and a muse, or Asterope. Any account of the Sirens must include a mention of Achelous, the most revered of our river-gods, to whom, (and sometimes to Phorkys), is said to be the father of the Sirens. Herakles fought with this …
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Acestes, a son of the Sicilian river-god Crimisus and of a Trojan woman of the name of Egesta or Segesta (Vergil, Aeneid. 1.195, 550, 5.36, 711, &c.), who according to Servius was sent by her father Hippotes or Ipsostratus to Sicily, that she might not be devoured by the monsters [Greek invaders], which infested the territory of Troy, …
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