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Aristotle in his lost work The State of the Ithacians cited a myth according to which Cephalus was instructed by an oracle to mate with the first female being he should encounter if he wanted to have offspring; Cephalus mated with a she-bear, who then transformed into a human woman and bore him a son, Arcesius. [3]
In Greek mythology, Arcas (/ ˈ ɑːr k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀρκάς) was a hunter who became king of Arcadia. He was remembered for having taught people the arts of weaving and baking bread and for spreading agriculture to Arcadia.
In Greek mythology, Acrisius (/ ə ˈ k r aɪ s i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀκρίσιος means 'ill-judgment' [1]) was a king of Argos. He was the grandfather of the famous Greek demi-god Perseus .
In alchemy, Archeus, or archaeus, is a term used generally to refer to the lowest and most dense aspect of the astral plane which presides over the growth and continuation of all living beings.
In Greek mythology, Atreus [a] (Ancient Greek: Ἀτρεύς, lit. ' fearless ') [b] was a king of Mycenae in the Peloponnese, the son of Pelops and Hippodamia, and the father of Agamemnon and Menelaus. His descendants became known collectively as the Atreidae (Ancient Greek: Ἀτρείδαι Atreidai).
In Greek mythology, Caeneus or Kaineus (Ancient Greek: Καινεύς, romanized: Kaineús) was a Lapith hero, ruler of Thessaly, and the father of the Argonaut Coronus. Caeneus was born a girl, Caenis ( Ancient Greek : Καινίς , romanized : Kainís ), the daughter of Elatus , but after Poseidon had sex with Caenis, she was transformed by ...
Aeacus (/ ˈ iː ə k ə s /; also spelled Eacus; Ancient Greek: Αἰακός) was a king of the island of Aegina in Greek mythology.He was a son of Zeus and the nymph Aegina, and the father of the heroes Peleus and Telamon. [1]
Alcestis (/ æ l ˈ s ɛ s t ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Ἄλκηστις, Álkēstis) or Alceste, was a princess in Greek mythology, known for her love of her husband. Her life story was told by pseudo-Apollodorus in his Bibliotheca, [1] and a version of her death and return from the dead was also popularized in Euripides's tragedy Alcestis.