He was grandson of Lynceus and great grandson of Danaus. His twin‐brother was Proetus. son of Abas, king of Argos and of Ocaleia. Aclis N. Twin gods worshipped by the Teutons, said to be the sons of the Sky God.

Triumphant Achilles Achyuta In. Unfallen a name of Vishnu or Krishna Acis Gk. according to Ovid, is the son of Faunus and Symaethis. He was beloved by the nymph Galatea, and Polyphemus the Cyclops, jealous of him, crushed him under a huge rock.

Mythology and Folklore Achilles Gk. Achilles was the son of Peleus, king of the Myrmidones in Phthiotis, in Thessaly, and of the Nereid Thetis. Also called Aeacides Achates Gk .a close friend of Aeneas, accompanied her throughout his adventures Acheron Gk. a Thesprotia, in Epirus. Achaeans Gk. division of the Greek people, said to be descended from Xuthus, a son of Hellen Achara In. rule, custom, or usage the rules of practice of castes, orders, or religion Acharya In. a spiritual teacher or guide a title of Drona, the teacher of the Pandavas. Abydus Gk. a town was founded in the seventh century BCE as a colony of Miletus, with permission of a Lydian king, either Gyges or his son Ardys Abyla Gk. a mountain, one of the Pillars of Hercules Acestes Gk. Trpkam who lives in Sicily, who entertained Aenas Acetes Gk. pilot of the ship whose sailors captured Dionysus. He alone recognized the god. goddess of luck, abundance and prosperity she distributed food and money from a cornucopia. Abhirama‐mani In. a drama in seven acts on the history of Rama, written by Sundara Misra in 1599 A. D Abtu Eg. the Greeks called this place Abydos It was the seat of worship of Osiris It was also called Busiris, 'the house of Osiris' Egyptian tradition says that the sun ended his daily journey at Abydos, and entered into the underworld here, through a gap in the mountains called 'peq' In the 12th dynasty it was believed that the souls of the dead entered into the afterlife here Abudantia Rom. Abhimanyu In. son of Arjuna by his wife Su‐bhadra known by the metronymic Saubhadra Abhira, abhira In. a cowherd according to Manu the offspring of a Brahman by a woman of the ambashtha or medical tribe.

Abhimani In. the eldest son of Brahma by his wife Swaha. a dictionary or vocabulary one of the oldest of them is the abhidhana ratna ‐ mala, of halayudha bhatta (circa 7th cent.), and one of the best is the abhidhana chinta‐mani of hema‐chandra. Abeona Rom. protector of children leaving the home Abhaswaras In. a class of deities sixty‐four in number of whose nature little is known Abhidhana In. a son of Metaneira was changed by Demeter into a lizard, because he mocked the goddess The twelfth King of Argos. He was the son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, and grandson of Danaus.

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