In Greek mythology, Achilles (, Akhilleus, ) was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.

Apollo ( Attic, Ionic, and Homeric Greek:, Apollōn ( gen .: ); Doric:, Apellōn ; Arcadocypriot:, Apeilōn ; Aeolic:, Aploun ; ) is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in ancient Greek and Roman religion, Greek and Roman mythology, and Greco – Roman Neopaganism.

In Greek mythology Artemis was the leader ( ηγεμόνη: hegemone ) of the nymphs, who had similar functions with the Nordic Elves.

Love affairs ascribed to Apollo are a late development in Greek mythology.

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In Greek mythology Asia was a Titan goddess in Lydia.

The first part of its name refers to Atlas of Greek mythology, making the Atlantic the " Sea of Atlas ".

In Greek mythology, Aquarius is sometimes associated with Deucalion, the figure who built a ship with his wife Pyrrha to survive an imminent flood.

Aquarius is also sometimes identified with Ganymede, a youth in Greek mythology who was taken to Mount Olympus by Zeus to act as cup-carrier to the gods.

The Greek god Hades is known in Greek mythology as the king of the underworld, a place where souls live after death.

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Athene is the shrewd companion of heroes and the goddess of heroic endeavour in Greek mythology.

Actaeon (; ), in Greek mythology, son of the priestly herdsman Aristaeus and Autonoe in Boeotia, was a famous Theban hero.

In ancient Greek mythology, ambrosia () is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods ( or demigods ), often depicted as conferring ageless immortality upon whomever consumed it.

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Yet we may with better reason suppose that it came originally from a foreign mythology, and that the accident of its numerical value in Greek merely caused it to be singled out at Alexandria for religious use.

In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (; Greek:, Aineías, derived from Greek meaning " to praise ") was a Trojan hero, the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite.

He is a character in Greek mythology and is mentioned in Homer's Iliad, and receives full treatment in Roman mythology as the legendary founder of what would become Ancient Rome, most extensively in Virgil's Aeneid.

It was a two-headed dog ( similar to Orthrus of Greek Mythology ) that can disappear into the shadows.

* A two-headed dog in Greek Mythology, also known as Orthrus

In the Eastern Churches, Matins is called Orthros in Greek (, meaning " early dawn " or " daybreak ") and Oútrenya in Slavonic ( Оўтреня ).

In the Eastern Churches, Orthros ( Greek (, meaning " early dawn " or " daybreak ") or Oútrenya ( Slavonic Оўтреня ) is the last of the four night offices, which also include Vespers, Compline, and Midnight Office.

In the Greek parish tradition, Orthros is normally served just before the beginning of the Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning.

* Sunday Orthos Greek Orthodox Church in America

* Sunday Orthos Greek Orthodox Church in America

The name Anatolia comes from the Greek () meaning the " East " or more literally " sunrise ", comparable to the Latin terms " Levant " or " Orient " ( and words for " east " in other languages ).

The name Anatolia comes from the Greek () meaning the " East " or more literally " sunrise ".

In the Hebrew Bible and the Qur ' an, Aaron ( or ; Ahărōn, Hārūn, Greek ( Septuagint ): Ααρών ), who is often called "' Aaron the Priest "' () and once Aaron the Levite () ( Exodus 4: 14 ), was the older brother of Moses, ( Exodus 6: 16-20, 7: 7 ; Qur ' an 28: 34 ) and a prophet of God.

The word is originally Greek () and means " those hidden away ".

The stone was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and naturalist, who discovered the stone along the shore line of the river Achates () sometime between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.

Ajax () was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris.

The ' far-away light ' () is a reference to St Elmo's Fire, an electrical discharge supposed by ancient Greek mariners to be an epiphany of the Dioscuri, but the meaning of the line was obscured by gaps in the papyrus until reconstructed by a modern scholar — such reconstructions are typical of the extant poetry ( see Scholars, fragments and sources below ).

Alcamenes () was an ancient Greek sculptor of Lemnos and Athens, who flourished in the 2nd half of the 5th century BC.

In Greek mythology, Alcmene or Alcmena () was the mother of Heracles.

Alexander () is a common male first name, and less common surname derived from the Greek " Αλέξανδρος " ( Aléxandros ).

Alexander Aetolus () was a Greek poet and grammarian, the only known representative of Aetolian poetry.

Ammonius Saccas ( 3rd century AD ) () was a Greek philosopher from Alexandria who was often referred to as one of the founders of Neoplatonism.

Anaximenes () of Lampsacus ( c. 380 – 320 BC ) was a Greek rhetorician and historian.

Anastasius () is derived from the Greek ἀνάστασις ( anastasis ) meaning " resurrection ".

Anaximenes () of Miletus ( b. 585 BCE, d. 528 BCE ) was an Archaic Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher active in the latter half of the 6th century BC .< ref name =" lindberg28 "> Lindberg, David C. “ The Greeks and the Cosmos .” < u > The Beginnings of Western Science </ u >.

The word " apoptosis " () is used in Greek to describe the " dropping off " or " falling off " of petals from flowers, or leaves from trees.

Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander, which is a romanization of the Greek name Αλέξανδρος ( Alexandros ).

Christ () ( ancient Greek:, Christós, meaning ' anointed ') is a translation of the Hebrew מ ָ ש ִׁ יח ַ ( Māšîaḥ ), the Messiah, and is used as a title for Jesus in the New Testament.

Corinth ( Greek Κόρινθος, Kórinthos ) () is a city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece.

In Greek mythology, Daedalus ( Latin, also Hellenized Latin Daedalos, Greek Daidalos () meaning " cunning worker ", and Etruscan Taitale ) was a skillful craftsman and artisan.

The Greek word Πάσχα and hence the Latin form Pascha is derived from Hebrew Pesach () meaning the festival of Passover.