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(Encyclopedia)Ajax āˈjăks [key], Gr. Aias, in Greek mythology. 1 Hero of the Trojan War, son of Telamon, thus called the Telamonian Ajax, also called Ajax the Greater. In the Iliad he is represented as a giganti...Argonauts, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Argonauts: see Jason; Argo; Golden Fleece. ...Icarus, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Icarus: see Daedalus.Thisbe , in Greek legend
(Encyclopedia)Thisbe: see Pyramus and Thisbe.chorus, in Greek drama
(Encyclopedia)chorus, in the drama of ancient Greece. Originally the chorus seems to have arisen from the singing of the dithyramb, and the dithyrambic chorus allegedly became a true dramatic chorus when Thespis in...Ion, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Ion: see Creusa (1.)Echidna, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Echidna: see Typhon.Alpheus, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Alpheus ălfēˈəs [key], river god: see Arethusa. ...hamadryads, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)hamadryads: see nymph.Agave, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Agave əgāˈvē [key]: see Pentheus. ...Browse by Subject
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