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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. ...

Calliope, in Greek mythology

(Encyclopedia)Calliope kəlīˈəpē [key]: see Muses; Orpheus. ...

(Encyclopedia)Gorgon gôrˈgən [key], in Greek mythology, one of three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa; daughters of Ceto and Phorcus. Their hair was a cluster of writhing snakes, and their faces we...

Vesta, in Roman religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia)Vesta, in Roman religion and mythology, hearth goddess. She was highly honored in every household from early times to the beginning of Christianity. Her public cult maintained a sacred building in whi...

Vulcan, in Roman religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia)Vulcan, in Roman religion and mythology, fire god. Chiefly a god of destructive fire, Vulcan seems to have originated as a god of volcanoes. His festival, the Volcanalia, was held on Aug. 23. He was l...

Neptune, in Roman religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia)Neptune, in Roman religion and mythology, god of water. He was presumably an indigenous god of fertility, but in later times he was identified with the Greek Poseidon, god of the sea. At his festival,...