(The great friend of Sappho was Atthis. By Atossa is generally understood Vashti, daughter of Cyrus and wife of Ahasuerus of the Old Testament.)
At'ropos, one of the Fates, whose office is to cut the thread of life with a pair of scissors.
... nor shines the knife,
Nor shears of Atropos before their vision.
Byron,
Don Juan
, ii. 64.
Attic Bee (The), Soph'oclês (B.C. 495-405). Plato is called "The Athenian Bee."
Attic Boy (The), referred to by Milton in his Il Penseroso, is Ceph'alos, who was beloved by Aurora or Morn, but was married to Procris. He was passionately fond of hunting.
Till civil-suited Morn appear,