Adscriptitii Dii (Adscripti′tii Dii) were the gods of the second grade.
Adversity, see Echidna.
Aeacus (Ae′acus), one of the judges of hell, with Minos and Rhadamanthus. See Eacus.
Aecastor (Aecas′tor), an oath used only by women, referring to the Temple of Castor.
Aedepol (Aed′epol), an oath used by both men and women, referring to the Temple of Pollux.
Aeetes (Aee′tes), a king of Colchis, and father of Medea.
Aegeon (Aege′on), a giant with fifty heads and one hundred hands, who was imprisoned by Jupiter under Mount Etna. See Briareus.
Aegis (Ae′gis), the shield of Jupiter, so called because it was made of goat-skin.
“Where was thine Aegis Pallas that appall’d?”
Byron.
“Tremendous, Gorgon frowned upon its field,
And circling terrors filled the expressive shield.”