Ach´e-ron.
1. River in Hades, [161];
Ulysses visits, [350];
Æneas crosses, [372].
2. Father of Furies, [163].
A-chil´les.
Son of Peleus and Thetis, [314-316];
surrenders Briseis, [318], [319];
the Greeks appeal to, [323-325];
slays Hector, [326-329];
death, [330];
in Happy Isles, [359];
father of Pyrrhus, [361];
significance, [394], [395].
A´cis.
Youth loved by Galatea, and slain by Polyphemus, [341].
A-cris´i-us.
King of Argos, and father of Danae, [240], [241], [249];
significance, [390], [391].
A-crop´o-lis.
Hill in Athens, the site of the Parthenon and Theseus’ temple, [262].
Ac-tæ´on.
Hunter changed to a stag by Diana, [100], [101].
Ad-me´te.
Daughter of Eurystheus, covets Hippolyte’s girdle, [223].
Ad-me´tus.
King of Thessaly, served by Apollo, and saved from death by Alcestis, [64], [65];
Hercules restores Alcestis to, [230];
one of the Argonauts, [266];
in Calydonian Hunt, [275];
significance, [386].
A-do´nis.
Hunter loved by Venus and slain by a boar, [108-110];
significance, [195], [389].
A-dras´tus.
King of Argos;
his horse Arion, [153];
father of Hippodamia, [260];
sends expedition against Thebes, [287].