Anacreon. Lyric poet of Teos. Sang of love and wine. Died 478 B.C.
Anaxagoras. Philosopher accused of impiety at Athens 450 B.C. Saved by Pericles.
Anaxarchus. Philosopher, accompanied Alexander into Asia, 334 B.C.
Andromeda. Her mother Cassiopeia, queen of Ethiopia, 'set her beauty's praise above the sea-nymphs,' for which Andromeda had to be exposed to a sea-monster. She was rescued by Perseus.
Antēa. See Bellerophon.
Antiochus. King of Syria, 280-261 B.C. Called Soter after his victory over the Galatians. Son of Seleucus; fell in love with his step-mother Stratonice, whom his father ceded to him.
Antiope. Mother by Zeus of Amphion and Zethus.
Antipater. Macedonian general, left as regent by Alexander in Macedonia, of which he became king after Alexander's death.
Antisthenes. Athenian philosopher, about 400 B.C. Founder of the Cynics.
Anūbis. Dog-headed Egyptian God, identified by the Greeks with Hermes.