Augeas. See Heracles.
Aulis. A port in Boeotia. See Iphigenia.
Aurelius, M. Roman emperor, 161-180 A.D. Engaged in war with the Marcomanni and Quadi for almost the whole of his reign.
Bacchus. See Dionysus.
Bacis. A prophet (or several prophets) to whom oracles were attributed.
Bellerophon. A Corinthian prince. Having slain a man, fled for purification to Proetus of Argos, whose wife Antea fell in love with him and, being repulsed, accused him to Proetus. Proetus sent him to the king of Lycia with a letter requesting his execution. To ensure his death, the king told him to kill the monster Chimera (goat, serpent, and lion), which the winged horse Pegasus, however, enabled him to do.
Bendis. A Thracian Goddess, identified with the Greek Artemis.
Branchus. See Apollo.
Brasidas. The most distinguished Spartan in the first part of the Peloponnesian War. Trying to dislodge Demosthenes from Pylos, ran his galley ashore, and fainted from the wounds received.
Brimo. 'Grim.' A name of Persephone.