Absyrtus, younger brother of Medea.
Abydos, a town on the Hellespont, nearly opposite to Sestos.
Abyla, Mount, or Columna, a mountain in Morocco, near Ceuta, now called Jebel Musa or Ape's Hill, forming the Northwestern extremity of the African coast opposite Gibraltar (See Pillars of Hercules).
Acestes, son of a Trojan woman who was sent by her father to Sicily, that she might not be devoured by the monsters which infested the territory of Troy.
Acetes, Bacchanal captured by Pentheus.
Achates, faithful friend and companion of Aeneas.
Achelous, river-god of the largest river in Greece--his Horn of Plenty.
Achilles, the hero of the Iliad, son of Peleus and of the Nereid Thetis, slain by Paris.
Acis, youth loved by Galatea and slain by Polyphemus.
Acontius, a beautiful youth, who fell in love with Cydippe, the daughter of a noble Athenian.