Shakespeare.
Apothe′osis. The consecration of a god. The ceremony of deification.
Apple, see Atalanta.
Arach′ne, a Lybian Princess, who challenged Minerva to a spinning contest, but Minerva struck her on the head with a spindle, and turned her into a spider.
“... So her disembowelled web,
Arachne, in a hall or kitchen spreads,
Obvious to vagrant flies.”
John Phillips.
Arca′dia, a delightful country in the centre of Peloponnessus, a favourite place of the gods. Apollo was reputed to have been King of Arcadia.
Ar′cas, a son of Calistro, was turned into a he-bear; and afterwards into the constellation called Ursa Minor.