AEACUS

Meaning of AEACUS in English

Pronunciation: ' ē - ə -k ə s

Function: noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Aiakos

Date: circa 1510

: a son of Zeus who is given the Myrmidons as followers and becomes on his death a judge of the underworld

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AEACUS — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Aiakos Date: circa 1510 a son of Zeus who is given the Myrmidons as followers …
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AEACUS — /ee"euh keuhs/ , n. Class. Myth. a judge in Hades, a son of Zeus and grandfather of Achilles.
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AEACUS — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Aiakos Date: circa 1510 : a son of Zeus who is given the Myrmidons as …
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AEACUS — [Ae.a.cus] n [L, fr. Gk Aiakos]: a son of Zeus who is given the Myrmidons as followers and becomes on …
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AEACUS — in Greek mythology, son of Zeus and Aegina, the daughter of the river god Asopus. His mother was carried off …
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AEACUS — [Greek heroic] Aeacus is the son of Zeus and Aegina. He was the monarch of the island of Aegina, which …
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PELEUS — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Pēleus Date: 15th century a son of Aeacus who becomes by the goddess Thetis the …
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RHADAMANTHYS — — Rhadamanthine /rad'euh man"thin, -thuyn/ , adj. /rad'euh man"theuhs/ , n. 1. Class. Myth. a son of Zeus and Europa, …
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PELEUS — /pee"lee euhs, peel"yoohs/ , n. Class. Myth. a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
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AEGINA — — Aeginetan /ee'jeuh neet"n/ , adj. /ee juy"neuh, i jee"-/ , n. 1. Class. Myth. a daughter of Asopus and …
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AEACIDES — /ee as"i deez'/ , n. , pl. Aeacidae /-dee'/ . Class. Myth. a patronymic for any of the descendants of …
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PELEUS — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Pēleus Date: 15th century : a son of Aeacus who becomes by the goddess Thetis …
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PELEUS — [Pe.leus] n [L, fr. Gk Peleus]: a son of Aeacus who becomes by the goddess Thetis the father of Achilles
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PHOCUS — in Greek mythology, the son of Aeacus, king of Aegina, and the Nereid Psamathe, who had assumed the likeness of …
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PELEUS — in Greek mythology, king of the Myrmidons of Thessaly; he was most famous as the husband of Thetis (a sea …
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NEOPTOLEMUS — in Greek legend, the son of Achilles, the hero of the Greek army at Troy, and of Dedamia, daughter of …
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MYRMIDON — in Greek legend, any of the inhabitants of Phthiotis in Thessaly. According to some authorities, the Myrmidons later crossed over …
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TELAMON — [Greek heroic] Telamon was the son of Aeacus, King of Aegina. He was one of the Argonauts who accompanied Jason …
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PSAMATHE — [Greek] A Nereid, with Aeacus the mother of Phocus (Ovid XI, 398). The daughter of Crotopus, the king of Argos. …
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PHOCUS — [Greek heroic] The son of Aeacus and Psamathe. He was killed by his brothers Telamon and Peleus (Ovid VII, 477). …
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PELEUS — [Greek heroic] Peleus was the son of Aeacus, King of Aegina. He was one of the Argonauts who accompanied Jason …
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MYRMIDONS — [Greek heroic] Aeacus, king of Aegina and son of Zeus, had no citizens in his kingdom. He prayed to Zeus …
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GREEK HEROIC LEGEND — All the articles available in the Greek heroic legend section of the Encyclopedia Mythica: Abderus; Acamas; Acastus; Acherusia; Achilles; Acrisius; …
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ENDEIS — [Greek heroic] The wife of Aeacus, mother of Peleus and Telamon.
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AEGINA — [Greek] Aegina is the daughter of the river god Asopus. The girl was abducted Zeus, who carried her off to …
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ЭАК — Aeacus
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