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Andocides

(Encyclopedia)Andocides ăndŏsˈĭdēz [key], c.440–390 b.c., one of the Ten Attic Orators (see oratory). In 415 b.c. he was accused of mutilating the hermae (sacred pillars topped by busts of the gods) and, in ...

Erymanthian boar

(Encyclopedia)Erymanthian boar ĕrĭmănˈthēən [key], in Greek mythology, a huge boar that ravaged the environs of Mt. Erymanthos. As his third labor, Hercules captured it by chasing it into deep snow and bindin...

Hylas

(Encyclopedia)Hylas hīˈləs [key], in Greek mythology, beautiful youth. He was a favorite companion of Hercules. While on the expedition of the Argonauts, Hylas was dragged into a spring by water nymphs enchanted...

Charybdis

(Encyclopedia)Charybdis kərĭbˈdĭs [key], in Greek mythology, a female monster. Because she stole Hercules' cattle, Zeus hurled her into the sea. There she lay under rocks across from Scylla and sucked in and sp...

Geryon

(Encyclopedia)Geryon jĕrˈēən, jərĭˈən [key], in Greek mythology, three-bodied monster who, with his dog Orthrus, watched over a great herd of cattle. He and Orthrus were killed by Hercules when, as his 10th...

Antaeus

(Encyclopedia)Antaeus ăntēˈəs [key], in Greek mythology, giant; son of Poseidon and Gaea, the goddess of the earth. He became stronger whenever he touched the earth, his mother. He killed everyone with whom he ...

Augeas

(Encyclopedia)Augeas ôjēˈəs [key], in Greek mythology, son of Helios and king of Elis. He kept his huge herds of cattle in the Augean Stables. As his sixth labor, Hercules cleaned the stables in one day by dive...

Deianira

(Encyclopedia)Deianira dēyənīˈrə [key]: see Hercules. ...

Glycon

(Encyclopedia)Glycon glīˈkən [key], fl. c.3d cent. a.d., Athenian sculptor and copyist. He executed the Farnese Hercules after the original by Lysippos. ...

Omphale

(Encyclopedia)Omphale ŏmˈfəlēˌ [key]: see Hercules. ...