Aglaia Definitions

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Zeus : یونان کا سب سے بڑا دیوتا , Aides : یونانی دیوتا , Helen : قدیم یونانی شہزادی , Hecate : افزائش نسل کی دیوی , Hymen : شادی کا دیوتا , Oread : پہاڑی پری , Nereid : جل پری , Calypso : قدیم یونانی افسانوی پری , Cepheus : حبشہ کا بادشاہ , Thalia : ثلائیہ , Adonis : یونانی دیوتا کا پسندیدہ لڑکا , Luna : چاند کی دیوی , Agamemnon : یونانی بادشاہ , Jove : رومیوں کا دیوتا , Nike : نایک؛ زمین سے فضا میں مار کرنے والا راکٹ یا میزائیل , Acheron : موت کا دریا , Hebe : یونانی دیوی , Aegisthus : قدیم یونانی دیوتا , Pegasus : ایک برادر گہوڑا , Aeschylus : مشکلات بھری اداکاری کرنے والا , Achilles : قدیم یونانی جنگجو , Aeolus : ہوا کا دیوتا , Bacchus : شراب کا دیوتا قدیم یونان میں , Hel : مردوں کی دیوی , Heimdal : روشنی کا دیوتا , Ambrosia : شہد؛ عسل؛ امرت؛آب حیات , Aesir : دیوتا , Hoenir : بدھو دیوتا , Adam : آدم , Byzantine Greek : قدیم یونانی زبان , Iota : یونانی حروف تہجی کا نواں حرف

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Zeus: (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter.

Aides: (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone.

Helen: (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War.

Hecate: (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches.

Hymen: (Greek mythology) the god of marriage.

Oread: (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs.

Nereid: (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus.

Calypso: (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years.

Cepheus: (Greek mythology) king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia.

Thalia: (Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.

Adonis: (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone.

Luna: (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene.

Agamemnon: (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War.

Jove: (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus.

Nike: (Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria.

Acheron: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon.

Hebe: (Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring; wife of Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the Olympian gods.

Aegisthus: (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon`s son Orestes returned home and killed him.

Pegasus: (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination.

Aeschylus: Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC).

Achilles: a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles` heel`.

Aeolus: god of the winds in ancient mythology.

Bacchus: (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus.

Hel: (Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld.

Heimdal: (Norse mythology) god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard.

Ambrosia: (classical mythology) the food and drink of the gods; mortals who ate it became immortal.

Aesir: (Norse mythology) the chief race of gods living at Asgard.

Hoenir: (Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind.

Adam: (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race.

Byzantine Greek: the Greek language from about 600 to 1200 AD.

Iota: the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet.