Athamas Greek The son of Aeolus; king of Orchomenus in Boeotia. By his first wife, Nephele, whom he married at Hera’s command, Athamas became the father of Phrixus and Helle, but he secretly loved Ino, the daughter of Cadmos and Harmonia, and took her as his second wife; she bore him two sons, Learchus and […]
Automedon Greek A charioteer and comrade of Achilles. Eventually his name, like that of Jehu, referred to any charioteer. Autonoe Greek The daughter of Cadmos and Harmonia and sister to Ino, Semele, Agave, Polydorus, and Illyrius. A bacchant, Autonoe, along with sisters Ino and Agave, was involved in the killing of Pentheus, Agave’s son, who […]