Greek-and-Roman-mythical-names-Letter-A

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
William Smith, Ed.

I looked at the names of these persons from a Turkish perspective!

Letter A:

 

Tufts word	Meaning	Turkic word	Meaning	Other info	Further Info
Abaios	a surname of Apollo derived from the town of Abae in Phocis, where the god had a „rich“ temple	bai/bay	rich	PTurk: aba/apa: Father; abay: an Old Turkic word´, still a Turkish word and the name of many Turkic toponyms
Abaris	A Scythian	bars	leopard
Abas	The twelfth King of Argos	Aba/Apa	Father
Abia	the nurse of Hyllus, a son of Heracles	Aba/ABI/EBE	many Proto Altaic words meaning „sister“ that are similar to this Abia
Abrettenus(ἈβρεττηνόςAbretanus	surname of Zeus in Mysia		Turkic abı-/apı-	to hide
Acamas/Akamas 3x	A Greek, A Trojan, A Thracian	Aqa/Aka	Elder brother, father, grandfather; elder	All 3 have to do with the Trojan War	respectful adress, -m: possessive suffix 1.person singular
Achaea	A surname of Demeter by which she was worshipped at Athens by the Gephyraeans	Axaia. nickname of Minerva in Apulia	Akay	in many Altaic langs it means the Mistress (respectful woman)	Gephyreans are no Greeks. (I wrote about IApgyes, too and showed the parallels to Turkic words/lifestyle)
Achelois	A general name for water-nymphs		akığlığ	that that flows, that that has a stream	<Ak-: to flow
Achelous	the god of the river Achelous		akığlığ	that that flows, that that has a stream	<Ak-: to flow
Acheron	In ancient geography there occur several rivers of this name, all of which were, at least at one time, believed to be connected with the lower world.	ak-:	to flow
Acherusia	name given by the ancients to several lakes or swamps		PTung. *iaKu 1 swamp, ditch 2 brook	­àk ̔ì ( ~ -k-) liquid, flow: Tung. *iaKu; Turk. *iak-; Jpn. *ìkà-i.	PTurk. *iak- to flow
Acyhlys	according to some ancient cosmogonies, the eternal night, and the first created being which existed even before Chaos.	ak	white
Acraea and Acraeus	are also attributes given to various goddesses and gods whose temples were situated upon hills, such as Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Pallas, Artemis, and others	KIR	isolated mountain, mountain top
Actaea/Aktaia	a myth female person	Ak: white	tay: relatives of the mother’s family	tay?= foal, tay: mother? (related to Actaeon, another myth person, male?)
Actaeus/Aktaios	a myth male person	Ak: white	tay: relatives of the mother’s family; tai: mountain	tay?= foal, tay: mother? (related to Actaeon, another myth person, male?)
Aeaces	Αἰάκης: 6. C Ruler of Samos	Ay: moon	ak: white	Moonwhite! There is a ruler called AYAK HAN in Turkish history	Aea’cides （Αἰακίδης), a patronymic from Aeacus, and given to various of his descendants, as Peleus (Ov. Met. 11.227, &c., 12.365; Hom. Il. 16.15), Telamon (Ov. Met. 8.4; Apollon. 1.1330), Phocus (Ov. Met. 7.668, 798), the sons of Aeacus; Achilles, the grandson of Acacus (Hom. Il. 11.805; Verg. A. 1.99); and Pyrrhus, the great-grandson of Aeacus. (Verg. A. 3.296.)
Aeacus	a son of Zeus and Aegina, a daughter of the river-god Asopus.	Ay: moon	ak: white
Agdistis	hermaphrodite deity	egdis/igdis	to castrate	very new Turkic word probably. Probably not related
Aidoneus	A mythical king of the Molossians, in Epeirus, who is represented as the husband of Persephone, and father of Core	Ay: moon	dön-: to turn, revolve	Aydöne is a Turkish name
Aglaus	a poor but happy man	aglak>aylak	unemployed, out of work
Alabandos	A carian hero, known for horse races	ala: a color of a horse	ban-: to tie	alabandi: he who tied a red-horse
Alatheus	a Gothic chieftain	al: red	ata: father	a red headed man?
Alcaeus(Alkai-os)	A son of Perseus und Andromeda	Alık: crazy, fool	ay: moon	there are many Turkish names with „ay“ at the end.
Alcander	many characters with this name	al: red	kan: blood	dır: being (is)
Alcithoe	a female character	alkı-: to praise, to bless; curse	-tı: past tense suffix (passive suffix?)
Alcestis	a female character	alkı-: to praise, to bless; curse	>alkıs: praise
Alice	twin bros whose name derives from Elks	Elik	Roebuck
Algos	the personification of sorrows and griefs	agla/yigla/igla: to cry	metatesis of the Turkic word?	Proto-Altaic> .lgà ( ~ *ĺ-) to weep, cry: Tung. *ligi-; Turk. *jig-(la-); (	ἄλγος: Indo European Etymology is disputed
Alyzeus	a son of Icarius and brother of Penelope and Leucadius. After his father's death, he reigned in conjunction with his brother over Acarnania, and is said to have founded the town of Alyzeia there	alız	sick, not strong
Amazone	women warriors	ama	Chuvash female, old woman
Amor	the god of love and harmony	amır-: < am-	1 gentle, quiet 2 to love, desire, rejoice 3 politeness 4 beloved 5 to be quiet
Amorges	The Amyrgians(Ancient Greek: Αμύργιοι Amúrgioi; Latin: Amyrgii; Old Persian: 𐎿𐎣𐎠 𐏐𐏃𐎢𐎶𐎺𐎼𐎥𐎠Sakā haumavargā"Sakas who lay hauma (around the fire)")[1][2] were a Saka tribe.	AMIRGI	hunter in Altai Language	kidding? people who lay around fire?	I have written about this tribe in my blog 24.09.2023 and there are two persons with the name Amorges in the history /related to Persian/Carian
Ambrus	a son of Poseidon, from whom the town and river Amyrus in Thessaly were believed to have derived their name	AMIR: beloved, to calm, to love
Anaeas/Anaias	an Amazon	ana/anay	Mother	-y: probably diminutive suffix	PJpn. *ánái elder sister (старшая сестра): OJpn. ane; MJpn. ane; Tok. àne; Kyo. áné; Kag. áne.
Anaitis	an Asiatic female divinity	ana/anay	Mother
Anaphas	（Ἀναφᾶς), was said to have been one of the seven who slew the Magi in B. C. 521, and to have been lineally descended from Atossa, the sister of Cambyses, who was the father of the great Cyrus. The Cappadocian kings traced their origin to Anaphas, who received the government of Cappadocia, free from taxes. Anaphas was succeeded by his son of the same name, and the latter by Datames.	ana: mother, apa: father	Ana-apa? > Mothersfather
Antaea	epithet of 3 Goddesses Demeter Rhea Cybele, it probably signifies a goddess whom man may approach in prayers	anta (orada)	there	only there to approach?
Anytos	Anutos: a Titan who was believed to have brought up the goddess Despoena. In an Arcadian temple his statue stood by the side of Despoena's	anut-	anu- 1 ready, certain 2 to get ready (1 готовый, уверенный 2 готовиться): OTurk. anu- (OUygh.) 2, anuq 1 (OUygh.); Karakh. anu- (MK), anut- (caus.) (KB, MK) 2, anuq 1 (MK, KB); Tur. dial. anɨk 1; Turkm. anɨq 2; MTurk. anut-
Apama	he wife of Seleucus Nicator and the mother of Antiochus Soter	Apa	mother, elder sister, aunt	-m: possessive suffix, 1. p. singular	or: apa-ama: father of mother
Apaturia	A surname of Aphrodite at Phanagoria and other places in the Taurian Chersonesus, where it originated, according fo tradition, in this way : Aphrodite was attacked by giants, and called Heracles to her assistance. He concealed himself with her in a cavern, and as the giants approached her one by one, she surrendered them to Heracles to kill them	apı-:	1 to hide 2 to be cautious 3 caution, precautions
Arachne	a Lydian maiden, daughter of Idmon of Colophon, who was a famous dyer in purple. His daughter was greatly skilled in the art of weaving	egir/er/ör	to spin, to weave	örümcek: spider
Arbaces	the founder of Median Empire	Er-beg	Manly-chieftain
Ardys	2 male persons	Erdi	mature man or hw who reached /his target).
Many persons with Arta* names	Artabanus, Artabazes, etc	art	back/mountain pass
Atabyrius	Atabu/rios), a surname of Zeus derived from mount Atabyris or Atabyrion in the island of Rhodes, where the Cretan Althaemenes was said to have built a temple to him. (Apollod. 3.2.1; Appian, App. Mith. 26.) Upon this mountain there were, it is said, brazen bulls which roared when anything extraordinary was going to happen. (Schol. ad Pind. Ol.7.159.)	ata: descendant	boa: bull	bugra: male camel
Atarrhias	Atarri/as), mentioned several times by Q. Curtius (5.2, 7.1, viii 1), with a slight variation in the orthography of the name, in the wars of Alexander the Great, appears to have been the same who was sent by Cassander with a part of the army to oppose Aeacides, king of Epeirus, in B. C. 317.	Ata: descendant	eri: soldier
There are many Athanokles	Ἀθηνοκλῆς, generally many names with „suffix“ -okie	Oglu/Ogli	the son (of) …
Ati'lia Gens	The cognomens of the Atilii under the republic are, BULBUS, CALATINUS, LONGUS, REGULUS, SERRANUS;	Atli	horseman
Attalus	man persons have this name	Ata: descendant	-li: suffix for „with“	he who has a Father	Adli: he who has name or Atli: he with horses
Auxo	An ancient Attic divinity, who was worshipped, according to Pausanias (9.35.1), together with Hegemone, under the name of Charites	uksa	to understand

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