Adonis
Of Adonis, who is called Thammuz, this tale is often told. The goddess of passion Aphrodite, spying Adonis as a babe in Araby, was so entranced by his beauty that […]
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Admetus
The trouble with Hercules was that he was an inveterate drunk. He was a merry friend when in his cups, which is no great surprise when Dionysus possesses the common […]
Acid
Dibney of course was the first one to comment on the choice of wine. “I do say,” he said, “this red is by far the worst I’ve had since I […]
Acheron
Tuesdays Morris would make the long hike up from the Field of Wailing to the bank of the Acheron. If the dead were light that day, Charon would park his […]
Aceldama
I met the ghost of Judas Iscariot in Aceldama. His native language was Aramaic but he’d had plenty of time to pick up new words. I was sitting on a […]
Pierce Nahigyan 