amulet: small, symbolic object endowed with protective powers worn both by the living and the dead | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amun: Egyptian god associated with the state and kingship during the New Kingdom period (15701070 B.C.); his cult center was in Thebes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Anatolia: also called Asia Minor; it is the Asian part of present-day Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Antinous: favorite companion of Emperor Hadrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Aphrodite: Greek goddess of love, beauty, and fertility; she was also widely worshipped as a goddess of the sea and of seafaring; known as Venus to the Romans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ares: Greek god of war, known as Mars by the Romans; lover of Aphrodite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Asclepius: Greek god of healing and medicine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Astarte: goddess of love and fertility worshipped in Phoenicia and elsewhere in the Near East | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Athena: Greek goddess of wisdom, skills, and warfare, and patron of Athens; the ancient Romans knew her as Minerva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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atrium: main room of a Roman house used for business and formal occasions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||