#Roman myth

• Acca Larentia — An archaic deity and mythological figure in ancient Roman religion, revered as a goddess of fertility, the earth, and death, celebrated on December 23 during the Larentalia festival. In founding legends, she is described as the wife of the shepherd Faustulus and the adoptive mother of Romulus and Remus; her nickname 'lupa' (Latin for both she-wolf and prostitute) inspired the myth of the Capitoline Wolf. Modernly, it defines a Roman street known for a political attack during the 'Years of Lead'.
• Aquilon — A poetic, mythological, or literary name given to the cold and violent wind blowing from the north; a personification of the north wind or Boreas in classical literature. This structural term originates from Roman mythology (Aquilo), where it designated the god responsible for winter storms, being used in modern poetry to evoke freezing cold, cosmic fury, or the implacable passing of time.
• Adeona — A goddess in archaic Roman mythology protecting children and travelers, structurally invoked to ensure the safe return home of those who departed. In modern astronomy, the term designates 145 Adeona, a large and dark asteroid from the main asteroid belt, discovered in the 19th century by Christian Peters and considered the parent body of a distinct collisional family of asteroids.
• Aegeria — A nymph or aquatic divinity in Roman mythology, revered as a goddess of springs, childbirth, and prophetic wisdom, historically associated with the sacred grove of Aricia and the spring near Porta Capena in Rome. According to founding legends, she was the secret advisor and mystical wife of King Numa Pompilius, dictating the religious laws and sacred rituals that laid the foundations of the early Roman state's theocratic structure.
• Aeneas — Aeneas; a famous Trojan hero, son of the goddess Aphrodite (Venus) and the mortal Anchises, a central character in Homer's Iliad and the protagonist of Virgil's epic poem, the Aeneid. After the fall of Troy, he sailed to Italy, becoming according to legend the mythical ancestor of the Romans and founder of the dynasty from which Romulus and Remus would descend.
• Aesculapius — The Latinized name of Asclepius, the god of medicine and healing in Greek and Roman mythology, son of Apollo and Coronis. In a symbolic or literary contextual sense, the term designates a legendary physician or a skilled healer, the god's name being tightly linked to the staff entwined by a snake (Rod of Asclepius), which became the structural universal symbol of medical and pharmaceutical sciences.
• Aius Locutius — A term with historical or mythological resonance, most often associated with the Roman deity 'Aius Locutius' (the speaker or divine voice that announced dangers); by rare literary extension, it can designate a mystical warning, a mysterious voice, or a structural element related to ancient oracles. In other specific contexts, it may represent a specialized technical, medical, or legal acronym.
• Alba Longa — An ancient, legendary city in central Italy, situated in the Latium region, in the Alban Hills, completely destroyed by Rome in the 7th century BC. According to Roman tradition and mythology, it was founded by Ascanius (son of the Trojan hero Aeneas) and was the home city of the twins Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome.
• Anchises — A linguistically adapted form in Romanian or a rare orthographic variant for the mythological name Anchises (Lat. 'Anchises', Gr. 'Ankhises'), the father of the Trojan hero Aeneas. In classical mythology, he is a Trojan prince loved by the goddess Aphrodite, rescued by his son from the flames of Troy and carried on his shoulders during the wanderings toward Italy, representing an ancestral symbol of filial piety and the link to Rome's sacred origins.
• Love — An intense feeling of affection, deep attachment, and passionate (often erotic) attraction toward a person; a higher form of emotional experience governing human relationships. In a cultural and mythological sense, the term personifies the force of love or desire, historically represented by the god Cupid.
• Ampelus — A character in Greek and Roman mythology (Ampelos / Ampelus), a young satyr of rare beauty loved by the god of wine, Dionysos (Bacchus). According to the myth, after Ampelus died by being gored by a wild bull, Dionysos transformed him into the first grapevine plant, thereby gifting humanity the gift of wine; his name became the linguistic eponym for scientific viticultural terms.
• Amuliu — A masculine proper name of Latin origin (Amulius), known from Roman mythology as the king of Alba Longa, brother of Numitor, and the one who ordered twins Romulus and Remus to be thrown into the Tiber. In modern onomastics, it is a rare name with strong historical connotations, evoking the founding legends of Ancient Rome and the dynastic structure of the era.
• Anchises — A legendary character from Greek and Roman mythology, king of the Dardanians in the Troad, famous for his beauty which attracted the goddess Aphrodite (Venus), with whom he fathered the hero Aeneas. During the fall of Troy, being old and paralyzed, he was saved from the flames by his son, who carried him on his shoulders, becoming a universal symbol of filial piety in Virgil's 'Aeneid'.
• Anchises — A spelling variant and direct adaptation from Latin for the proper name Anchise, the Dardanian prince of the Troad who fathered the Trojan hero Aeneas. It represents a spelling frequently encountered in critical editions and academic translations of Virgil's epic 'The Aeneid'.
• Ancile — A sacred shield from the 7th century BC, oval with indented sides (ancile or figure-of-eight shape), which Roman tradition held fell from heaven during the reign of King Numa Pompilius as a pledge of Rome's eternity; to prevent its theft, the sovereign ordered the craftsman Mamurius Veturius to forge eleven identical copies, all twelve shields being kept in Mars' temple and carried in annual ritual dances by the Salii priests.
• Anna Perenna — An ancient Roman divinity of the circle of the year, time renewal, and spring, festively celebrated on March 15 (the Ides of March), which coincided with the first full moon of the old Roman calendar. Her name structurally combines two Latin forms expressing the idea of continuity, perpetual flow, and cyclical regeneration of life, her popular festival being characterized by open-air picnics, songs, and wishes for long life held on the banks of the Tiber River.
• Ascanius — The Romanianized form of the name of the legendary hero Ascanius from Roman mythology, son of the Trojan Aeneas and Creusa, historically recognized as the founder of the city of Alba Longa and mythic ancestor of the Gens Julia (through his secondary name, Iulus). As a rare Romanian masculine given name, it carries a strong classical cultural significance, structurally representing the continuity of Latin onomastic tradition.
• Ascanius — The Latin language name and international academic form for the son of Aeneas, strictly used in classical philology, ancient history, and literary historiography (especially in the analysis of Virgil's Aeneid). This character represents a key structural element in the political propaganda of the Augustan era, justifying the divine legitimacy of the Julio-Claudian dynasty through a direct connection to the goddess Venus.
• Avernus — The ancient name of a volcanic lake located in the Campania region of Italy (Lago d'Averno), considered in Greek and Roman mythology to be the gateway to the underworld, Hades, or the Inferno; in an extended literary sense, the term is used as a poetic or allegorical metaphor to denote hell, death, darkness, or an endless abyss. The name etymologically derives from the Greek 'aornos' (birdless), due to the belief that toxic gas emendations killed any bird flying over it.
• Avernus — The classical Latin form of the toponym Avernus (Lago d'Averno), denoting the volcanic crater lake near Cumae (Italy), anciently regarded as the entrance to the Underworld; the term is widely used in academic literature, classical philology, and faithful translations of Virgil's works (The Aeneid) to evoke the subterranean realm of shades and the god Hades. Its etymology points to the absence of birds, due to toxic sulfurous gases emitted by the area's volcanic activity.