Antigone. Priam’s sister. Hair turned to snakes.

Antigonid. 277-168BC. Dynasty ruling Greece and Macedonia.

Antigonus II, Gonatus.320-239BC. Celtic king of Macedon.

Antigua. Carib. 1493 Columbus discovers. 1632 English settle. 18C slave trade. 1958-62 West Indies Federation. 1967 Self-government. 1981 Independent +Barbuda.

Antigua, Treaty. 1968. Formed CFTA, now Caribbean Community.

Antigua and Barbuda. 1981 Independent Antigua and Barbuda.

Antioch. 300BC Seleucus I founds. 64BC Rome. First reference to disciples as Christians c42. 540 Persia. 637 Moslem. 10-11C Syrian capital. 969 Byzantine. 1098 Crusader State. 1268 Egypt. 1517 Ottoman. 1920 Syria. 1939 Turkey.

Antipater. -319BC. Macedonian general and regent.

Antipope. Elected in opposition to existing pope. Schism.

Antisthenes. c445-365BC. Greek philosopher. Founder of Cynics.

Antonescu, Ion. 1882-1946. Pro-German Romanian dictator, 1938-44.

Anu. Babylonian god of heavens.

Anubis. Jackal-headed Egyptian god of dead.

Anville, J.B. d’. 1697-1782. French cartographer known for accuracy.

ANZAC. Australian+New Zealand forces in WWI. Gallipoli.

Anzio, Battle. 1944. Allied landing site in Italy.

Apache. Natives of SW North America. Geronimo. Cochise.

Apartheid. 1948-1994. Racial segregation in South Africa.

Apelles. 4C BC. Greek painter. No surviving works.

Aphrodite. Greek goddess of love and beauty, Roman Venus.

Apollinaire, Guillaume. 1880-1918. Italian/French avant-garde poet, coined term Surrealism to describe Chagall work.

Apollo. Greek/Roman perfection of male beauty, god of prophecy, song and music.

Apollo Program. 1961-72. US moon mission. Apollo 11 landing 1969.

Apollodorus. 5C BC. Athenian painter. Shading. No surviving work.

Apollonius of Perga. c262-190BC. Greek mathematician: named conic sections: ellipse, hyperbola, parabola.

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