Antophon. c480-411BC. Athenian. First prof. orator.

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

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

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

April Theses. 1917. Lenin’s plan for Soviet takeover of state power from provisional government.

Archangels. Chief angels of Christian, Judaic, Islamic, other religions.

Archidamus II. Spartan king 469-427BC. Conflict w Athens.

Archimedes. 287-212BC. Greek mathematician: lever, screw. Principle of displacement of liquid. Screw pump 260BC. Catapult 215BC.

Ardennes, Battle. Battle of the Bulge.

Areopagus. Athenian council of elders.

Argonauts. Greek heroes who pursued the golden fleece.

Argus. 100 eyed keeper of Io, killed by Hermes. Hera gave eyes to the peacock.

Ariadne. Daughter of Minos. Gave Theseus the string to escape the Labyrinth.

Aristides. 540-468BC. Athenian general at Marathon.

Arlen, Harold. 1905-86. US songwriter. Over the Rainbow.

Armageddon. Site of battle at end of the world.

Armagnacs. Fought Burgundians for control of France through Charles VI regency 1395-1435. Arras.

Armstrong, Neil. 1930-. US astronaut, first man on the moon, 22:56 EDT, July 20,1969.

Arnim, Bettina von. 1785-1859. German Romantic writer. Goethe’s Correspondence with a Child 1835.

Arnold, Matthew. 1822-88. English poet. Scholar-Gypsy 1853.

Arnolfo di Cambio. c1245-1302. Architect, Florence Cathedral.

Arthur. c500. Legendary king of Camelot. Knights of the Round Table.

Artigas, José. 1764-1850. Uruguay revolutionary leader. “Father of Uruguayan independence”.

Atheism. Positive disbelief in the existence of God.

Athena. Greek goddess of wisdom. = Minerva.

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