mythology terms 1
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- draconian
- harsh, severe
- atlas
- a book of maps or one who carries a heavy burden
- furies
- avenging spirits
- academy
- a place of learning
- elysian fileds
- the adobe of the blessed after death
- cassandra
- one that predicts misfortune of disaster
- delphic
- capable of being understood in two or more possible ways or something hard to understand
- iris
- the colored part of the eye; a show of various hues, like a rainbow
- cloth
- a pliable material made by weaving, felting, or knitting fibers
- echo
- the repetition of a sound caused by the reflection of sound waves
- hades
- an underworld inhabited by the devil and demons and in which people suffer everlasting punishment
- calliope
- a keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ with a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air
- ambrosia
- something pleasing to taste or smell
- Aeolian harp
- a box-shaped musical instrument with stretched strings on which the wind produces sound
- lotus-eater
- a lazy person
- adonis
- an extremely handsome young man
- herculean
- extremely strong
- chorus
- an organized body of singers who sing in concert
- hyancinth
- a cultivated plant of the lily family
- arachnid
- a class of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks
- hellenic
- of or realted to Greece, its people, or its language
- labrinth
- a maze or place full of complicated passageways and blind alleys
- aurora
- lights in the northern or southern night sky
- colossal
- gigantic, huge, splendid
- helium
- a nonflammable inert gaseous element
- Achilles' heel
- weak spot, point open to attack
- amazon
- female solider or warlike,strong, and vigorous woman
- heliotrope
- a class of flowers which turn towrd the sun
- hippocratic oath
- taken by those beginning the practice of medicine; a commitment to ethical conduct
- chimera
- an imaginary monster made up of mixed parts; an illusion of the mind
- argonaut
- an adventurer engaged in a quest