Mythological References Part 3
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- Proceeding in such a way that troubles are sure to follow
- Sowing dragon's teeth
- Surprises, usually unpleasant ones
- A Pandora's Box
- Attempting to compose poetry or deliver an eloquent oration
- Mounting Pegasus
- To draw inspiration for some literary work
- To drink from the fountain of Hippocrene
- Calm and peaceful days
- Halcyon days
- An experience that brings forgetfulness of care
- The waters of Lethe
- Letters which carry instructions fatal to the bearer
- Bellerophontic letters
- A woman of great physical strength
- An Amazon
- Facts which can be interpreted in two ways
- Janus-faced facts
- Unusual skill in dancing
- A Terpsichorean feat
- An exceedingly greedy person who stops at nothing in order to gain wealth
- Harpy
- A plan that is purely fanciful and outside the range of probability
- A chimerical scheme
- One who can assume various roles successfully
- A Protean artist
- An offering of peace
- Extending the olive branch
- A wild orgy
- A Bacchanalian revel
- One who far outshines his competitors
- A triton among minnows
- A victory that is as disastrous as would be a defeat
- A Cadmean victory
- A forbidding person whom one cannot easily pass
- A Cerberus
- A gift to quiet someone who may cause trouble
- A sop to Cerberus
- A daring adventure which ends fatally
- An Icarean adventure
- A clue that unravels a mystery or leads one out of difficulty
- The thread of Ariadne
- Men who set forth on some adventure involving great risks, usually with the idea of ultimate gain in mind
- Argonauts
- Hell
- An Avernus
- Heaven
- An Elysium
- A gift of value to the world
- Promethean fire
- One who is very fond at gazing at oneself
- A Narcissus
- Such wrath as the king of the gods might show
- Olympian anger
- The outcome rests with powers stronger than those possessed by men
- On the knees of the gods
- To have delicious food and drink
- To feed on ambrosia and nectar
- Perpetual sleep in place of death
- Endymion sleep