Ulysses Test: Greek Gods/Goddesses and Vocab
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- perish
- die
- Athene(a)
- Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom and Warefar
- alliteration
- repetition of consonant sounds
- skirt
- go around the edge
- formidable
- awesome; fearsome
- Ares
- Mars; God of War but was a coward
- mettle
- courage
- prologue
- introduction to a story
- Hades
- Pluto; God of the Dead
- Hermes
- Mercury; the gods' messenger
- Zeus
- Jupiter; God of Sky/Universe
- Poseidon
- Neptune; God of the Sea/Ocean
- Demeter
- Ceres; Goddess of Harvest; wheat symbol
- bard
- poet of heroic deeds
- clamor
- a loud continuous noise
- detest
- hate
- dire
- urgent; extreme
- looting
- the act of stealing
- loot
- treasure stolen of taken by force
- Hera
- Juno; Goddess of Marrage and Family
- hospitable
- kind to guests
- sage
- wise person
- antidote
- medicine to work against a potion or evil
- lotus
- flower causing sleep
- odyssey
- a long journey
- myth
- story ofter explaining something in nature
- veil
- a cloth worn over the head or face
- booty
- treasure
- wooed
- gain the affection of
- perils
- risk, danger
- Dionysus
- Bacchus
- Aphrodite
- Venus; Goddess of beauty
- vengeance
- revenge
- insatiable
- not able to be satisfied
- enchantress
- witch/sorceress
- meddlesome
- interfering
- swineherd
- person that tends to pigs
- Hephaesus
- Vulcan, God of Fire
- modesty
- having a humble opinion of self; not bragging or boasting
- Artimis
- Diana; Goddess of Hunting and Wildlife
- narcissism
- self love
- stentch
- bad smell