Greek Mythology Vocabulary 1
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- Labyrinth
- a maze or a place full of complicated passageways and blind alleys
- Colossal
- gigantic, huge, splendid
- Chorus
- an organized body of singers who sing in concert
- Aeolian harp
- a box-shaped musical instrument w/ stretched strings on which the wind produces sounds
- Atlas
- a book of maps or one who carries a heavy burden
- Ambrosia
- something pleasing to taste or smell
- Cassandra
- one that predicts misfortune or disaster
- Delphic
- capable of being understood in two or more possible ways or something hard to understand
- Argonaut
- an adventurer engaged in a quest
- Aurora
- lights in the northern and southern night sky
- Chimera
- an imaginary monster made up of mixed parts; an illusion of the mind
- Amazon
- female soldier or warlike, strong, and vigorous woman
- Iris
- the colored part of the eye; a show of various hues, like a rainbow
- Hyacinth
- a cultivated plant of he lily family
- Calliope
- a keyboard musical instrument resembling an organ w/ a series of whistles sounded by steam or compressed air
- Echo
- the repetition of a sound caused by the reflection of sound waves
- Arachnid
- a class of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks
- Hellenic
- of or related to Greece, its people, or its language
- Hades
- an underworld inhabited by the devil and demons and in which people suffer everlasting punishment
- Lotus-eater
- a lazy person
- Herculean
- extremely strong
- Elysian Fields
- the abode of the blessed after death
- Furies
- avenging spirits
- Academy
- a place of learning
- Cloth
- a pliable material made by weaving. felting, or knitting fibers
- Heliotrope
- a class of flowers which turn toward the sun
- Draconia
- harsh, severe
- Hippocratic oath
- taken by those beginning the practice of medicine; a commitment to ethical conduct
- Helium
- a nonflammable inert gaseous element
- Adonis
- an extremely handsome young man
- Achilles' heel
- weak spot, point open to attack