Allusions 5th Six Weeks-History
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aphrodisiac | the goddess of love |
| bacchanalian | god of wine |
| cynic | group of Greek philosophers who thought that self-control and goodness could be the only ways to achieve virtue; founded by Anthisthenes |
| helium | god of the sun |
| iris | goddess of rainbows |
| judas | disciple of Jesus who betrayed him for 30 pieces of silver |
| mentor | good friend of Odysseus who was left in charge of Telemachus; Athena disguised herself as this person to give advice |
| mnemonic | goddess of memory |
| pandora | woman sent by Zeus who opened the box of all human ills |
| plutocrat | god of wealth |
| quixotic | Spanish romance written by Cervantes |
| saturnine | ancient god of seed sowing; in Old Chemistry, name given to metal lead |
| sisyphus | condemned in Hades to roll a huge stone up and hill, which constantly rolled back |
| socratic | Greek philosopher |
| arachnid | Lydian woman who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and displeased Athena |
| armageddon | according to Christians, the final battle |
| babylon | city known for its hanging gardens and sensual lifestyle of its people |
| calliope | muse of heroic poetry; Homer's muse |
| canaan | ancient land that Moses led the Israelites to in order to achieve freedom from the Egyptians |
| euthanasia | god of death |
| goliath | giant Philistine warrior who was killed by David |
| hygiene | goddess of health, cleaniless, and sanitation |
| jovial | king of gods and god of thunder and sky |
| liberty | goddess of freedom |
| martial | god of war |
| meander | river in Asia Minor that went winding aimlessly |
| procrustes | giant who made his victims fit to an iron bed |
| sibyl | prophetesses in the ancient world |
| tantalize | king that served his son on a platter and sentenced to being placed in water up to his chin with fruit laden branches over his head; the water or fruit receded whenever he sought to eat or drink |
| terpsichore | muse of dancing and choral song |
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