Greek Mythology Nature, Lesson, and Underworld Myths
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27 terms
Latin | English |
|---|---|
| panic |  sudden and causeless fear attributed to Pan |
| Hesperides | three maidens who guarded the Tree of Golden Apples |
| Proteus | he had the gift of prophecy and was the protector of seals |
| Eos | Greek name for the goddess of dawn |
| Triton | Poseidn's son and trumpeter |
| Nereids | ocean nymphs |
| Silenus | chief of the satyrs |
| Scylla | man-eating sea creature who was once a beautiful maiden |
| Aurora | Roman goddess of dawn |
| Thyrsus | staff carried by Dionysus entwined with ivy |
| Sirens | half bird, half woman; they charmed sailors with their song |
| Charybdis | huge, shapeless mass that swallowed the waters of the sea |
| Oceanus | titan who ruled the waters |
| Hyperboreans | land of eternal spring |
| Dryads | tree nymphs |
| Maenads | wild female followers of Dionysus |
| Zephyrus | the West Wind |
| Pan | god of shepards |
| Avernus | entrance to the Underworld |
| River Styx | had dreadful color, the gods swore by this river, the dead crossed to the Underworld on this river |
| River Lethe | the river of forgetfulness, where memories are forgotten |
| Acheron River | river of woe |
| Phlegethon | river of fire |
| Cocytus | river of wailing |
| Charon | ferryman of the Underworld |
| Cerberus | the guardian of the Underworld; a monstrous dog with three heads and the tail of a dragon |
| Acheron | the dead wonder with troubled faces, roaming amimlessly; where most of the dead go |
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