| Term | Definition |
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| titans | In Greek/Roman Mythology, these were the brothers of Cronus, and were locked away because Uranus didn't want them. When Cronus was defeated by his sons and daughters, Zeus defeated the Titans with his thunderbolts and his brothers and sisters.(JD) |
| cyclops | one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead |
| atlas | a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders |
| satyrs | a god that is pictured as half man, half horse |
| nerieds | any of the 50 daughters of Nereus; all sea nymphs |
| gorgon | any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair |
| eos | goddess of the dawn. known in roam as Aurora |
| Cerberus | a three headed dog the guarded the entrance of the underworld |
| hydra | the many-headed monster killed by Hercules |
| Pegasus | immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa |
| chimera | fire-breathing she-monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail |
| minotaur | monster that was half bull and half human; Theseus killed it |
| pan | god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks |
| Charon | the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades |
| fates | Three sisters who determined the destiny of individuals |
| muses | the 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. |
| furies | In Greek and Roman mythology were the three goddesses of vengeance, or revenge. |
| Argus | a giant with 100 eyes |
| Tantalus | Odysseus encounters him in Hades, was tortured eternally by not being able to eat and drink the fruit and wine in front of him |
| Styx | a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls. one of the 5 rivers in hades |
| Tantalus | the regions blew Hades where the titans were contained |
| Elysian fields | were the final resting place of the blessed ones chosen by the gods; part of the greek underworld |
| asphodel | the flowers of Hades and the dead, sacred to Persephone |
| zephyr | god of the west wind, considered the most pleasant of the winds |
| chaos | the most ancient of gods |
| echo | a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained |
| martial | the god of war |
| music | melody |
| titanic | relating to the titans or fabled giants of ancient mythology |
| cereal | made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it; demeter godess of harvest |
| fury | the avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megeara |
| mercurial | having characteristics of eloquence , shrewdness, swiftness, and thievishness attitude to the god hermes |
| panic | sudden fear/fright; from the god pan |
| bacchanalian | pertaining to the festival of Bacchus |
| Pandora's box | box from Zeus with instructions not to open it, she did and all evil flew out |
| Midas touch | every thing you touch turns to gold |
| Chronology | the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events |
| Herculean | extraordinary strength, courage, and size |
| odyssey | a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy |
| Argus-eyed | extremely observant;watchful, sharp-sighted |
| tantalize | punish, tease |
| prophecy | Any prediction or foretelling. |
| auspices | protection, support, or guidance |
| museum | place of artifacts |
| Olympian | a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans |
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