Mythology Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Titan | supreme greek power. Someone/ something really huge, controls all of its being. physically large. |
| Cyclopes | one-eyed monsters |
| Atlas | strongest titan, holds up sky |
| Satyrs | half human, half animal |
| Nereids | sea mermaids |
| Gorgon | monstrous feminine creature whose appearance would turn anyone who laid eyes upon it to stone, any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair |
| Eos | the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology |
| Cerberus | 3-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades |
| Hydra | animal that Hercules had to over come. if you cut off one of its heads two will grow back |
| Pegasus | immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa |
| Chimera | fire-breathing monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail |
| Minotaur | a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man |
| 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 | decide length of mortal life. punish children who kill parents. |
| Muses | 9 muses for each art |
| furies | born from the blood of uranus to punish those who kill their parents. |
| Argues | Odyssey's loyal dog |
| Tantalus | king and son of Zeus |
| Styx | a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls |
| Tartarus | the darkest, deepest part of the underworld controlled by Hades |
| Elysian Fields | place of perfect peace and happiness; where the just dwelt after death |
| Asphodel | The flowers of Hades and the dead, sacred to Persephone, field in hades |
| Zephyr | the Greek god of the west wind |
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