 | Term | Definition |
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aegis |
protection, sponsorship |
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aeolus |
god of the winds |
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aeolian harp |
a musical instrumetn operated by air |
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(a)eonian |
lasting forever |
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aeneas |
the legendary Trojan who founded Rome |
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aesthetic |
sensitive to beauty |
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amazon |
a large strong or athletic woman, a female warrior |
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aurora |
the dawn or similar luminosity |
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aurum |
gold, Latin |
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aureate |
golden or brilliant |
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aureole |
a halo of golden radiance encircling a body |
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auric/aureous |
containing gold |
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odyssey |
extended journey or wandering |
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paean |
song of thanksgiving, joy, praise, triumph |
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paian |
an epithet of Apollo, Latin |
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palladium |
safeguard, soemthing to insure safety |
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Pallas Athene |
the Greek goddess of war and protectres of Athens |
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plutocrat |
a wealthy person, especially one whose wealth means power |
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siren |
a bewitching or irresistible woman; fascinating, captivating |
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Valhalla |
hall of feasting heroes |
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Paradiso |
Dante, a place of purer delights |
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Elysian fields (Elysium) |
the most delightful part of hte underworld; Isles of the Blest |
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ambrosial |
fragrant, delicious, superior |
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Apollonian |
godlike, living by enlightened, aesthetic, intellectual values; harmonious, spiritual |
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Dionysian |
living for sensual and material delight |
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Apollo |
Greek god of the arts, prophecy, and medicine; model of youthful manhood and beauty |
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Dionysus |
Greek god of wine and revelry |
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hermetic |
completely sealed, airtight, hard to undersatnd, relating to the occult or the magical |
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Hermes |
the swift messenger of the gods |
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procrustean |
taking fanatical or ruthless action to attain conformity |
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Procrustes |
a mythical giant in Greece who took travelers and stretched them or cut off their legs to make them fit his bed exactly |
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Promethean |
daring, kcreative, or heroic on the behalf of humanity |
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Prometheus |
Titan, stole fire form the gods to benefit humanity |
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Pyrrhic victory |
a too-costly victory |
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Pyrrhus |
an ancient Greek king famous for military successes gained at too great a cost in lives asnd treasure on both sides |
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stygian |
dark, gloomy, hellish |
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River Styx |
Greek mythology, encircled Hades |
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tantalizing |
teasing, tormenting |
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King Tantalus |
Greek myth, son of Zeus, tormented in Hades by having to stand in water and under the branches of a fruit tree, only to have water and fruit elude his grasp when he wished to drink or eat |
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terpsichorean |
pertainign to dancing |
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Terpsichore |
delighting in dance; the Greek Muse of dancing |
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titanic |
extremely large, strong, or powerful |
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Titanium |
the metallic element now almost indispensable in manufacture of aircraf |
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