Greek Mythology WORDS Flashcards

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Bacchic

A

Happily drunken

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labyrinth

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a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.

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2
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Hyperborean

A

an inhabitant of the extreme north

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2
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Golden Apples

A

Golden Apples that Hera received at her wedding to Zeus

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3
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Fury

A

Wild or violent anger

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4
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Arachnid

A

Spider

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5
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Sisyphean

A

Endless or unavailing task

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6
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Achilles Heel

A

A weak point

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7
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Chronology

A

when something happened ordered in that way

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8
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Chimera

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A fire-breathing monster in Greek mythology having a lion’s head a goats body and a serpent’s tail

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9
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Harp

A

To talk or write persistently and tediously on a particular topic

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10
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Eros

A

Love or desire around a person

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11
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Pandora’s box

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A box letting out all the bad things to the world

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12
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Hubris

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big pride/self-confidence

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13
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Tantalize

A

torment or tease someone with something unattainable

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14
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Midas Touch

A

An uncanny ability to make money wherever you are

15
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Herculean

A

someone of great strength

16
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Narcissist

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conceded

17
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“The face that launched a thousand ships”

A

Helen of Troy-War mounted on her behalf

18
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Titanic

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of enomerse strength size or power

19
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Promethean

A

creative

20
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beware of greeks giving gifts

A

dont trust your enemy’s story of Trojen horse

21
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Gorgon

A

An ugly women

22
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Amazon

A

Fierce large groups of women warriors

23
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Elysian

A

Heavenly utopia of food made for gods

24
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Adonis

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A very handsome young man