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D:Protection; Support
M: The shield of breastplate of Zeus or Athena with the gorgon's head in the middle |
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D: Something especially delicious to taste or smell; a fruit dessert
M: The food of the gods. Can heal or give life |
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D: a terrestrial orchid having a single varegated purple, yellow, and white flower; She who conceals
M: Held Odysseus captive for 7 years in the Oddysey |
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D: unreal; imaginary; visionary
M: The Chimera is a wild hybrid creature with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of serpent, killed by Bellerophon |
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D: Ambiguous; Obscure; Not easily understood
M: Delphi was the Oracle of Apollo she could foretell the future |
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D: Rigorous; unusually severe or cruel
M: From Draco, Athenian lawmaker who drew up a harsh code of laws |
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D: Epicurean delights are refined and exquisite pleasures; fond of luxury or indulges in sexual desire
M: Epicurus was a greek philosopher who sought happy tranquil life characterized by the absence of pain and fear |
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D: Calm, Peaceful, Tranquil
M: The bird the halcyon provided calm waters for Ceyx when he died at sea and floated calmly |
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D: Requiring the great strength of Hercules; Very hard to perform
M: The great hero in the ancient world. Hercules wore lion skin and possessed amazing strength of the gods |
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D: Made airtight by fusion or sealing, not affected by outward influence of power, completely sealed
M: Hermes had much concealed knowledge, secret sacred knowledge |
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D: An intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit
M: The labrynth, originally created by Daedalus to trap the minotaur, is where Theseus killed the minotaur |
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D: Using few words; expressing much in words, concise
M: Lakonikos were warriors or spartans know for their brusque speech |
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D: To proceed by or take a winding road or indirect course
M: The Menderes River was a long winding river that was known to trap people for years |
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D: An advisor, a wise and trusted counselor
M: Mentor was the trusted counselor of Odysseus, gaurdian to Telenachus |
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D: A building or place where works of art scientific specimens or other objects of value are kept and displayed
M: Derived from Muses, the daughters of Zeus, who made music |
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D: Having an undue fascination with oneself; vain
M: Narcissus was a man who became obsessed with his own reflection in a river |
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D: An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome
M: The goddess of divine retribution |
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D: A long series of wanderings or adventures filled with notable experiences and hardships
M: An epic poem written by HOmer telling the tale of Odysseus's journey to return home to Ithaca |
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D: A rare silver-white metal; provides protection or safety
M: Statue of Pallus was prophecied to protect the city of Troy |
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D: Intimate and affectionate but not sexual love
M: Plato was a greek philosopher who wrote the Symposium which talks of different types of love |
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D: Boldly creative, defiantly original
M: Prometheus gave fire of life to people that he molded from clay |
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D: Tending or able to change frequently or easily
M: Proteus god of the sea, known able to change form and prophecy |
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D: A person who maintains or affects the mental attitude advocated by the Stoics by joy, grief, pleasure, pain
M: A Greek school of Philosophy founded by Zeno which taught to be unaffected by joy or grief |
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D: To torment with ,or as if, with the sight of something desired but out of reach
M: Tantalus was punished by the gods by having eternal hunger and thirst when he reached for food or water it would move away |
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D: A gentle, mild breeze
M: Zephyr was the west wind, zephyrus-latin |
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