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Iridescence
Meaning: "rainbow", color
Origin: the goddess Iris of Greek mythology, who is the personification of the rainbow and acted as a messenger of the gods.
Jovial
Meaning: happiness, gay
Origin: God Jove
Martial
Meaning: warlike, soldierly
Origin: Mars, God of War
Aeolian : things related to Aeolus, the Greek God of wind; Aeolian harp, a harp that is played by the wind
Apollo : The son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis. Apollo was the god of music and also of prophecy, colonization, medicine, archery (but not for war or hunting), poetry, dance, intellectual inquiry and the carer of herds and flocks. He was also a god of light, known as "Phoebus" (radiant or beaming, and he was sometimes identified with Helios the sun god). He was also the god of plague and was worshiped as Smintheus and was known as the destroyer of rats and locust, and according to Homer's Iliad, Apollo shot arrows of plague into the Greek camp. Apollo being the god of religious healing would give those guilty of murder and other immoral deeds a ritual purification.
Gorgon – a very ugly or terrible person, especially a repulsive woman.; Medusa, any one or three sisters have snakes for hair and faces so horrible that anyone who looked at them turned to stone
Halcyon – clam, peaceful, tranquil --Archaic bird supposed to breed in a nest on the sea and calm the water, identified with the kingfisher
Harpy
ORIGIN: half-vulture half-woman creature in many Greek myths
DEFINITION: a grasping unscrupulous woman
Hector
ORIGIN: prince of Troy in Homer's "The Iliad"
DEFINITION: one who is very brave, manly, sexy
Lethargy
ORIGIN: from the river Lethe in Hades; when its water was drunked by peoples, they would get all forgetfully
DEFINITION:unnaturally drowsy; sluggish
Athena/Minerva:
Origin-goddess of wisdom, the practical arts, and warfare, and the protectress of cities, especially Athens
Definition- protector, wise woman
Aurora:
Origin- goddess of the dawn.
Definition- 1.A brilliant display of bands or folds of variously colored light in the sky at night, especially in polar regions
2.to shine, dry or kindle, south wind, or to burn
Chimera: Origin is a monstrous beats that ravaged the countryside of Lykia in Anatonia Tthe meaning is a composite creature with a body of a lion the head of a goat and a serpents tail,
Cupididty: The origin is The roman god of love also know as Amore and the meaning is excessive desire
Cassandra: daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy.
Definition: She who entangles men
Centaur: half horse half men creatures. appear in many mythological stories.
HELLENISTIC
origin-from Helen of Troy, the daughter of Leda and Zeus—the cause of the Trojan War
meaning-of or relating to Greece, or a Specialist of language or culture in Greece; symbol of a beautiful woman
HERCULEAN
origin-from Hercules, Hera's glory, the son of Zeus. He performed the 12 labors imposed by Hera
meaning-very strong or of extraordinary power
ACHILLES' HEEL
origin-story of Achilles, he was dipped into the river Styx by his mother Thetis in order to make him invulnerable; his heel wasn't covered by the water and he was later killed by an arrow wound to his heel
definition-a weak or vulnerable factor
ADONIS
origin-was a mortal male of incredible beauty and a polyamourous lover, loved by Aphrodite
definition-a handsome young man
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