Greek Flashcards
Achilles heel
A single valuable spot
Adonis
An extremely handsome young man
Aegis
Sponsorship
Amazon
A powerful masculine woman
Atlas
A collection of maps
Cassandra
A person who warns of coming evil but whose prophecies are disregarded
Chimera
A foolish or idle fancy
Elysium
Place or state of blissful happiness
Gorgon
A snaky haired creature so ugly to petrify an on looker
Halcyon
Calm, peaceful
Herculean
Very powerful
Hydra
A persistent evil, one difficult to eradicate
Labyrinth
A complicated arrangement of passageways or roads; a maze
Mentor
A wise counselor
Midas
A very rich man
Narcissism
Abnormal attachment to ones own appearance and personality
Nemesis
One who inflicts retribution
Odyssey
A long series of wanderings
Oedipus
An abnormal attachment to ones parent of the opposite sex
Olympian
Exalted; majestic
Paem
A song of thanksgiving or praise
Procrustean
Forcing rigid conformity
Protean
Extremely changeable
Siren
An alluring but dangerous woman
