Greek Mythology WORDS Flashcards
Bacchic
Happily drunken
labyrinth
a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way; a maze.
Hyperborean
an inhabitant of the extreme north
Golden Apples
Golden Apples that Hera received at her wedding to Zeus
Fury
Wild or violent anger
Arachnid
Spider
Sisyphean
Endless or unavailing task
Achilles Heel
A weak point
Chronology
when something happened ordered in that way
Chimera
A fire-breathing monster in Greek mythology having a lion’s head a goats body and a serpent’s tail
Harp
To talk or write persistently and tediously on a particular topic
Eros
Love or desire around a person
Pandora’s box
A box letting out all the bad things to the world
Hubris
big pride/self-confidence
Tantalize
torment or tease someone with something unattainable