Mythology Becomes Language Flashcards

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Arachnoid

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Spider from Arachne

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Atlas

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A map from the titan Atlas

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Calliope

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Beauty, voice from the muse Calliope

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Chronic

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Having to do with time, from Cronos

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Cyclopia/Cyclonic

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Having to do with the eye, from Cyclops

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Erotic

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Relating to love, from Eros

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Icarian

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Bold or ambitious, from Icarus

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Medusa locks

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Meaning wild hair, from Medusa

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Midas touch

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Having financial fortune/ making money, from Midas

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Music/Musician/Musical

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Having musical ability, from muses

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Narcissistic

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Obsessed by ones own beauty, from Narcissus

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Olympus

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Something which is grand, imposing, or heavenly, from the home of the gods

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Oracle

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Places of prayer- speeches or one who speaks

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Orpheum

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Used by theaters and places of entertainment, from Orpheus

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Panic

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To spread frenzy, from Pan

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Psychotic/Psychology/Psychoanalysis

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To describe the entire mental apparatus, from Psyche

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Pythogenic

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Stygian

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Terpsichorean

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Titanic

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Typhoon

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Aphrodisiac

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A love potion from Aphrodite.