Section 22 Vocab Flashcards
Delphic oracle
temple at the city of Delphi in Greece where people tired to find guidance and advice about the future
Demeter
the goddess of grain and farming
Diana
goddess of the hunt
Dionysus
god of wine
Echo
a sea nymph who loved Narcissus. When he rejected her love, she became so sad that she wasted away until only her voice remained
Eros
god of love
Eurydice
wife of Orpheus; When she died, her husband followed her to the underworld and charmed Hades with his music to secure her release. Orpheus disobeyed Hades’s instructions and turned back to see if Eurydice was following him, thus losing her forever
Fates
three old women who decided how long everybody would live; Every person’ life was represented by a thread. One Fate spun the thread of life, one measured it, and one cut it at death
Freya
the goddess of love and beauty in some Norse legends
Frigg
the suprem Norse goddess and wife of Odin; she is identified in some legends with Freya
Furies
horribly ugly goddesses of revenge who had snakes for hair
Golden Fleece
gold woolen coat that had been taken from a magical winged ram
Gordian knot
very complicated knot tied by a Greek king; according to legend whoever untied the knot would rule all of Asia
Hades
Greek and Roman god of the underworld
Hector
the noblest of the Trojan warriors
