Mythological Dictionary on Letter #M

Maenad

A meanad is a female worshipper of Dionysus. See bacchanal. ...

March

March or martial or martial law. Mars was the Roman god of war, equated with the Greek Ares. He per...

Matinee

Matinee or matins...

Mentor

In Book One of Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus' palace is ravaged by suitors for the hand of his wife, Pen...

Mercury

Mercury or mercurial. Mercury was the Roman equivalent of the Greek Hermes (see Herm). This fleet-f...

Midas ass s ears

Midas' ass's ears or Midas touch or the golden touch. Apollo and Pan entered into a musical contest...

Money

Money or monetary. In the Temple of Juno Moneta ("money," "mint") was housed the Roman mint. The ep...

Morphine

Morpheus was the god of dreams, or more particularly the shapes (morphai) that come to one in dreams...

Muse

Muse or music or museum or mosaic. The nine muses were the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne ("memory...