Achillean
Achilles was the son of the mortal Peleus and the nymph Thetis. A warrior of legendary prowess in ba...
AchilleanAdonis
Adonis was such a handsome youth that Aphrodite herself found him irresistible. A capable hunter, he...
AdonisAegis
The aegis is the shield of Zeus (originally a "goat-skin"), which thunders when he shakes it. Athena...
AegisAeolian harp or lyre
Aeolus was put in charge of the winds by Zeus. He kept watch over his subjects in a cave on the Isla...
Aeolian harp or lyreAmazon
The Amazons were a warrior-race of women from the North who joined battle with a terrifying war-cry....
AmazonAmbrosia or ambrosial
The Greek gods on Olympus took food and drink as mortals do. But since the gods are of a different o...
Ambrosia or ambrosialAphrodisiac
According to Hesiod, Aphrodite was born of the foam around the severed genitals of Uranus, a fitting...
AphrodisiacApollonian
Apollo had as his purview the arts, prophecy, and healing. At his chief shrine at Delphi the watchwo...
ApollonianApple of discord
All the gods and goddesses were invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, save one, Eris or "Stri...
Apple of discordArachnid
Arachne was a common girl with a remarkable skill in weaving. She won such fame that Athena, slighte...
ArachnidArcadia or arcadian
Arcadia is the central mountainous region of the Peloponnese. Often it is described in idyllic terms...
Arcadia or arcadianArgus or argus eyed
One of Zeus' sexual escapades involved the maiden Io. In an attempt to keep Hera from discovering th...
Argus or argus eyedAtlas or Atlantic or atlantes or Atlantis
Atlas was a titan who opposed Zeus in the battle between the Olympians and the earlier generation of...
Atlas or Atlantic or atlantes or AtlantisAugean Stables or Augean
One of Heracles' labors, performed in service to King Eurystheus, was to clean the stables of King A...
Augean Stables or AugeanAurora australis
Aurora was the Roman goddess of the dawn (the Greek Eos). The sons of Aurora and the titan Astraeus ...
Aurora australisBacchanal or baccanalia or bacchanalian or bacchant or bacchante or bacchic
Dionysus, the Roman Bacchus, was the god of wine, frenzied music and dance, and the irrational. He p...
Bacchanal or baccanalia or bacchanalian or bacchant or bacchante or bacchicBeware of Greeks bearing gifts or I fear Greeks even when they bear gifts
The fall of Troy was finally accomplished by a ruse of the Greeks. They constructed an enormous, hol...
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts or I fear Greeks even when they bear giftsBoreal
Boreas, the north wind, has given us this adjective, which refers to the region of the world from wh...
BorealBy Jupiter or by Jove or jovian or jovial
Jupiter was the Roman counterpart of Zeus, the supreme god and father. He was a god of the sky and h...
By Jupiter or by Jove or jovian or jovialCadmean Victory
Cadmus was informed by the oracle at Delphi that he would establish a great city. When he eventually...
Cadmean VictoryCaduceus
In Latin the herald's staff was known as the caduceum, derived from the Greek word keryx or herald, ...
CaduceusCalliope
Calliope was one of the nine muses, who gives her name to the musical instrument, the calliope, made...
CalliopeCalypso or Calypso music
Calypso ("she who hides or conceals") was the daughter of Thetis and either Atlas, Nereus, or Oceanu...
Calypso or Calypso musicCassandra
Trojan Cassandra, daughter of Priam and Hecuba, was amorously pursued by the god Apollo. Having at f...
CassandraCatamite
Zeus was so impressed with the beauty of the Trojan youth Ganymede that he took the form of an eagle...
CatamiteMythological terms by letter:
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