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| an inert, gaseous element present in the sun's atmosphere and in natural gas - helios, sun - Apollo god of son | ||
| a state or place of torment or misery; biblical and mythological; Godess of death Hel | ||
| having enormous strength courage or size; Hero Herculeus; Mythological | ||
| of epic propotions; heroic; Greek Poet; Literary | ||
| a bulbous plant ;young man loved by Apollo who was killed by the god of the West Wind with a discus to the head; Apollo makes a flower for him; Mythological | ||
| a water or marsh serpent with nine heads, each of which, if cut off, grew back as two more; many-headed Lernaean water serpent slain by Hercules; Mythological | ||
| the science that deals with the preservation of health; The word hygiene originates "Hygeia", In Greek mythology, the daughter and assistant of the health god Asklepios; Mythological | ||
| the satellite of Saturn; Greek Titan, son of Gaea and Oranus. Titan of the sun; Mythological | ||
| a state of consciousness where one seems to lose their ability to control their actions; Greek personificationof sleep was named Hypnos; Mythological | ||
| of or relating to Icarus taking to big of a risk; Icarus Deserted on an island; Mythological | ||
| displaying a rainbow of colors; Goddess of the rainbow Iris; Mythological | ||
| a rainbow plant with showy flowers of many color; Greek goddess; Mythological | ||
| outcast; Hager and Ishmael were outcast because he was the son of a maid; Biblical | ||
| two faced; an ancient Roman god of doorways of beginnings and rising and setting of the sun; Mythological | ||
| a wicked, shameless women; Wife of Ahab who was king of Israel; Biblical | ||
| good humored cheerful friendly; Of markedly good humor named after Jove an alias for the Roman god Jupiter parallel to the Greeks' Zeus; Mythological | ||
| a person treacherous enough to betray a friend;said to be a friend of Jesus but turned him over to Pontias Pilate's soilders; Biblical | ||
| young; goddess of youth Hebe; Mythological | ||
| a complex arrangement of paths and passages that is difficult to escape; Daedalus was forced to build a massive, and infinitely; Mythological | ||
| very concise; The Spartan reputation for terseness of speech; Historical | ||
| deadly;Form altered in L.L. lethalis by association with lethe hydor "water of oblivion" in Hades in Greek mythology ;Mythological | ||
| freedom from control of restraint; Libritus is the godess and a person released from slavery; Historical and Mythological | ||
| trivial or very small; a small person or thing; pertaining to Lilliput, the fabulous island whose inhabitants were six inches high; Literary | ||
| a proud a rebellious person identifies with Satan; was a proud archangel who thought he was better than God; Biblical | ||
| cunning and opportunist person; Machaivelli was a Italian historian, philosopher humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance; Historical | ||
| the misuse of words; Malaprop from the play The Rivals; Literary | ||
| suitable for or associated with war or the armed forces; Belonging to Mars Roman God of war; Literary | ||
| meekly or excessively sentimental; A variation of Mary Magdalene who ws one of Jesus' disciples; Biblical | ||
| a end in sinuous watercourse or river; River located in Turkey; Historical | ||
| ugly or hideous; A woman transformed into a gorgon by Athena; Mythological | ||
| a wise and trusted counselor or teacher; Odysseus placed his son in the hands of an old friend; Mythological, Literary | ||
| swiftness quick witted or unpredictable changes in mood; Mercury a messenger of the gods; Mythological | ||
| a person of great wealth or great money making ability; King of Phrygia whose touch turn things into gold; Mythological | ||
| something intended to assist the memory, as a verse or formula; Mnemosyne is the personification of memory and time in Greek mythology; Mythological | ||
| the source of an artist's inspiration; to reflect or to meditate in silence; goddesses who inspire artists, musicians, writers and poets - and that these immortal beings; Mythological | ||
| a building or place where works of art are kept and displayed; The muses were goddesses who inspire the creation of literature and the arts; Mythological | ||
| vanity; Named after Narcissus, who bent to drink from a pond, fell in love with his own reflection; Mythological | ||
| a rival or thing that a person cannot overcome; The word came from the greek goddess of revenge; Mythological | ||
| a person or persons who is greatly skilled and dedicated to hunting; was the "first on earth to be a mighty man" and allegedly instigated the worldwide acceptance of hunting and eating meat; Biblical |