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144 words in Myth & Legend
Achilles
Myth“Achilles, son of Peleus”
Aegis
Myth“goatskin”
Aeneas
Myth“the dread one, by the poet's pun”
Ajax
Myth“Ajax, punned in Greek on the cry aiai”
Amazon
Myth“without a breast”
Ambrosia
Myth“the undying thing”
Antigone
Myth“in place of a parent, or against her kin”
Aphrodisiac
Myth“belonging to Aphrodite”
Apollo
Myth“Apollo, sense disputed since antiquity”
Apollonian
Myth“of Apollo”
Apotheosis
Myth“a making into a god”
Arcadia
Myth“land of the Arcadians”
Argonaut
Myth“sailor of the Argo”
Ariadne
Myth“the utterly holy one”
Atalanta
Myth“equal in weight”
Atlantic
Myth“of Atlas”
Atlantis
Myth“island of Atlas”
Atlas
Myth“the bearer of the heavens”
Atropine
Myth“from the unturning one”
Bacchanal
Myth“of Bacchus”
Basilisk
Myth“little king”
Cadmium
Myth“Theban earth”
Caduceus
Myth“herald's staff”
Calliope
Myth“beautiful-voiced”
Callisto
Myth“most beautiful”
Calypso
Myth“the concealer”
Cassandra
Myth“perhaps she who excels among men”
Cassiopeia
Myth“Cassiopeia”
Castor
Myth“Castor”
Centaur
Myth“centaur (origin obscure)”
Chaos
Myth“the primordial void”
Charon
Myth“the fierce-eyed one”
Chimera
Myth“young she-goat”
Chthonic
Myth“of the ground”
Circe
Myth“uncertain; perhaps hawk, perhaps ring”
Clio
Myth“the proclaimer of glory”
Colossus
Myth“great statue”
Cyclops
Myth“round-eye”
Cynthia
Myth“the Cynthian woman”
Daphne
Myth“laurel”
Delphic
Myth“of Delphi”
Dennis
Myth“of Dionysus”
Dione
Myth“she of Zeus, the bright sky”
Dionysian
Myth“of Dionysus”
Doris
Myth“woman of the Dorians”
Dragon
Myth“the sharp-eyed one”
Echo
Myth“a returning sound”
Electra
Myth“amber, the gleaming one”