| A | B |
| argonaut | adventurer |
| calliope | a musical instrument fitted with stream whistles, played from a keyboard, and usually heard at carnivals and circuses |
| cyclopean | vast, massive and rough |
| gorgon | a repulsively ugly or terrifying woman |
| harpy | a shrewish woman; a predatory person |
| homeric | suggestive of homer and his poetry; of heroic dimensions; grand; imposing |
| myrmidon | a faithful follower who carries out orders without question |
| oracular | uttered or delivered as if divinely inspired or infallible; ambiguous or obscure; portentous; ominous |
| paean | a song of praise, joy or triumph |
| promethean | creative and boldly original |
| siren | a seductive women |
| stygian | gloomy and dark; hellish; infernal; invioble |
| tantalize | tease |
| terpsichorean | pertaining to dancing |
| thespian | dramatic; an actor or actress |