| A | B |
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| Achilles’ heel: | weak spot, point open to attack |
| ambrosia: | something pleasing to taste or smell |
| aurora: | lights in the northern and southern night sky |
| colossal: | gigantic, huge, splendid |
| Delphic: | capable of being understood in two or more possible ways or something hard to understand |
| Draconian: | harsh, severe |
| Hellenic: | of or related to Greece, its people, or its language |
| labyrinth: | a maze or a place full of complicated passageways and blind alleys |
| mentor: | a wise counselor or trusted advisor |
| muse: | a source of inspiration; to become absorbed in thought; reflective |
| Artemis | a goddess, daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo. She was a huntress and is typically depicted with a bow and arrows. |
| Arachne: | a skillful weaver who challenged Athena to a contest. Athena destroyed Arachne's work and changed her into a spider. |
| Athena: | the patron goddess of Athens. She was worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, and warfare. |
| Medusa: | a gorgon. Her beautiful hair was turned into snakes; she also turned all those who looked at her to stone. Perseus killed her by cutting off her head. |
| Rhea: | one of the Titans, wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and Hades. Frightened of betrayal by their children, Cronus ate them; Rhea rescued Zeus from this fate by hiding him and giving Cronus a stone wrapped in blankets instead. |
| Apollo: | a god, son of Zeus and Leto and brother of Artemis. He is associated with music, poetic inspiration, archery, prophecy, medicine, and pastoral life. |
| Zeus: | the supreme god, the son of Cronus (whom he dethroned) and Rhea. Zeus was the protector and ruler of humankind, the dispenser of good and evil, and the god of weather and atmospheric phenomena (such as rain and thunder). |
| Perseus | the son of Zeus and Danae, a hero celebrated for many achievements. Riding the winged horse Pegasus, he cut off the head of the Gorgon Medusa and gave it to Athena |
| Paris | He was appointed by the gods to decide who among the three goddesses Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite should win a prize for beauty. He killed Achellies |
| Pluto | the god of the underworld. |
