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| atlas | a book of maps named for the mythical character who held up the heavens |
| chronological | arranged in order of occurrence, from the name of the father of Zeus (his name meant time) |
| geography | the study of the continents, climates, plants, animals, etc... named for Gaea or Earth (her name is pronounced "Jee ah") |
| martial | warlike, derived from the name of the Roman god of war |
| atrophy | a wasting away or failure to grow, from Atropos, the Fate who decided how long each person's life should be |
| cereal | a kind of breakfast food, from the name of the Roman goddess of the harvest; also any kind of grain, such as wheat or rye |
| arachnids | spiders, named for the maiden who challenged Athena to a weaving contest |
| phobia | an irrational and persistent fear, named for the god of fear |
| panic | a sudden fear, named for the god of the fields and woods (He sometimes caused groundless fear among mortals) |
| pantheist | named for the god of field and woods, a believer that god is everywhere, in everything, and that everything is good |
| pandemonium | another word derived from the name of the god of the fields and woods, a scene of disorder, noise, and confusion |
| syringe | a narrow tube fitted at one end with a rubber bulb or piston so that liquid can be drawn in and then ejected in a stream; named for the beloved Pan, who was turned into a hollow reed |
| plutonium | a radioactive chemical element name for the god of the Underworld |
| lethal | fatal, deadly, suggestive of death, from the name of the river of forgetfulness |
| cloth | a general term for fabrics, from the name of another Fate (this one was the spinner of life's thread) |
| erotic | having to do with sexual love, taken from the Greek name of Cupid |
| odyssey | an extended journey, taken from the name of the hero who wandered for many years |
| Junoesque | adjective meaing "stately and queen like," from the name of the queen of the Roman gods |
| herculean | difficult to do, calling for great strength or courage, from the name of a mythical Greek strongman |
| mercurial | quick-witted, changeable, fickle, as was the messenger of the gods |
| Jovian | majestic, from the name of the Roman king of the gods |
| Orpheum | a name often given to a music hall or theater, from the musician whose playing charmed Hades |
