| A | B |
|---|
| prophesied | predicted |
| begets | to give birth to, produce |
| tumult | very loud noise |
| cupbearer | someone who brings a royal cup to the gods |
| unshackled | free from chains |
| scythe | instrument with sharp blade used for cutting strong grass and wheat |
| infideleties | not being faithful |
| strategies | clever plan |
| discord | dissagreement |
| intrigue | exciting and appealing |
| depose | removed from office |
| anvil | big iron block on which metal objects are hammered |
| domain | territory |
| thwart | stop or prevent |
| defy | dis-obey, stand up against |
| conjure | call forth |
| loathsome | hateful |
| disperse | spread or scatter |
| compassion | feelings |
| nymph | female nature spirit |
| persistent | on going |
| implacable | not chancing |
| truce | agreement to stop fighting |
| miser | stingy |
| avaricious | greedy |
| option | choice |
| gloated | laugh at someone elses misery |
| corpse | dead body |
| pilant | flexible, easy to move |
| adept | skillfull |
| lamentation | greeve |
| sojourn | trip |
| tirade | yelling and screaming |
| trough | feeding bin for animals |
| stag | male deer |
| chastity | pure in spirit or physically |
| tunic | long garment that ancient roman and greek men and women wore |
| lyre | ancient harp |
| patron | a quardian |
| flayed | to remove the skin |
| laurel | shrub or tree |
| precocious | to be mature at a very early age |
| piety | very high respect |
| seethe | to bubble up, rage with fire |
| augury | tell the futureexplicite |
| explicit | clear and precise |
| reed | tall grass |
| haunch | rear leg |
| what was zeus and hera's relationship | they were brother and sister married |
| what did we get from arachne | spiders |
| who were the kindly ones | old hags-witches |
| oracles | people who could tell the future |
| who was python | a sea serpent |
| what is pan | goat god |
| styx river | river in the underworld |
| who were the muses | 9 goddesses of the arts, poetry, dancing, and music |
| who was charon | the guy who rowed the boat for the dead in the underworld |
| who was apollo's twin sister | artemis |
| who did aphrodite marry and why | hephaestus because he works late |
| who was/were briareus | mother earth and uranus' 3rd set of children, 50 hands and 100 arms |
| who captured persephone | hades |
| who was cerebus | 3 headed dog in the underworld |
| 6 synonyms for myth | story, legend, fairy tale, fable, falsehood, parable |
| why did poseidon create weird wacky animals what were they | for demeter's love they were- horse, monsters , octopus, squid, the sea polypor, jelly fish, sword fish, blowfish, sea cow, |
| how did raea trick cronos | by when zeus was born, she hung him in a golden cradle from an olive tree and wrapped a rock up and held it and then cronos ate it |
| explain the birth of athena | zeus had a headache so hephaestus cut his head open and out popped athena |
| what was unusual about hephaestus' birth | hera had him so that zeus would be faithful and think he was the best son/child but then she threw him into the sea before zeus could see him b/c he was so ugly |
| naiad | water nymph |
| dryad | wood nymph |
| what did apollo look like | he was the most beautiful of the gods, his hair was gold, his eyes stormy blue, he wore a tunic of golden panther skin, carried a golden bow, and carried a quiver of golden arrows. is chariot was beaten gold his horses were white with golden manes and flame colored eyes |
| what was in the underworld | tartarus, isles of the blest, elysian fields, styx river |
| what was sysiphus' punishment | he pushed a rock up a hill and every time it got half way up, it would fall or crumble. this was for eternity |
| what was tantalus' punishment | he was always thirsty, he was in water chin deep, and every time he went to take a sip of water, it would shrivle away |
