Myth and Language (revised)

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  1. 2. a prediction of the future
  2. 3. Comprised of 'pan' (all) and 'theos' (god), it signifies all gods. Pan appears in panacea, Panama, Pan American, panopoly. Theos gives theology, theologian, theocracy.
  3. 6. fear
  4. 7. (Athena) The Greek goddess of wisdom and strategy.
  5. 9. in Greek and Roman mythology referred to a holy place or priestess delivering divine prophecies. Nowadays, oracle or oracular denotes profound insight or intuition
  6. 11. Deities of vengeance who were so dreaded that the Greeks euphemistically called the 'Eumenides,' meaning "kindly ones."
  7. 13. where the gods reside and also Greece's tallest mountain. Today, Olympus signifies greatness or grandeur, as seen in the global Olympic games where top atheletes compete.
  8. 16. a substance meant to stimulate sexual desire - named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love
  9. 18. combines the Greek root for 'beauty' and 'voice,' names a musical instrument, and denotes Orpheus' mother, one of the nine muses.
  10. 19. god
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  1. 1. Goddess of love, beauty, and fertility
  2. 3. forward
  3. 4. Lachesis, Atropos The Three Fates. Clotho soon the thread of life. Lachesis assigned each man to destiny. Atropos carried shears to cut the thread of death
  4. 5. Icarus, son of Daedalus, flew too near the sun and fell to his death due to his overambition. This gave rise to the term Icarian meaning daring or ambitious act
  5. 6. all
  6. 8. There are nine of them and they represent the arts, poetry and culture. Muse, as a verb, means to ponder and wonder. We get the words musician, music, and musical from this word.
  7. 10. Fields In French, the Champs Elysée, is a major boulevard in Paris, but for Greeks it was a place reserved in Hades for blessed souls.
  8. 12. (n.) bitter disagreement; fighting, struggle
  9. 14. Hades is both the underworld and its god. His Roman equivalent, Pluto, derives from 'wealth' inspiring the political term plutocracy, which means rule by the wealthy class.
  10. 15. Fortuna, in Roman mythology, is the goddess of luck, both good and bad. The term 'fortune' in everyday language refers to luck or fate, echoing this divine influence.
  11. 17. Magaera, Tisiphone The Erinyes
  12. 18. the word for a piece of fabric. Comes from the name of one of the Fates - Clotho, who spins the thread of life on her spindle.