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  1. olympian
    majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters
  2. Prometheus
    the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind
  3. Thebes
    an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
  4. Styx
    a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls
  5. prophesy
    predict or reveal, as if through divine inspiration
  6. Cronus
    the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him
  7. Hestia
    the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology
  8. Poseidon
    the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology
  9. Neptune
    a giant planet with a ring of ice particles
  10. Demeter
    (Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres
  11. Hephaestus
    the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology
  12. Venus
    the second nearest planet to the sun
  13. Aphrodite
    goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
  14. Artemis
    the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon
  15. Apollo
    Greek god of light
  16. Hermes
    messenger and herald of the gods
  17. Mercury
    the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
  18. Perseus
    (Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster
  19. Zeus
    the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology
  20. Jupiter
    the largest planet and the 5th from the sun
  21. Ares
    Greek god of war
  22. ancient
    belonging to times long past
  23. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  24. immortal
    not subject to death
  25. invisible
    impossible or nearly impossible to see
  26. mortal
    subject to death
  27. nymph
    a minor nature goddess depicted as a beautiful maiden
  28. quest
    the act of searching for something
  29. sacrifice
    the act of killing in order to appease a deity
  30. temple
    a place of worship
  31. Titan
    (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)
  32. Athena
    goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare
  33. Minerva
    goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena
  34. Helios
    ancient god of the sun
  35. Selene
    goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology
  36. Orion
    (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation
  37. Hera
    queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology
  38. Atlas
    (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
  39. Gorgon
    (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone
  40. Hades
    the god of the underworld in ancient mythology
  41. Pluto
    the god of the underworld in ancient mythology
  42. Dionysus
    god of wine and fertility and drama
  43. Hercules
    a hero noted for his strength
  44. Jason
    (Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
  45. Helen
    (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
  46. zealot
    a fervent and even militant proponent of something
Created on 二月 26, 2013 (updated 二月 26, 2013)

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