| NOUN | group | Greek mythology | the mythology of the ancient Greeks |
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| Meaning | The mythology of the ancient Greeks. | |
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| Category of | Acheron, River Acheron | (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon |
| Adonis | (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone | |
| Aegisthus | (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him | |
| Agamemnon | (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War | |
| Aglaia | (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces | |
| Alcyone, Halcyon | (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher | |
| Amazon | (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively) | |
| Andromeda | (Greek mythology) an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia | |
| Antigone | (Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death | |
| Apollo, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo | (Greek mythology) Greek god of light | |
| Ares | (Greek mythology) Greek god of war | |
| Argonaut | (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece | |
| Argus | (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes | |
| Artemis, Cynthia | (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt / hunt and the Moon | |
| Athena, Athene, Pallas, Pallas Athena, Pallas Athene | (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom / wisdom / wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare | |
| Atlas | (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders | |
| Atreus | (Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus | |
| Augean stables | (Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them | |
| Augeas | (Greek mythology) the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle | |
| Bellerophon | (Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera) | |
| Boreas | (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind | |
| Cadmus | (Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia | |
| Calliope | (Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry | |
| Calypso | (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years | |
| Cassandra | (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never / never believed | |
| Cassiopeia | (Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda | |
| Cepheus | (Greek mythology) king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia | |
| Cerberus, hellhound | (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding / guarding the entrance to Hades | |
| Chaos | (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods | |
| Charon | (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades | |
| Charybdis | (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla | |
| Chimera, Chimaera | (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail | |
| Chiron | (Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes | |
| Circe | (Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine | |
| Clio | (Greek mythology) the Muse of history | |
| Clytemnestra | (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War | |
| Cocus | (Greek mythology) one of the Titans | |
| Cocytus, River Cocytus | (Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron | |
| Colchis | (Greek mythology) a region on the Black Sea to the south of the Caucasus that was the site of an ancient country where (according to Greek mythology) Jason sought the Golden Fleece | |
| Creon | (Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus | |
| Crius | (Greek mythology) one of the Titans | |
| Cronus | (Greek mythology) the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him | |
| Cyclops | (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead | |
| Daedalus, Daedal | (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos | |
| Damon and Pythias | (Greek mythology) according to a Greek legend | |
| Daphne | (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo | |
| Dardanus | (Greek mythology) founder of Troy | |
| Demeter | (Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology | |
| Demogorgon | (Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld | |
| Dionysian | Of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus | |
| Dionysus | (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama / drama | |
| Doris | (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids | |
| Echo | (Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained | |
| Electra | (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra | |
| Elysium, Elysian Fields | (Greek mythology) the abode of the blessed after death | |
| Eos | (Greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology | |
| Epimetheus | (Greek mythology) brother of Prometheus | |
| Erato | (Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love / love poetry | |
| Erebus | (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld | |
| Eris | (Greek mythology) goddess of discord | |
| Eros | (Greek mythology) god of love / love | |
| Euphrosyne | (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces | |
| Euryale | (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons | |
| Eurydice | (Greek mythology) the wife of Orpheus | |
| Euterpe | (Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute) | |
| Gaea, Gaia, Ge | (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology | |
| Galatea | (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers | |
| Ganymede | (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods | |
| Geryon | (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules | |
| Gorgon | (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair | |
| Grace | (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm | |
| Hades | (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology | |
| Harpy | (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster | |
| Hebe | (Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring | |
| Hecate | (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches / witches | |
| Hector | (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War | |
| Helen, Helen of Troy | (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris | |
| Helios | (Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun | |
| Hephaestus, Hephaistos | (Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology | |
| Hermaphroditus | (Greek mythology) son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body | |
| Hermes | (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods | |
| Hero | (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her | |
| Hesperides, Atlantides | (Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded / guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera | |
| Hestia | (Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology | |
| Hyades | (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades | |
| Hydra | (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads | |
| Hygeia | (Greek mythology) the goddess of health | |
| Hymen | (Greek mythology) the god of marriage | |
| Hyperborean | (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind | |
| Hyperion | (Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology | |
| Hypnos | (Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep | |
| Iapetus | (Greek mythology) the Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology | |
| Icarus | (Greek mythology) son of Daedalus | |
| Io | (Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus | |
| Iphigenia | (Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon | |
| Jason | (Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece | |
| Jocasta | (Greek mythology) queen / queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus | |
| Laertes | (Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus | |
| Laius | (Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus | |
| Laocoon | (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse | |
| Leander | (Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her | |
| Leda | (Greek mythology) a queen / queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan | |
| Lethe, River Lethe | (Greek mythology) a river in Hades | |
| Medea | (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father | |
| Medusa | (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena | |
| Melpomene | (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy | |
| Menelaus | (Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War | |
| Minotaur | (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man | |
| Mnemosyne | (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of memory | |
| Myrmidon | (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy | |
| Narcissus | (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection | |
| Nemean lion | (Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors | |
| Nemesis | (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance | |
| Nereid | (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus | |
| Nereus | (Greek mythology) a sea god son of Pontus and Gaea | |
| Nestor | (Greek mythology) a wise / wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy | |
| Nike | (Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory | |
| Niobe | (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all | |
| Nyx | (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night | |
| Oceanid | (Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys | |
| Oceanus | (Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology | |
| Odysseus | (Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero | |
| Oedipus, King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex | (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta | |
| Oread | (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs | |
| Orestes | (Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra | |
| Orion | (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis | |
| Orpheus | (Greek mythology) a great musician | |
| Ouranos, Uranus | (Greek mythology) god of the heavens | |
| Pan, goat god | (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks | |
| Pandora | (Greek mythology) the first woman | |
| Pandora's box | (Greek mythology) a box that Zeus gave to Pandora with instructions that she not open it | |
| Paris | (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War | |
| Parnassus, Mount Parnassus, Liakoura | (Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived | |
| Pasiphae | (Greek mythology) daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne | |
| Patroclus | (Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War | |
| Pegasus | (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa | |
| Penelope | (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity | |
| Persephone, Despoina, Kore, Cora | (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter | |
| Perseus | (Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster | |
| Phaethon | (Greek mythology) son of Helios | |
| Philemon | (Greek mythology) a simple countryman who offered hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth without revealing their identities in order to test people's piety | |
| Phoebe | (Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon | |
| Pleiades | (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades | |
| Polyhymnia | (Greek mythology) the Muse of singing and mime and sacred dance | |
| Pontus, Pontos | (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea | |
| Poseidon | (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology | |
| Priam | (Greek mythology) the last king of Troy | |
| Procrustes | (Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer | |
| Prometheus | (Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind | |
| Proteus | (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon | |
| Psyche | (Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him | |
| Pygmalion | (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it | |
| Pythia, Pythoness | (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles | |
| Python | (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi | |
| Rhadamanthus | (Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld | |
| Sarpedon | (Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia | |
| Scylla | (Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait | |
| Selene | (Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology | |
| Sphinx | (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body | |
| Stentor | The mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes | |
| Sterope, Asterope | (Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades | |
| Stheno | (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons | |
| Styx, River Styx | (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls | |
| Tantalus | (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus | |
| Temple of Apollo, Oracle of Apollo, Delphic oracle, oracle of Delphi | (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice | |
| Terpsichore | (Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song | |
| Tethys | (Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess | |
| Thalia | (Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry | |
| Thalia | (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces | |
| Thanatos | (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death / death / death | |
| Thea, Theia | (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology | |
| Themis | (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of justice in ancient mythology | |
| Theseus | (Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds | |
| Thetis | (Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids | |
| Tiresias | (Greek mythology) the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother | |
| Titan | (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus | |
| Titaness | (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology | |
| Triton | (Greek mythology) a sea god | |
| Trojan War | (Greek mythology) a great war fought between Greece and Troy | |
| Tyche | (Greek mythology) the goddess of fortune | |
| Typhoeus | (Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds | |
| Typhon | (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames | |
| Urania | (Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy | |
| Zephyr | (Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind | |
| Zeus | (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology | |
| bacchant | (classical mythology) a priest or votary of Bacchus | |
| bacchante | (classical mythology) a priestess or votary of Bacchus | |
| ichor | (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods | |
| maenad | (Greek mythology) a woman participant in the orgiastic rites of Dionysus | |
| naiad | (Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains | |
| sea nymph | (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus | |
| water nymph | (Greek mythology) any nymph of the water | |
| Broader | classical mythology | The system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together |
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