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64 Cards in this Set
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Achilles' Heel |
today, one spot that is most vulnerable. A weakness a person might have |
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Adonis |
handsome youngman |
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Aeolian |
anything pertaining to wind |
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Apollo |
a physically perfect male |
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Argus-eyed |
omniscient, all-seeing. 100 eyed monster |
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Athena/Minerva |
goddess of wisdom, the city, and arts
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Atlantean |
strong like Atlas- who carried the world on his shoulders |
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Aurora |
early morning or sunrise
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Bacchanal |
wild druncken party or rowdy celebration |
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Bacchanalian |
pertaining to a wild, druncken party or celebration from god of wine |
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Calliope |
series of whistles- circus organ |
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Cassandra |
a person who continually predicts misfortune but is often not believed |
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Centaur |
a monster that had the head, arms, and chest of a man, and the body and legs of a horse |
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Chimera |
a horrible creature of the imagination, an absurd impossible idea |
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Cupidity |
eager "desire" to possess something |
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Erotic |
of or having to do with sexual passion or love |
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Furor |
wild enthusiasm or excitement, rage |
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Gorgon |
a very ugly or terrible person, especially a repulsive woman |
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Halcyon |
calm, peaceful, tranquil- Archaic bird supposed to breed in a nest on the sea and calm the water |
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Harpy |
a predatory person or nagging woman |
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Hector |
to bully
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Helen (of Troy) |
Hellenistic, of or relating to Greece |
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Herculean |
very strong or of extraordinary power |
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Hydra-Headed |
having many centers or branches |
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Iridescent |
a play of colors producing rainbow effects |
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Jovial |
good humored |
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Junoesque |
marked by stately beauty
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Lethargy |
abnormal drowsiness or inertia |
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Martial |
suited for war or a warrior |
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Medea |
Sorceress or enchantress |
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Mentor |
a trusted counselor or guide |
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Mercurial |
suddenly cranky or changeable |
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Mercury/Hermes |
a carrier or tidings, a newsboy, a messenger |
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Morphine |
a bitter white, crystalline alkaloid used to relieve pain and induce sleep |
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Muse |
some creature of inspiration |
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Narcissism |
being in love with our own self image |
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Nemesis |
just punishment, one who inflicts due punishment |
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Neptune |
the sea personified |
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Niobe |
mournful woman |
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Odyssey |
a long journey |
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Olympian |
majestic in manner, superior to mundane affairs |
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Paean |
a song of joy |
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Pandora's box |
something that opens the door for bad occurrences, opened by someone known for curiosity |
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Parnassus |
Mountain was sacred to arts and literature |
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Pegasus |
poetic insperation, named after the egyptian mythology phoenix |
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Phoenix |
a symbol of immortality or rebirth. |
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Plutocracy |
a government by the wealthy |
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Promethean |
life bringing, creative, or courageously original |
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Protean |
taking many forms, versatile |
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Psyche |
the human soul, self, the mind |
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Pygmalion |
someone who tries to fashion someone into the person he desires |
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Pyrrhic victory |
a too costly victory |
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Saturnalia |
a period of unrestrained reverlry |
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Saturnine |
sluggish, gloomy, morose, inactive in winter months |
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Sibyl |
a witch or sorceress |
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Sisyphean |
Greedy and avaricious |
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Sentorian |
having a loud voice |
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Stygian |
dark and gloomy |
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Tantalize |
from king tantalus, who reigned on mt, sipylus and was condemned to reside in a beautiful river with sumptuous fruits just out of reach and the water undrinkable |
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Terpsichorean |
pertaining to dance |
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Titanic |
large grand enormous |
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Volcanoes |
originated from Vulcan, the roman god of fire |
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Vulcanize |
to treat rubber with sulfur to increase strength and elasticity |
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Zeus |
a powerful man, king of gods |
