Monday, February 24, 2014

Greek Mythological Terms in Greek

1. Amazon -- Amazon.
2. Amazones -- Amazons.
3. androktones -- literally, "killers of men"; Herodotus' term for the Amazons.
4. antianeirai -- literally, "those who fight like men"; Homer's term for the Amazons.
5. Arimaspoi -- Arimaspi; Scythian tribe of one-eyed archers.
6. Artemision -- Temple of Artemis.
7. Cheimerioi -- men of Winterland.
8. Demeroi--Demeter's children; the dead.
9. Erotes -- winged gods associated with love and sex.
10. Lampades -- nymphs of the Underworld.
11. mainas -- maenad; madwoman.
12. Megale Meter -- Great Mother.
13. Meter Megale -- Great Mother.
14. Meter Theon -- Mother of the Gods.
15. mousa -- muse.
16. mousai -- muses.
17. nymphai -- nymphs; girls of marriageable age.
18. nymphe -- nymph; girl of marriageable age.
19. Ploutonion -- sanctuary of the Greek god Plouton (i.e. Pluto).
20. Potnia Theron -- literally, "Mistress of the Animals".
21. satyroi -- satyrs.
22. satyros -- satyr.
23. seiren -- siren.
24. seirenes -- sirens.
25. theoi -- gods.

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