REMINDERS:
1. ALWAYS AIM FOR THE BEST <3333 :>
2. Don't give up CAUSE WE CAN DO THIS. AND ONCE WE DO, WE DO IT EXCELLENTLY.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MISSED QUIZZES AND HAVE NOT YET DONE THEIR SHARE-A-BOOK :D
There will be a make-up quiz on March 3 (Monday) from 12:00 to 1:00 at the Annex 2. THIS IS OPTIONAL (if only you are interested). Bring a 1 whole sheet of paper. THE QUIZ WILL COVER ALL LESSONS IN THE 4TH QUARTER EXCEPT SHARE-A-BOOK.
ALCANTARA, 10 points
RESEARCH REMINDERS
1. The hard bound copy of your thesis is due on MARCH 7, 2008
2. This includes:
Title Pages to References
4. Title and names of the researchers must appear on the cover of your thesis
5. The hard bound copy is 20% of your class standing in Research. Deductions will be given to groups who submit late.
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Modern | Meaning | Mythology | Description |
| Achilles heel | · Small but fatal weakness | Achilles | A hero of the Trojan war; defeated when an arrow was shot to his heel |
| Atlas | · Map book · Top bone in neck · Figure of a man used as support | Atlas | Was condemned to stand at the western edge of the earth and hold up the sky on his shoulders |
| Adonis | · Handsome youth | Adonis | A handsome youth loved by Aphrodite and Persephone; killed while hunting boar; divided his time between the 2 goddesses as ordered by Zeus |
| Amazon | · A tall, aggressive, strong-willed woman | Amazon | A mythical ancient nation of all-female warriors; according to legend, they cut off their right breasts so as to be better able to shoot with a bow and arrow |
| Amazon River | · Discovered in 1542 by a Spanish conquistador (Francisco da Orellano) who claimed to have been attacked by a group of female warriors | Amazon | *see Amazon* |
| Aphrodisiac | · A food, drug, potion or other agent that stimulates sexual desire | Aphrodite | The goddess of Love and Sexual Desire; wife of Hephaestus; said to have been born from sea foam |
| Arachnid | · Eight-legged organism | Arachne | Fine weaver who became so conceited of her skill, claiming being better than Athena, the goddess of weaving; shamed and hanged herself |
| Argus-eyed | · Vigilantly observant | Argus | A giant with a hundred eyes; also called Panoptes; Hera put him to guard Zeus’ mistress Io, but Zeus sent Hermes to kill the giant.; transformed into a peacock |
| Augean stable | · Filthy; disgustingly dirty · Difficult | Augeas | Best known for his stables, housed the single greatest number of cattle and had never been cleaned |
| Chaos | · Disorder · Earliest condition of universe · Apparent disorder | Chaos | Primeval state of existence from w/c the first gods appeared; a dark void of space |
| Chronology | · Order of events · List of events · Study of order in time | Chronos | Personification of time; emerged from the primordial Chaos |
| Echo | · Repeated sound · Something similar · Returned signal · Repetition of sounds · Repeated music · Electronic sound repetitions · Organ control | Echo | A mountain nymph who loved her own voice; punished by Hera for protecting an infidel Zeus wherein Echo could only repeat what others have said; fell in love with Narcissus and was rejected; prayed for her death and was granted by Aphrodite |
| Fate/ | · Force predetermining events · Outcome · Destiny · Disastrous consequence | Fates | Three goddesses Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, often depicted as women of advanced years spinning a thread, who were believed to decree the events of one’s life |
| Gorgon | · Terrifying woman · Ugly woman | Gorgon | A vicious female monster with sharp fangs and living venomous snakes for hair |
| Harpy | · A predatory person · A shrewish woman | Harpy | Harpies were mainly winged death-spirits best known for constantly stealing all food from Phineas; also could bring life |
| Hectoring | · Speak in intimidating way | Hector | A Trojan prince and one of the greatest fighters in the Trojan War |
| Helium | · Nonflammable inert gaseous element, colorless and odorless | Helios | A handsome god crowned w/ the shining aureole of the sun; drove a chariot day and night |
| Herculean | · Of extraordinary power, extent, intensity or difficulty | Hercules | Also known as Heracles; divine hero; greatest of Greek heroes; ancestor of royal clans who clamed to be Heracleidae; a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters |
| Hyacinth | · Lily with spikes of flowers | Hyacinthus | A divine hero; a beautiful youth beloved by Apollo; competed at discus; Apollo threw hard, hit the boy and killed him |
| Hygiene | · Preservation of health · cleanliness | Hygieia | Goddess of health, cleanliness and sanitation; associated w/ the prevention of sickness and the continuation of good health |
| Hypnotic | · of sleep or hypnosis · susceptible to hypnosis · fascinating | Hypnos | Personification of sleep; his palace was a dark cave where the sun never shines; fell in love with young shepherd Endymion and allowed hi to sleep with his eyes open |
| Iris | · part of eye · flowering plant · rainbow show of colors | Iris | Personification of the rainbow and the messenger of the gods; rainbow links earth and heaven, Iris links gods to humans; travels with the speed of wind |
| Iridescent | · sparkly and shimmering things | Iris | *see Iris* |
| Labyrinth | · confusing network · something very complicated · set of connected tubes | Labyrinth | An elaborate structure constructed to hold Minotaur, half man and half bull; Daedalus, the architect, barely escaped it after he built it |
| Lethargy | · tiredness · lack of energy | Lethe | One of the several rivers of Hades; can cause complete forgetfulness |
| Lethal | · deadly · harmful | Letum | ? |
| Midas touch | · ability to acquire riches | King Midas | Has ability to turn everything he touched into gold |
| Mnemonic | · memory aid · acting as a memory aid · relating to the practice of improving the memory | Mnemosyne | Personification of memory; a river named after her, the counterpart of Lethe |
| Morphine | · a powerful pain reliever and sedative | Morpheus | God of dreams; son of Hypnos and Nyx; part of the Oneiroi, rulers of dreams (include Phobetor, Phantasos); has the ability to take any human’s form and appear in dreams |
| Narcissism, narcissistic | · self admiration · personality disorder | Narcissus | Hero of Thespiae; renowned for his beauty; fell in love with his reflection |
| Nemesis | · unbeatable opponent · source of harm · deserved punishment · avenger | Nemesis | Spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris, vengeful fate personified as a remorseless goddess |
| Night | · daily period of darkness · time between bedtime and waking · period of evening activities · evening devoted to special activity · nightfall · period of cultural or emotional gloominess · dark or darkened state | Nix | Also called Nyx; primordial goddess of the nigh; mother of the twins Thanatos and Hypnos |
| Ocean | · large sea · earth’s seas together · large amount | Oceanus | Believed to be the world-ocean; considered to be an enormous river encircling the world; a Titan with an upper body of a muscular man w/ a long beard and horns and the lower body of a serpent |
| Odyssey | · series of travels | Odysseus | Main hero in Homer’s Odyssey; renowned for his guile and resourcefulness; most famous for the ten eventful years it took him to return home after the Trojan War |
| Oracle | · source of wisdom · wise saying · shrine of ancient god · Greek or Roman deity · Advice from Greek/Roman deity · God-given message · Area of biblical Temple · scripture | Oracle | A major site for the worship of god Apollo; Pythia was the priestess, widely credited for giving prophecies inspired by Apollo |
| Panic | · overpowering fear or anxiety | Pan | Greek god of shepherds and flocks, of mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music |
| Phobia | · strong fear or dislike | Phobus | Personification of fear and horror; son of Ares and Aphrodite |
| Phoenix | · somebody or something beautiful or unique | Phoenix | A mythical sacred firebird that dies in flames and reborn in the ashes; w/ beautiful gold and red plumage; a symbol of fire and divinity; tears from a phoenix can heal wounds |
| Procrustean | · enforcing conformity | Procrustes | Also known as Damastes and Polypemon; a bandit from Attica; had an iron bed in w/c no one fitted perfectly for it was secretly adjustable; the tall would be cut off the extra length, the short stretched the lacking length; killed by Theseus, who ‘fitted’ him to the bed |
| Psyche | · soul · personality · mind | Psyche | Aphrodite, jealous of the beauty of Psyche, asked Eros to use his golden arrows to cause her to fall in love with the ugliest man on earth; Eros fell in love with her or accidentally pricking himself w/ a golden arrow; immortalized with the help of Zeus |
| Python | · large constricting snake | Python | Earth-dragon of Delphi; chthonic enemy of Apollo, who slew her and remade her former home in his own oracle |
| Siren, siren song | · offensive term · dangerous appeal | Siren | Sirens: sea deities who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli; seamen who sailed near were decoyed with the Sirens’ enchanting music to shipwrecking on the rocky coast and the Sirens devoured them |
| Sisyphean | · endless and futile | Sisyphus | King punished in the underworld by being set to roll a huge boulder up a hill throughout eternity; avaricious and deceitful |
| Somnolent | · sleepy · lacking activity · sleep-inducing | Somnos | Personification of sleep; Roman equivalent to Hypnos; twin was Thanatos; mother was Nyx |
| Sphinx | · somebody mysterious | Sphinx | A unique demon of destruction and bad luck; winged lion with a woman’s head; asks passersby a riddle and strangles them if they can’t answer; killed herself when Oedipus answered with the right one |
| Tantalize | · tease somebody by letting the person see, but not have, something that is desirable | Tantalus | Son of Zeus; king in the primordial world; deceived the gods and offered his son, Pelops as a sacrifice; punished by standing in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree w/ low branches; branches raised his intended meal from his grasp and water receded before he could get any |
| Titanic | · very large or strong · powerful | Titan | Titans: A race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age; male Titans were called Titanes and the females as the Titanides; preceded the 12 Olympians; eventually overthrown during in the Titanomachy; imprisoned in Tartarus, the depths of the underworld |
| Volcano | · a land form | Vulcan | Roman name of Hephaestus, god of Fire; blacksmith; lame since birth; thrown out of the Olympus but remained at the bottom |
| Zephyr | · mild wind · delicate fabric | Zephyrus | Part of the Anemoi, wind gods; the west wind and bringer of light spring and early summer breezes; gentlest of the winds; fructifying wind, messenger of spring; several wives; fell in love with a very handsome and athletic Spartan prince, Hyacinth; competed for the boy’s love with Apollo |
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