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Mythology Definition Match #3 — myVocabulary.com

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In this Mythology vocabulary word puzzle activity #3, myvocabulary.objectsdev.com includes a Greek Mythology word list of 48 vocabulary words in three puzzles of 16 words each.
MATCH the Mythology vocabulary list with its vocabulary definition. Use the pull down menu bar to select the letter match for the Mythology word puzzle with 16 vocabulary words.
When you hit “Submit,” you will get back the correct Greek Mythology definition match #3 answers, the percentage score for the correct answers and a sentence.

Clue:

This Greek Mythology vocabulary list comes from a larger mythology word list of 239 vocabulary words you can access from the Word List menu bar on the home page.

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See also a Greek Mythology Word Puzzle, Word Search, Crossword, Synonym and Antonym puzzle and a True or False activity.
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Word List

1) iridescent
2) Midas-touch
3) titanic
4) martial
5) spartan
6) harpies
7) gorgons
8) fauna
9) sophistry
10) stentorian
11) marathon
12) aurora
13) panacea
14) hydra
15) lycanthrope
16) lethargy

Definition List

A) Having great size, power or achievement; colossal; one of a family of giants ruling the universe until overthrown by the Olympian gods
B) Extremely loud; Stentor, a Greek herald in the Trojan War, supposedly had a voice as loud as fifty men.
C) Marked by simplicity and frugality; not luxurious or ornate; plain, simple and often strict self-discipline or self-denial; relating to ancient Sparta
D) Subtle but deceptive reasoning or argument; One of a class of famous teachers who earned a bad reputation for subtle methods of arguing.
E) A remedy for all ills or difficulties: a cure-all; One of two sisters, her name is derived from the words, pan = (all) and akeisthal = (to heal).
F) The seeming ability to succeed in all financial dealings and whatever is attempted (noun - 2 words) King of Phrygia who granted the power to turn everything he touched to gold.
G) Relating to the pomp, preparation and ceremony of war; March, the first month of the Roman calendar, was named after this god of war and fertility.
H) An unusually long and exhausting contest or activity; A footrace of 26 miles plus 385 yards over an open course, esp. as an event of the Olympic games (noun)
I) Werewolf; When Lycaon tried to trick Zeus into eating a meal of human flesh, Zeus turned him into a wolf.
J) Colorful rainbow-like: Iris, the messenger of Zeus, traveled through the skies wearing a sparkling, rainbow-colored cloak.
K) Drowsiness or apathy due to disease, injury or drugs; Ancient Greeks believed that drinking water from the Lethe would remove all memories and allow reincarnation.
L) A tubular fresh-water animal related to the jellyfish; Hercules, as one of his labors, was sent to slay this ferocious many-headed serpent/beast whose home was in the water.
M) Greedy, grasping people: leeches; These creatures/vultures were part woman and part bird who would swoop down and steal food from their victims. The Greek word means snatch.
N) Medusa, the best-known of the three snaky-haired sisters (Stheno and Euryale); All three could turn to stone anyone who looked at them. She was beheaded by Perseus.
O) Animal or animal life especially of a region, period or environment; This minor god looked like a man but also had the ears, horns, tail and, sometimes, legs of a goat.
P) Dawn; an appearance or display of lights; Eos was the Greek goddess of the dawn. She and Tithinus had a son named Memnon.