Dictionary of Terms

  Echo and Narcissus

 

Zeus-  The principle god of the Greek pantheon, ruler of the heavens, and father of the gods and mortal heroes.

Hera Audio pronunciation of "Hera"( P )  Pronunciation Key  (hîr )-The goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth; the wife and sister of Zeus.

 

Reah- the wife of Cronus, Hera and Zeus’s mom.

 

curtailed Audio pronunciation of "curtailed"( P )  Pronunciation Key  (k r-t l ) to cut short or reduce.

secluded  ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (s -kl d d)- removed or remote from others, solitary.

Narcissus- Audio pronunciation of "Narcissus"( P )  Pronunciation Key  (när-s s s) a young man who pined away in love for his own image in a pool of water and was transformed into the flower that bears his name.

 

Echo-   Audio pronunciation of "Echo" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  ( k ) a nymph whose love for Narcissus caused her to pine away until nothing but her voice remained.

 

 

The Creation Myths

Chaos-  Audio pronunciation of "chaos" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (k s )-A condition or place of great despair.

 

 

Titans-  Audio pronunciation of "Titans" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (t t n)- One of the family of giants, the children of Uranus and Gaea, who sought to rule heaven and were overthrown and supplanted by the family of Zeus.

 

Loon-  Audio pronunciation of "loon" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (l n) An y of several fish-eating, diving birds of Gavia of northern regions, having a short tail, webbed feet, and a laugh like cry.