Legacy
| WORD | MEANING | DERIVED FROM |
| aphrodisiac | arousing sexual desire | Aphrodite, goddess of love |
| atlas | a book of maps | Atlas, Titan who held the sky on his shoulders |
| cereal | wheat, oats, corn | Ceres, goddess of agriculture |
| cloth | fabric formed by weaving | Clotho, the Fate that spun the thread of life |
| chronology | arrangement of events in time | Cronos, god of time |
| cornucopia | horn of plenty | Cornucopia |
| echo | repetition of a sound | Echo, who could only repeat the last word |
| erotic | concerning sexual love | Eros, god of love |
| fortune | chance happening or luck | Fortuna, goddess of luck |
| hermaphrodite | one of both sexes | Hermaphroditus |
| hypnosis | sleeplike state | Hypnos, god of sleep |
| jovial | good cheer | Jove - alternate name of Jupiter |
| junoesque | stately bearing | Juno - stately, majestic goddess |
| martial | relating to war | Mars, god of war |
| mercurial | quick and changeable | Mercury, messenger god |
| Midas touch | ability to make money | Midas |
| mnemonics | system to improve memory | Mnemosyne, goddess of memory |
| music | musical arrangement of sounds of harmony | , the Muses |
| narcissism | excessive love of oneself | Narcissus |
| panic | sudden terror | Pan |
| plutocracy | government run by the wealthy | Pluto, god of wealth |
| psychology | science of mental behavior | Psyche |
| somnambulism | to act while asleep | Somnus, god of sleep |
| stentorian | extremely loud | Stentor, the herald |
| tantalize | keeping in sight but out of reach | Tantalus |
| terpsichorean | relating to dancing | Terpsichore |
| typhoon | tropical cyclone | Typhon |
| venerate | regard with reverence | Venus |
| vestal | chaste, pure | Vesta |
| volcano | opening in earth's crust that ejects lava | Vulcan |
| zephyr | gentle west wind | Zephyrus |