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Mythology......
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| Adonis: an exceptionally handsome young man; a plant with solitary red or yellow flowers. |
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| bacchanal: a follower of Bacchus (Greek, Dionysus), the god of wine; a drunken reveler. | |
| Cassandra: a daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy who had the gift of prophecy but was cursed by Apllo so that her prophecies, though true, were fated never to be believed; one who prophesies doom or disaster. |
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| cornucopia: abundance; horn of plenty. | |
| erotic: concerning sexual love and desire; amatory. | |
| herculean: tremendously difficult and demanding; resembling Hercules in size, power or courage. |
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| hermetic: made airtight by fusin or sealing; insulated or cloistered; magical. | |
| hydra: the nine-headed serpent slain by Hercules; a persistent or many-sided problem that presents new obstcles as soon as old ones are solved. |
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| hymeneal: pertaining to marriage; a wedding song or poem. | |
| iridescent: displaying lustrous colors like those of the rainbow. | |
| narcissism: excessive admiration of oneself; egocentrism. | |
| odyssey: a long series of wanderings, especially when filled with notable experiences or hardships. |
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| Olympians: pertaining to the twelve gods of the ancient pantheon whose abode was Mt. Olympus; majestic; incomparably superior pertaining to the Olympic games. |
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| palladium: anything believed to provide protection or safety; a safeguard or guarantee of the intetrity of social institutions. |
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| phoenix: a person or thing of peerless beauty or excellence; a person or thing that has become renewed or restored after suffering calamity or apparent annihilation. |
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