单词 | Graeco-Roman deity |
释义 | Graeco-Roman deity (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY Graeco-Roman deity n a deity of classical mythology Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper Greco-Roman deity Aesculapius son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea Bacchus(classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus Priapus(classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards Loreleia Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction nymph (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden Latona, Letowife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology Echo(Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained Atlantides, Hesperides(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera Hyades(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward Oread(Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs Pleiades(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion Asterope, Sterope(Greek mythology) one of the 7 Pleiades water nymph(Greek mythology) any nymph of the water Daphne(Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo dryad, wood nympha deity or nymph of the woods Salmacisnymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body deity, divinity, god, immortal any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force |
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