Calypso Definitions

Useful Words

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Zeus : یونان کا سب سے بڑا دیوتا , Aides : یونانی دیوتا , Helen : قدیم یونانی شہزادی , Hecate : افزائش نسل کی دیوی , Hymen : شادی کا دیوتا , Aglaia : یونانی دیوی , Oread : پہاڑی پری , Nereid : جل پری , Cepheus : حبشہ کا بادشاہ , Thalia : ثلائیہ , Jove : رومیوں کا دیوتا , Agamemnon : یونانی بادشاہ , Adonis : یونانی دیوتا کا پسندیدہ لڑکا , Luna : چاند کی دیوی , Acheron : موت کا دریا , Nike : نایک؛ زمین سے فضا میں مار کرنے والا راکٹ یا میزائیل , Hebe : یونانی دیوی , Aegisthus : قدیم یونانی دیوتا , Pegasus : ایک برادر گہوڑا , Heterometabolic : کیڑے کا قبل از وقت بڑا ہونا , Guardhouse : جنگی قیدیوں کا کمرہ , Aeschylus : مشکلات بھری اداکاری کرنے والا , Achilles : قدیم یونانی جنگجو , Biennially : ہر دو برس بعد , Five-Year-Old : زندگی کے پانچ سال , Centenarian : سو برس کا شخص , Holocene : پچھلے دس ہزار سال , Quinquennium : پانچ سال کا عرصہ , Age Of Man : انسان کا دور , Quadrennium : چار سال کا عرصہ , Middle-Aged : ادھیڑ عمر

Useful Words Definitions

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Zeus: (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter.

Aides: (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone.

Helen: (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War.

Hecate: (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches.

Hymen: (Greek mythology) the god of marriage.

Aglaia: (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces.

Oread: (Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs.

Nereid: (Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus.

Cepheus: (Greek mythology) king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia.

Thalia: (Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.

Jove: (Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus.

Agamemnon: (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War.

Adonis: (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone.

Luna: (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene.

Acheron: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon.

Nike: (Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria.

Hebe: (Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring; wife of Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the Olympian gods.

Aegisthus: (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon`s son Orestes returned home and killed him.

Pegasus: (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination.

Heterometabolic: (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage.

Guardhouse: a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained.

Aeschylus: Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC).

Achilles: a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles` heel`.

Biennially: every two years.

Five-Year-Old: five years of age.

Centenarian: someone who is at least 100 years old.

Holocene: approximately the last 10,000 years.

Quinquennium: a period of five years.

Age Of Man: last 2 million years.

Quadrennium: a period of four years.

Middle-Aged: being roughly between 45 and 65 years old.