Many useful, interesting words in English derive from Greek mythology and many of their stories. The following words are in the matrix below and come from these mythical stories!

aegis, Amazon, ambrosia, aurora, calypso, chimerical, Delphic, draconian, epicurean, fauna, flora, gorgons, halcyon, harpies, Herculean, hermetic, hydra, iridescent, labyrinth, laconic, lethargy, lycanthrope, martial, meander, mentor, mercurial, museum, narcissism, nectar, nemesis, odyssey, palladium, panacea, platonic, procrustean, promethean, protean, sibylline, siren, sophistry, stoical, stentorian, tantalize, zephyr

Click on the "Mythology Matrix" links below to see the specific root puzzles & sentences and word origin reference.
To see a "recap" of ALL 11 puzzles and 44 different word histories click on this mythology RECAP page.

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Interactive grade level puzzles: ["S139 Level 1"] -- ["S139 Level 2"] -- ["S139 Level 3"]
Fill-in-the-Blanks: ["S139Level 1-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 2-FITB"] -- ["S139Level 3-FITB"]
Definition MATCH: ["S139Level 1-Match"] -- ["S139Level 2-Match"] -- ["S139Level 3-Match"]
Crosswords: ["S139Level 1 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 2 C/W"] -- ["S139Level 3 C/W"]
Find the Words: ["S139Level 1 WF"] -- ["S139Level 2 WF"] -- ["S139Level 3 WF"]
Is It True or False?: ["S139Level 1 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 2 T/F"] -- ["S139Level 3 T/F"]
Synonym/Antonym Encounters: ["S139Level 1-Syn/Ant"] -- ["S139Level 2-Syn/Ant"] -- ["S139Level 3-Syn/Ant"]
Contextual Stories: ["S139Level 1 Story"] -- ["S139Level 2 Story"] -- ["S139Level 3 Story"]

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If you want to see all of our 125 "Alphalaries" click on this link: Alphabetical Vocabulary List or, in particular, request our 432 Character-Ed related words just email your request to Character Education Words. Please include the name of your school, city, state/country and grade you teach, if applicable.
Have you tried our set of puzzles inspired by Harry Potter? "Visit our Wizard puzzles". If you want our alphabetical list of 160 Wizard-related words just email your request to Wizard Words.

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The graphics for the mythology thematic feature were created by Bob Marzewski. An example portfolio of his works can be seen by clicking on Bob's Wizzard website here.
We want to acknowledge that the word definitions in these puzzles are used with the permission of Random House Inc. and most come from their "Random House Webster's College Dictionary".

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