Aegis, Augean Stables, Caduceus, Delphi, Eleusinean mysteries, Elysian fields, Golden Age, Golden Fleece, Gordion Knot, Halcyon Days, Labyrinth, Lethe, Lotus, Meander, Olympus, Pandora's Box, Pillars of Hercules, Styx, Tartarus, and Trojan Horse {Greek and Roman things}.
People must cross river {Acheron} of woe to get to Hades.
Food {ambrosia, gods}| of gods gives immortality.
Labor of Hercules diverted river to wash stables {Augean Stables} clean.
Mercury's magic wand {Caduceus}.
Savage animals {centaur, myth}|, half men and half horse, include Chiron, friend to man.
Dog {Cerberus} guards the gates of hell.
A whirlpool {Charybdis} is next to Scylla.
Religious celebration {Eleusinean mysteries} honors Demeter.
Blessed place {Elysian fields} in Underworld is for the good.
Fate {Fate} controls men's destinies and deaths.
Roman spirits {genius, god}| attend all people and places.
A time {Golden Age} of peace and happiness was in Italy, when Saturn ruled.
Fleece {Golden Fleece} was sought and obtained by Jason and Argonauts, with the help of Medea.
Complicated knot {Gordian Knot} was in oracle's temple in Phrygia. Whoever untied it was lord of Asia. Alexander the Great hacked it open.
For seven winter days {Halcyon days}, sea is calm.
Daedalus built a maze {Labyrinth} to hold the Minotaur.
River {Lethe} of Forgetfulness is in underworld.
Sweet flowers {lotus, myth}| make one forget all longings.
River {Meander} in Phrygia had many twists and turns.
drink of gods {nectar}|.
home of Greek and Roman Gods {Olympus}.
Hercules put rocks {Rock of Gibraltar} {Pillars of Hercules, myth} at mouth of Mediterranean Sea during his tenth labor.
From December 17 to December 23, a feast {Saturnalia} commemorated reign of Saturn over Earth in Golden Age.
River {Styx} of the unbreakable oath is one of the three rivers of Hades.
Deepest part {Tartarus} of hell holds Titans and Giants.
death {Thanatos}.
Large wooden horse {Trojan Horse} left by Greeks for Trojans contained Greek soldiers, who attacked after the horse was brought inside Troy.
west wind {Zephyr}.
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