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Twenty English Words from Greek Mythology: Part 2

Click here for part one. Mentor Definition: Noun 1: a wise and trusted guide and advisor Verb 1: serve as a teacher or trusted counsellor Mentor was the advisor to Telemachus (the son of Odysseus and Penelope – the central characters in Homer’s Odyssey). In many versions of the myth, the goddess Athena disguised herself as Mentor and convinced Telemachus to stand up to his mother’s suitors and search for his missing father who had not returned from the Trojan War. Morphine Definition: Noun 1: an alkaloid narcotic drug extracted from opium; a powerful, habit-forming narcotic used to relieve pain Remember Morpheus, the god of dreams, from...

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