mythical

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. unreal; fabulous, fictitious, mythological. See imagination, mythical deities.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. mythological, fabricated, fictitious; see false 3 , unreal .

See Synonym Study at fictitious .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

mythological, fabled, fictitious, fabulous, imaginary, fanciful, fantastical, storybook.

ANT.: actual, true, real, factual.

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• Argonauts leader who retrieved Golden Fleece: Jason

• arts, nine goddesses of the: Muses

• beautiful man: Adonis

• bisexual: Hermaphroditus

• dawn, goddess of: Aurora, Eos

• dog with three heads guarding underworld: Cerberus

• dreams, god of: Morpheus

• earth, goddess of: Gaea

• earth on his shoulders: Atlas

• ecstasy, god of: Dionysus

• eyed beast, hundred: Argus

• fire, god of: Vulcan

• fire, stole from gods: Prometheus

• fish and man combined, controlled waves: Triton

• flowers, goddess of: Flora

• flying horse created from Medusa’s blood: Pegasus

• forbidden box of human misery, opened by: Pandora

• forever reaching for fruit and water: Tantalus

• giants, race of: Titans

• giant with one eye: Cyclops

• god ruler: Zeus

• gold, touch turned things to: Midas

• gorgon, most famous: Medusa

• heel, hero with vulnerable: Achilles

• horse and human combined: centaur

• laurel tree, turned into: Daphne

• loved his own reflection and was changed to a flower: Narcissus

• love, goddess of: Venus

• love, god of: Cupid, Eros

• marriage, god of: Hymen

• Medusa, slew: Perseus

• messenger of gods: Mercury

• minotaur, slew: Theseus

• moon and forest goddess: Diana

• moon, goddess of: Luna, Diana, Selene

• mother, married his: Oedipus

• oracle of Apollo: Delphic oracle

• prophetess who was never believed: Cassandra

• punishment, goddess of: Nemesis

• Rome, founder of: Romulus

• sea, god of: Poseidon

• sisters of hideous form who turned onlookers to stone: Gorgons

• sisters three who control human destiny: the Fates

• sleep, god of: Hypnus, Somnus

• stone, rolled incessantly up hill: Sisyphus

• strongman: Hercules

• sun, flew too near and melted wings: Icarus

• sun, god of: Helios

• twin protectors of seagoers: Castor and Pollux

• unavenged crimes, three snake-haired females who punish guilty: Furies

• underworld, god of: Hades, Pluto

• victory, goddess of: Nike

• war, god of: Mars

• whirlpool, turned into: Charybdis

• wisdom, goddess of: Minerva

• Zeus, beautiful daughters of: Graces

see monster

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Of or existing only in myths: fabulous, legendary, mythic, mythologic, mythological. See REAL.