《Mythologia》List of Terminologies
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Atropos was the oldest of the Three Fates, and was known as the "inflexible" or "inevitable." It was Atropos who chose the mechanism of death and ended the life of each mortal by cutting their thread with her "abhorred shears." She worked along with her two sisters, Clotho, and Lachesis.
In Greek mythology, Chaos, the primeval void, was the first thing which existed. It symbolizes nothingness, but in the modern times, the term would refer to the opposition of order, and can be interpreted as change.
Charybdis ( Kharybdis) was a sea monster, later rationalised as a whirlpool and considered a shipping hazard in a strait.
is an Irish term meaning "Sword of Light", or "Shining Sword", which appears in a number of orally transmitted Irish folk-tales. Tishia's cousin retrieved it from an ancient ruins, probably a dungeon.
Clotho is the youngest of the Three Fates or Moirai – including her sisters Lachesis and Atropos, in ancient Greek mythology. Clotho was responsible for spinning the thread of human life. She also made major decisions, such as when a person was born, thus in effect controlling people's lives. She might be friendly with Alter right now, but who knows what's inside a goddess' mind?
Meaning "the river of wailing", is a river in the underworld inGreek mythology. It serves as an unexplored dungeon in the story, as well as an eternal prison of time. Let's hope no one is stupid enough to open up this place.
was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until he was overthrown by his own son Zeus and imprisoned inTartarus.
In the story, she was an NPC who became attached to Alter for certain reasons. Now she serves as his right hand in doing anything at all.
Also an amalgamation of Chronos. In roman mythology, Chronos and Cronus is one and the same (Saturn).
Deimos, in ancient Greece, was the personification of terror. In the story, it serves as the left sword of Princess Lilliana.
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One of the largest ships during the ancient world. In the story it serves as a flagship not only by the legion, but also by the other empires that share the Mare Nostrum.
In Greek mythology, Echidna was a monster, half-woman and half-snake, who lived alone in a cave. She was the mate of the most fearsome monster Typhon, and known primarily for being the mother of monsters and many of the more famous monsters in Greek myth were said to be her offspring.
In Greek Mythology, Kronos castrated his father Uranus using a gray adamant sickle given to him by his mother Gaia. In the story, the golems were made by the copy of Gold that had gone berserk.
Hellenic League, in ancient history:The association of Greek city states against the Persians during the Greco-Persian Wars of the 5th century BCE. In the story, it would refer to what we called Ancient Greece.
The hexareme or sexireme is affirmed by the ancient historians Pliny the Elder and Aelian to have been invented in Syracuse. They serve as the main assault ship of any empire that treads the Mare Nostrum.
Hera was known for her jealous and vengeful nature against Zeus's lovers and offspring, but also against mortals who crossed her. She was defeated as a rogue NPC by Alter and his guild, but who knows where she is now?
Hermes is an Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology, the son of Zeus and the Maia. He is the second youngest of the Olympian gods.
Hermes is a god of transitions and boundaries. He is quick and cunning, and moves freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine, as an emissary and messenger of the gods intercessor between mortals and the divine.
He's an annoying guy whose allegiance is a mystery.
Iustitia, Justitia or Lady Justice is the Roman goddess of Justice, who is equivalent to the Greek goddessesThemis) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems.
She's now represented by our blind heroine, Tishia.
Also known as the 300. You know who they were now.
They still don't have an appearance, but beware....
Normally seen clothed in white, Lachesis is the measurer of the thread spun on Clotho's spindle, and in some texts, determines Destiny, or thread of life. In the story, she's the four eyed young woman whose function was blatantly being taken by Clotho.
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Legion (from Latin legio "military levy, conscription", from legere "to choose") normally indicates the basic ancient Roman army unit recruited specifically from Roman citizens.
In the story, its the 13 divisions of the Imperium's army.
The Roman legionnaire was a professional heavy infantryman of the Roman army Legionaries had to be Roman citizens under the age of 45. They enlisted in a legion for twenty-five years of service, a change from the early practice of enlisting only for a campaign. The last five years were on veteran lighter duties.
They were the basic infantry of the Imperium. Also the strongest, if in land only.
Magatama are curved, comma-shaped beads that appeared in prehistoric Japan from the Final Jōmon period through the Kofun period, approximately ca. 1,000 BC to the 6th century AD.
Who knows what their connection is to the story.
Mare Nostrum (Latin for "Our Sea") was a Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea. Its the sea that divides the four main empire around it.
Mars was the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter and he was the most prominent of the military gods in the religion of the Roman army.
He now chose a clueless young girl. The pervert.
In Greek mythology, the Moirai—often known in English as theFates—were the robed incarnations of destiny
They were Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. Will they be someday punished for playing with the mortals' fate?
The Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece, and in theory, all Greeks respect its independence. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered to be the omphalos - the center (literally navel) of the world.
Its now the trio's destination, to find the answers they seek. But due to lots of dangers, detours and setbacks, was the journey really worth it?
Phobos is the personification of fear in Greek mythology. Its the right sword of Princess Lilliana with detrimental effects to the opponent.
Praetorian Guard was a force of bodyguards used by Roman Emperors. The title was already used during the Roman Republic for the guards of Roman generals, at least since the rise to prominence of the Scipio family around 275 BC.
They were also the elites of the Legion in the story.
Imperium Rōmānum was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around theMediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.
In the story, it had lost multiple territories, yet it was still the most powerful empire among others.
In Greek mythology, Scylla was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water, opposite its counterpart Charybdis. It has multiple heads that bite off sailors as their ship pass through the narrow channel.
And it made short workings on the gods and the Legionnaires. Scary...
The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient RomanRepublic. It was not an elected body, but one whose members were appointed by the consuls, and later by the censors. After a Roman magistrate served his term in office, it usually was followed with automatic appointment to the Senate. It has a similar function in the Romanum Imperium.
The conventional dates of Solomon's reign are circa 970 to 931 BC. He is described as the third king of the United Monarchy, which would break apart into the northern Kingdom of Israel and the southern Kingdom of Judah shortly after his death. Following the split, his patrilineal descendants ruled over Judah alone.
In the story, he was known as Solomon IX, ninth in line, and the Demon king that ruled over demons. Also the ruler of what we know as the Persian Empire.
A trireme was an ancient vessel and a type of galley that was used by the ancient maritime civilizations of the Mediterranean, especially the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and Romans.
The most basic type of ship in the Mare Nostrum.
Typhon was the most fearsome monster of Greek mythology. The last son of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus, Typhon was, with his mate Echidna, the father of many famous monsters.
The last boss. Currently imprisoned in Cocytus.
was a magic sword in Norse Mythology. Considered as cursed, but its true effects is still not known in the story, only that it was very sharp, and seemed to have its own personality.
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