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45 Cards in this Set
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Calimachus
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lead critic and librarian at Alexandria
"A big book is a bad book." *said Homeric epic was out of style teacher of Apollonius |
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Idmon
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name means "seer"
foresaw his own death quarrels with Idus |
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Tiphys
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steersman of the Argo
dies of disease right after Idmon is killed by a boar |
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Idas
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quarrels with Idmon
claims that he is mightier than the gods |
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Minyae
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another name for the Argonauts
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Doliones
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people of King Cyzicus
argonauts accidentally battle with them and Jason kills their king They wish that the Argonauts had never come. |
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Here
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goddess of marriage
Jason carries her across the river and loses on sandal hates Pelias for not honoring her goes to Aphrodite to set up Medea & Jason |
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Pel(ia)s
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King of Iolcus who sends Jason on the quest for the golden fleece
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Pel(eu)s
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father of Achilles
one of the Argonauts |
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Athene
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goddess of adventures on land and sea
watched the building on the Argo brainchild of Zeus stumped by King Aeetes' challenge |
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Eros
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son of Aphrodite
difficult to control bribed by Aphrodite with a fiery ball from Zeus |
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Hecate
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goddess of the underworld
Medea is her priestess. |
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Harpies
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creatures- half bird, half woman
took food from Phineus chased away by Zetes & Calais |
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Phineus
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blind prophet
punished by Zeus for revealing his secrets tells the Argonauts how to reach Colchis |
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Hylas
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"friend" of Herakles
pulled into a well by a nymph *marries her |
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Talos
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bronze monster
protects island of Crete by walking around it three times a day ankle is only vulnerable spot |
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Phaethon
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nickname for Apsyrtus
brother of Medea "the shining one" killed by Jason |
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Alcinuous
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King of the Phaeacians
wise, good agrees not to return Medea to her father if she is married to Jason |
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Theseus
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kills the Minotaur
relationship with Ariadne compared to Jason |
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Herakles
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ancient hero
rows in circles stays on boat with Hylas when others go to island of Lemnos Apollonius leaves him behind. |
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Polydeuces
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Argonaut who boxes against King Amycus (king of the Bebryces)
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Argus
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builder of the Argo
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Argo
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ship of the Argonauts
probably named for its swiftness (rather than whiteness- ships were typically black because of tar) |
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Sinope
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symbolizes virginity
granted a wish by Zeus, cleverly asked to remain a virgin |
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Euphemus
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one of the Argonauts, son of Poseidon
has a strange dream about suckling a dirt clod Jason interprets the dream to mean that the dirt clod will become the fair island of Calliste |
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Aeetes
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King of the Colchians
father of Apsyrtus, Chalciophe, & Medea can harness the bronze-footed fire breathing bulls, sow the dragon's death, and slay the men that spring up (with Medea's help) |
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Circe
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Medea's aunt
Jason & Medea got to her to seek absolution for the murder of Apsyrtus |
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Hypsipyle
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queen of the island of Lemnos
love affair with Jason |
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Dido
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Phoenician queen of Carthage
breaks her oath to never marry another man that she made when her brother Pygmalion killed her husband Sychaeus (hamartia) |
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Turnus
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engaged to marry Lavinia
disregards the prophecy that she will marry a foreigner (hamartia) kills Pallas violently killed by Aeneas |
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Laocoon
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Trojan priest of Neptune
tries to warn the Trojans that the horse is a trap casts a spear into its belly The Trojans interpret the two snakes that come out of the sea and attack as a sign that he is wrong. |
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Iarbas
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Carthiginian hero, son of Jove
says he will give Dido as much land as a cattle hide can surround wants to marry Dido rumor of the love affair between Dido and Aeneas comes back to him |
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Palinurus
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member of Aeneas' crew
falls off the ship first man Aeneas sees when he goes to the underworld (because he has not yet been buried and must wander for 100 years before he can enter) |
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Cataline
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Roman traitor
tried to kill Cicero pictured on the shield of Aeneas started civil war in Rome in Virgil's time |
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Evander
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King of Latium whose land later becomes Rome
name means "good man" father of Pallas |
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Pallas
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son of King Evander
killed by Turnus |
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Iopus
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singer at end of first book
Orpheus-like sings a creation song of the Golden Age about the sun, moon, and stars intended to suggest a return to the Golden Age in Virgil's own time |
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Ascanius
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son of Aeneas and Creusa
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Anchises
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father of Aeneas through a love affair with Venus
Aeneas meets him in the underworld. |
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Venus
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mother of Aeneas and Cupid
goddess of love |
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Creusa
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Aeneas' wife who dies in Troy
mother of Anchises |
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Sinon
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Greek who tricks the Trojans into allowing the horse into their city
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Lavinia
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daughter of Latinus
engaged to Turnus |
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Hector
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prince of Troy
comes to Aeneas in a dream to tell him to leave the city |
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Panthus
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priest
warns Aeneas to leave because the battle is lost |
