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18 Cards in this Set
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Lycaon
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King of Arcadia. Turned into Wolf
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Eurystheus
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King of Tiryns
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Deianira
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Heracles' third wife
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Nessus
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Half human/ half horse who attempts to rape Deianire. He's then shot with a poisonous arrow by Heracles. His blood ultimately kills Heracles
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Inachus
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River God who is King of Argos. Io's father
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Argus
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Hundred eye creature
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Ganymede
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Attractive human turned into eagle
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Callisto
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Set among the stars by Artemis to look after the Arcadians
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Hyacinth
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Had cult at foot of Apollo's statue
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Cyparissus
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Son of Telephus, who was one of Heracle's sons
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Tiresias
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Blind prophet who's turned into both man and woman
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Pygmalion
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Sculpture who falls in love with his statue
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Erisychthon
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King who cut down trees sacred to Demeter. Forced to always be hungry.
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Phaethon
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Son of the sun God Helios
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Byblis
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Daughter of Miletus who falls in love with brother, Caunus, and dies cuz of it
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Aeneas
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Trojan hero, son of Anchises and Venus
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Virgil
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Poet who wrote Aeneid
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Alcestis
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Married king Admetus
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