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Achilles

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Greek warrior. Could only be killed by attacking his week spot (heel).

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Aeneas

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Warrior on the Trojan side in the Trojan War. Is symbol of devotion father because he carried his father out of Troy on his back.

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Adonis

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Extraordinarily handsome Greek boy.

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Agamemnon

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Greek king who led his men in the Trojan War. Led tragic life and was finally murdered by his wife.

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Amazon

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Female warriors in Greek mythology, who were extra strong, large, or assertive woman as an amazon.

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Androcles

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Slave from Androcles and the lion legend. Androcles took a thorn out of a lions foot and later, when he was "thrown to the lions" as a punishment, he faced the very same lion who, of course, helped him.

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Antigone

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Daughter of Oedipus. Disobeyed the king's orders (not to hurry her brother because he was considered a traitor) and was put to death.

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Arachne

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Had weaving contest with Athena, Goddess of Wisdom, and belittled the gods. Athena turned her into a spider so she'd have to weave the rest of her life.

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Argonauts

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Jasons comrades in his search for the Golden Fleece.

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Argus

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A creature with 100 eyes who was supposed to watch over Io. He finally closed all his eyes when music was played to put him to sleep and his eyes were put in the tail of the peacock.

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Arthur, King

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Hero of legends about ancient England. Head of the Knights of the Round Table.

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Atalanta

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Swift-running maiden who outran all her suitors until Hippomemes (helped by Venus, the goddess of Love) tricked her with the distraction of three golden apples.

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Atlas

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A giant who had to hold the earth and sky on his shoulders forever because he rebelled against the gods. Now we refer to any very strong person as an Atlas.

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Brunnhilde

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Germanic mythological servant (women) who fell in love with Siegfried, but had him killed when she found out he deceived her.

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Cassandra

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Prophet in Troy during the Trojan War whom nobody believed believed. Now we refer to a Cassandra as anybody who predicts bad news.

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Cerberus

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A dog with three heads who stood at the gates of the underworld and let dead souls in, but not out.

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Charon

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Boatman who took the souls of the dead across the river Styx into the underworld.

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Chimera

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A monster who had a lion head, goat body, and dragon tail.

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Circe

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Sorceress who turned men into swine if they looked at her.

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Cyclops

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Any of the giants with one eye in the middle of their foreheads.

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Daedalus

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Greek who invented a maze called the Labyrinth.

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Damon

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Greek legendary figure extraordinarily devoted to his friend, Pythias.

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Dido

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Queen of Carthage, Africa, who loved Aeneas. Committed suicide because she could not be forever with Aeneas.

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Electra

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Agamemnon's daughter who helped kill her mother and her lover. Now we refer to the Electra complex as unconscious sexual feelings a daughter may feel for her father.

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Eurydice

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Wife of Orpheus

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The Fates

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Three women who had the power to decide how long people would live and what happened to them.

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Galahad, Sir

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One of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table, illegitimate son of Sir Lancelot and Princess Elaine.

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Gawain, Sir

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One of the most courteous of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table.

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Godiva, Lady

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Legendary English lady who rode nude on horseback through Coventry, England.

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Gorgons

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Female monsters having tusks, claws, and hair of snakes.

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Graces (Chorites)

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Three Greek goddesses of fertility: Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia.

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Guinevere, Queen

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King Arthur's wife.

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Harpies

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Ferocious winged creatures with women's faces.

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Hector

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Trojan warrior and Prince of Troy

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Helen of Troy

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A beautiful Greek woman, daughter of Zeus and Leda, who was kidnapped by Paris of Troy.

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Helen of Troy

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A beautiful Greek woman, daughter of Zeus and Leda, who was kidnapped by Paris of Troy.

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Hercules

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Son of Zeus and Alcamene; showed his strength doing impossible deeds called the Twelve Labors of Hercules.

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Icarus

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Son of Daedalus. He wore the wax wings his father made him to escape from Crete.

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Io

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One of Zeus's lovers.

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Iseult

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English and Irish legendary lover of Tristan.

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Jason

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Greek mythological hero who sailed in his ship, the Argo, with the Argonauts, and found the famous "golden fleece" of a magical ram.

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Knights of the Round Table

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About 150 knights sat around a round table designed by Merlin so that no one had the most prestigious place.

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Lady of the Lake

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Supernatural lady from Malory's Morte d'Arthur raises Lancelot and gives king Arthur the sword Excalibur.

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Laocoon

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Priest in Troy during the Trojan War who warned of Greeks coming bearing gifts.

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Leprechaun

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Irish legendary elves who can disclose a treasure's location.

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Lancelot, Sir

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One of the bravest of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table.

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Little John

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One of Robin hoods merry men. He wasn't little, but brawny and big.