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49 Cards in this Set
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servants of Zeus
tell Hephaestus to carry out Zeus' orders and bind Prometheus |
Might and Violence
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Nails Prometheus to rock
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Hephaestus
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Titan who befriended Olympians and then betrayed Zeus by giving men fire.
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Prometheus
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Warns Prometheus to play nice
Offers to ask Zeus to be nice to P. |
Oceanos
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Chorus that tries to help Prometheus by conversing with him
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Daughters of Ocean
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Maiden pursued by lustful Zeus.
Zeus turned her into cow; Hera sent a gadfly to chase her all the way from Argos. Prometheus says she will go to Egypt and have a son, Epaphus. |
Io
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Sent by Zeus to demand to know who is plotting against Zeus
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Hermes
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gad-fly chased Io from here
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Argos
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Greatest of Prometheus' gifts to man is linked to fact that Prometheus himself says he has a 'bit' in his mouth
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Horse Taming
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Sends a gad-fly to chase Io
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Hera
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Punishes Prometheus for conspiring to help humans
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Zeus
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King of Thebes
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Oedipus
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Son and husband of Jocasta
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Oedipus
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Father of Ismene and Antigone
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Oedipus
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Cursed Thebes.
Riddle bested by Oedipus; he gets kingship and hand of Jocasta as a result |
Sphinx
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Wife and mother of Oedipus
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Jocasta
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widow of Laius
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Jocasta
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Brother in law of Oedipus
Informs that curse is b/c murderer of King Laius never caught Accused by Oedipus of plotting w/ Teiresias |
Creon
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Seer, tells Oedipus that he killed Laius
Accused by Oedipus of conspiracy |
Teiresias
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Father of Oedipus
Killed at crossroads King of Thebes |
Laius
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Caused Oedipus to flee Corinth
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Oracle
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attempts to secure a respectable burial for her brother Polyneices, even though he was a traitor to Thebes.
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Antigone
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the new ruler of Thebes, has declared that Eteocles will be honored and Polynices disgraced.
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Creon
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Creon's son and Antigone's fiancé, enters to pledge allegiance to his father. He initially seems willing to join Creon, but when Haemon gently tries to persuade his father to spare Antigone, the discussion deteriorates and the two men are soon bitterly insulting each other. Haemon leaves, vowing never to see Creon again. Kills self w/ Antigone
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Haemon
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Apollo also revealed to Oedipus that at the end of his life he would die at a place like this, and be a blessing for the land in which he is buried.
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Grove of the Eumenides
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sympathizes with Oedipus, and offers him unconditional aid, causing Oedipus to praise him and offer him the gift of his burial site, which will ensure victory in a future conflict with Thebes.
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Theseus
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threatens to use force to bring Oedipus back to Thebes
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Creon
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the king of Athens, is serving a year's voluntary exile after having murdered a local king and his sons
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Theseus
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son of Theseus, has sworn chastity and refuses to revere Aphrodite. Reveres Artemis instead
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Hippolytus
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Plans vengeance on Hippolytus. Makes his stepmother, Phaedra, fall in love with him.
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Aphrodite
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hangs herself after it comes out that she loves her step son
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Phaedra
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tells Hippolytus of Phaedra's desire
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Phaedra's nurse
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explains to Theseus that his son was innocent and that it was Phaedra who lied
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Artemis
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frightens Hippolytus' chariot, hurting him badly
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Bull from the Sea
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agrees to be taken in Admetus' stead because she wishes not to leave her children fatherless or be bereft of her lover
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Alcestis
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challenges Apollo's apparent defense of Alcestis and accuses him of "twisting slippery tricks" when he helped Admetus cheat death in the first place.
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Death
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decides to ambush and confront Death when the funerary sacrifices are made at Alcestis' tomb. Saves Alcestis from death.
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Heracles
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made the deal that Admetus gets to live with the Fates
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Apollo
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Husband of Alcestis
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Admetus
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father of Admetus
Refuses to die in place of Alcestis |
Pheres
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forces Admetus to offer hospitality to Herakles, though his wife has just died
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Xenia (guest-friendship)
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Son of Apollo, killed by Zeus. This prompted Apollo to kill Cyclops, and get banished.
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Asclepius
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three-headed dog guarding Styx
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Cerberus
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a young god, angry that his mortal family, the royal house of Cadmus, has denied him a place of honor as a deity
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Dionysos
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Mother of Dionysos by Zeus.
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Semele
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Sister of Semele, mother of Pentheus
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Agave
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perceiving two Thebes and two bulls (Dionysus often took the form of a bull) leading him
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Double Vision (of Pentheus)
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Old man, father of Pentheus, eventually turned into a snake
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Cadmus
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only one unharmed in The Bacchae
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Teiresias
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