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35 Cards in this Set
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Persephone |
married to Hades after he captured her, Demeter's daughter, maiden of the spring |
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Polyphemus |
Cyclops, son of Poseiden |
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Prometheus |
gave fire to mortals |
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Zeus |
(Jupiter); God of Sky, lightning bolt |
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Poseidon |
(Neptune); Ruler of Sea |
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Hades |
(Pluto); Ruler of the Underworld, helm |
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Hestia |
(Vesta); Goddess of the Hearth |
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Hera |
(Juno); Goddess of Marriage, Zeus wife |
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Ares |
(Mars); God of War |
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Athena |
(Minerva); Goddess of Wisdom, purity and reason, fierce warrior |
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Apollo |
"The Healer, master musician, brought up the sun |
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Aphrodite |
(Venus); Goddess of Love and Beauty, married to the ugliest Hepaestus |
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Hermes |
(Mercury); Messenger of the gods |
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Artemis |
(Diana); Lady of Wild Things, Huntsmen in Chief |
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Hepaestus |
(Vulcan & Mulciber); God of Fire, lame and ugly |
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Cronus |
(Saturn); Most important and strong titan, father of Zeus |
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Dionysus |
(Bacchus); God of the Vine |
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Hercules
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greatest hero of Greece, most known for his 12 challenges
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Hector
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Greatest fighter for Troy in Trojan War, Trojan prince
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Helen
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"kidnapped" by Paris, cause of war
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Achillies
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dipped in River Styx for immortality except for his heels, "Achillies Heel" weakness
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Paris
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Prince of Troy, "Judgement of Paris" chose between 3 goddesses, captured Helen |
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Odysseus
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(Ulysses); King of Ithaca, hero of The Odyssey
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Oedipus
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killed the Sphinx
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Pandora
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first woman, opened box (gift from gods) releasing plagues, sorrow, mischief, and hope
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Narcissus
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scorner of love, beautiful, fell in love with himself and died
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Adonis
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"the perfect man," loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone, left a crimson flower when he died, spent 2 seasons with each girl
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Perseus
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killed Medusa, young and proud
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Thesus
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"volunteer as tribute," killed the minotaur in the labyrinth
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Atalanta
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heroine, Calydonian hunt, one of Artemis's huntresses
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Aeneas
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fought for Trojan side, some of oldest stories/legends about him
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Homer
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Greek writer, wrote oldest greek literature, author of The Illiad and Odyssey
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Aeschylus
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Greek writer, oldest of 3 tragic poets
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Ovid
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Roman writer, wrote in great detail, most respected of poets
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Euripidies
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Roman writer, youngest of 3 tragic poets
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