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47 Cards in this Set
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Mother dipped him in the river Styx to give him immortality but neglected to include the heel she held him by.
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Achilles
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A mortal youth who was loved by Aphrodite for his great beauty.
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Adonis
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The king who sacrificed his daughter to win the gods' favor for his war against Troy
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Agamemnon
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Daughter of Oedipus who performed funeral rites over her brother Polynices in defiance of Creon's order.
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Antigone
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Goddess of love and beauty
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Aphrodite/Venus
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God of the sun; patron of healing
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Apollo / Sol
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A mortal who was a great weaver and very proud of her ability. Challenged Athena to a weaving contest and won.
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Arachne
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God of warfare
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Ares / Mars
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Sister of Apollo; drives a chariot that carries the moon; goddess of the hunt and patron of virgins.
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Artemis
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Goddess of wisdom and warfare; born full grown and wearing armor.
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Athena / Minerva
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Huntress who promised to marry any man who could outrun her in a footrace. She was defeated by Hippomenes, who threw golden apples to distract her as she ran.
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Atalanta
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One of the Titans who rebelled against Zeus. He was punished to forever hold up the heavens on his shoulder.
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Atlas
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Daughter of Priam, King of Troy. Possessed the gift of prophecy but was fated by Apollo never to be believed.
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Cassandra
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The void which came into being before anything else.
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Chaos
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Youngest and most terrible of the children of Uranus, whom he hated. Castrated his fater and became ruler of the universe; later was overthrown by his son, Zeus
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Cronos
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Race of one-eyed giants of whom the most famous is Polyphemus, son of Poseidon.
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Cyclops
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A symbol of impending peril.
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Sword of Damocles
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Two inseparable friends who would lay down their lives for each other. Lasting friendship.
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Damon and Pythias
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God of wine and revelry. Wild feasts were held in his honor, which usually turned into drunken orgies.
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Dionysus / Bacchus
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God of love; often pictured as a winged boy.
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Eros / Cupid
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A princess who Zeus abducted and raped, when he was in the form of a bull.
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Europa
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God of the underworld; also god of wealth.
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Hades / Pluto
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God of fire; only god who is deformed -- rejected son of Zeus and Hera.
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Hephaestus / Vulcan
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Son of Zeus and a mortal. He was famous for his great strength and endurance. He performed twelve great feats of strength.
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Hercules
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Eldest child of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She was sacrificed by her father in exchange for a guarantee of fair winds for the Greek fleet on its way to Troy.
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Iphigenia
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The father of Oedipus and the original husband of Jocasta. Killed by Oedipus in fulfillment of the oracle.
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Laius
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Zeus came to her in the shape of a swan to father four legendary children.
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Leda
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Messenger of the gods; wears shoes and hat with wings so he can fly very quickly.
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Mercury
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Everything he touched turned to gold. Killed his daughter by touching her; almost died b/c the food he touched turned to gold.
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Midas
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People from Thessaly who accompanied Achilles at the siege of Troy. They were known for their brutality and savagery.
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Myrmidons
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She was the personification of righteous anger. She punished those who transgressed upon the natural order of things.
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Nemesis
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Killed his father and married his mother, unknowingly.
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Oedipus
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One of the group of satyrs, which are half man and half goat. God of forests, flocks and shepherds.
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Pan / Satyr
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Opened a box filled with all the evils in the world.
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Pandora
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Goddess of fertility and queen of the underworld.
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Persephone
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God of the sea.
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Poseidon / Neptune
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Goddess of agriculture and fertility.
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Demeter
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Created men from clay. Stole fire from the gods and gave it to man.
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Prometheus
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Poseidon's herdsman and a prophet. Can assume any form or shape.
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Proteus
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Goddess of emotion
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Psyche
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Sculptor and king of Cyprus who created a statue of Aphrodite.
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Pygmalion
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King of Epirus. For 25 years he waged a series of wars.
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Pyrrhus
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Two legendary twins.
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Romulus and Remus
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Cheated death by telling his wife to forgo the usual burial rites when he died, thus giving him permission to return from the underworld to punish her.
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Sisyphus
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Group of nymphs who lived on an island and lured men to their destruction with their singing.
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Sirens
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Progenitor of the House of Atreus who is known for his punishment in Hades.
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Tantalus
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The west wind, which is known for being warm and soft.
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Zephyr
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