Greek And Rome Mythology #2

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Io

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Zeus rapes her and turns her into a cow

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Semele

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secret lover of zeus

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Ganymede

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Zeus' young homosexual companion that was snatched by Zeus (eagle), he is mortal

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Europa

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raped by Zeus when he is disguised as a bull

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Rape of Persephone

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Dis falls in love with Persephone, rapes her, and takes her to the underworld. Jupiter makes a deal that Persephone will divide her time spend equally between her mother, Ceres, and Dis

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Slaying of Python

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Apollo kills the huge serpant with 100 arrows

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Daphne

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Apollo tries to persue her, she runs away and eventually is transformed into a tree

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Phaethon

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son of the Sun, who almost destroys the world when he rides his fathers chariot

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Marsyas

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challenged Apollo to a musical challenge--punishment was getting his skin ripped off

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Hyacinth

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Apollo loves him, but accidently kills them while they throw disks, and he turns into a flower

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Callisto

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Jupiter rapes her, then Juno turns her into a bear. 15 years later, Jupiter makes her and her son a constellation

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Niobe

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Doesn't feel inferior to the G-ds, so Latona curses her b killing her children and turning her into tears

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Acteon

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Stumbles upon Diana bathing, she turns him into a deer, and his own hunting dogs kill him

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Atalanta

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Speedy woman who challenges Hippomenes in a race for marriage. He wins but doesn't thank Venus her her help, so Venus turns them into lions

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Arachne

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Minerva's rival in the art of weaving. Arachne wins and Minerva turns her into a spider

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Adonis

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gored to death by a bore when he leaves Venus, turned into a flower (Anemome)

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Pentheus

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opposes the worship of Bacchus. His mother and aunt mistake him for an animal and ripped off his head and arms

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Pyramus & Thisbe

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Lovers, Pyramus commits suicide because she thinks Thisbe is dead

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Hermaphroditus

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becomes ones with Salmacis

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Pygmalion & Galatea

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repulsed by women's immortality, creates a statue out of Ivory and falls in love with it, she comes alive and bears a child

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Narcissus

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rejected all lovers, fell in love with his own reflection in a pond, fell in and drowned

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Echo

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Punished by Juno, making her unable to speak except to repeat the words of others

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Midas

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Everything he touched turns to gold. Punished by Apollo, given donkey ears

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Pan

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pursued Syrinx and then cut the reed into a musical instrument, which he named Syrinx

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Syrinx

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Water nymph, who turned into a reed after Pan was chasing her. Pan cut the reed and made into a musical instrument

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Orpheus

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Famous poet, loses his wife Eurydice twice, but rejoins her in the underworld

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Eurydice

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Orpheus wife who gets bit by a viper and dies, Orpheus begs to get his wife back, but loses her again when he looks back at her when she is coming out of the underworld

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GEOMETRIC

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900-700 BC

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ORIENTALIZING

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700-600 BC

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ARCHAIC

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600-480 BC

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CLASSICAL

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480-400 BC

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FOURTH CENTURY

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399-323 BC

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HELLENISTIC

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323-146 BC

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ROMAN

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146 BC - 330 AD

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MEDIEVAL

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330-1400 AD

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RENAISSANCE

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1400-1600 AD

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BAROQUE

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1600-1750 AD

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NEOCLASSICAL

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1750-1850 AD

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Mt. Olympus

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home of the g-ds

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ambrosia

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food eaten by the g-ds that allowed them to remain immortal

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nectar

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drink of the g-ds of Olympus

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ichor

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rarefied fluid (blood) that runs through the veins of g-ds

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pantheon

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temple of g-ds that resides a top Mt. Olympus under the eyes of Zeus

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omnipotent

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having very great or unlimited power

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omniscient

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having unlimited awareness, understanding and insight

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metamorphosis

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ability to change shape or form

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Dyaus

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g-d of the bright sky (Zeus)

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storm g-d

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Zeus

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Argive Heraion

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temple in main sanctuary dedicated to Hera

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Eileithyia

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goddess of childbirth and midwifery

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Hebe

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daughter of Zeus and Hera, cupbearer for g-ds on Mt. Olympus, married to Hercules

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Kanathos

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where Hera annually renewed her virginity

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thalassa

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means 'sea'

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Mt. Helicon

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mountain in Greece, Poseidon was Lord of Helicon

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Pegasus

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flying horse, son of Poseidon

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Hippocrene

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horse fountain for Pegasus

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Persephone

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Queen of the Underworld

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Telesterion

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Temple of Demeter

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Triptolemus

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??

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eternal return

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you must live to die

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Hyperboreans

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comes from beyond the north

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ephebe

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adolescent age of young men of training age (military)

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Potnia theron

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mother nature

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Leto (latona)

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Apollo and Artemis' mom. Hera became very angry and said she would curse any place that allowed Leto to give birth. Dellos was not connected to earth, so Leto went there

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Mt. Cynthus

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birth of Apollo and Artemis. The wandering womb

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Metis

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Intellegence, Anthena's mother

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Xoanon

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??

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Erechtheion

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oddly shaped temple

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Parthenon

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Temple of Athena

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Aegis

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goat skin

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Gorgoneion

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??

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Apotropaic

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to turn something away

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Hearth

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warmth, fire

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Megaron

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central hearth fire

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Pylos

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birthplace of Nestor, a large bay and town on teh west coast of Peloponnese, in southern greece

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Herm

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g-ds head on top of a pillar

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Arcadia

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name comes from mythological creature Arcas, son of Zeus and Callisto. Being flirtatious, Zeus wanted Callisto for a lover. Since she would not be with anyone but Artemis, Zeus disguised himself into Artemis and seduced Callisto. The child resulting was Arcas. Hera became jealous and transformed Callisto into a bear. She would have transformed Arcas as well, but Zeus hid him in an area of Greece that became known as Arcadia, in his honor.

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Pleaides

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companions of Artemis. They were nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades were the nursemaids and teachers to the infant Bacchus

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Trickster G-d

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G-d who plays tricks or otherwise disobeys normal rules and norms of behavior. Hermes is an example of the trickster archetype

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Dione

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Aphrodite's mother. Loved among the mortals and is known for her kindness. Seems to be equivalent to Gaia or "mother goddess"

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Vegetation G-d

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Dionysus

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Mystery cult

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cults in which all religious functions were closed to the non-inducted and for which the inner-working of the cult were kept secret from the general public. Characterized by their lack of orthodoxy and scripture. Applies to numerous religous rituals including Dionysian mysteries

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Sparagmos

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to rip someone to pieces

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Omophagy

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to eat raw

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Bacchus

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a wine drinker, Dionysus

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Maenad

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female followers of Dionysus, name translates as "raving ones"

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Satyr

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a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus, roamed the woods and mountains. Often associated with sex drive and vase painters often portrayed them with perpetual erections

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Silenus

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fat and drunk

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Thyrsus

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staff of giant fennel, covered with ivy vines, sometimes wount with taeniae and always topped with a pine cone. Where these emblems were, the spirit of Dionysus was also.

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Syncretism

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process of seeking two religious concepts

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Euthermerism

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all g-ds were once great men and women that became divinifed g-ds

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Allegory

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a symbolic story

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Panhellenic festival

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all greek festival

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Olympic games

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series of athletic compeitions held for representatives of various city-states of Ancient Greece. The games were held every four years, or Olympiad

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Panathenaea

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most improtant festival for Athens and one of the grandest in the entire ancient Greek world. Except for slaves, all inhabitants of the polis could take part in the festival

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Votive

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object left in a sacred place for ritual purposes. They are generally made to gain favor with supernatural forces

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cult

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system of religous devotion towards a certain object or figure

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Attribute

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quality regarded as a characterstic or inherent part of someone/something

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Epithet

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a descriptive word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of a name of a person or thing, which has become a fixed formula

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Invoke

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implies to call upon a g-d. When a person calls upon a g-d to ask for something, it can be done in a pre-esptablished form or with the invoker's own words or acutions

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Demigod

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double paternity, a g-d and their lesser mortal selves

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Divinity, deity

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transcendent power. Rood of the word is g-d-like

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Iconography

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image/depiction

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Apollo Belvedere

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celebrated marble sculpture from classical antiquity. Depicts the Greek g-d Apollo , who has just overtaken the serpent Python, the arrow has just left his bow

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Orientation

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positioning of a building

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Pediment

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classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section foudn above the horizontal strucutre, typically supported by the columns

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Typhoeus

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fire breathing dragon with a hundred heads that never rests

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Enceladus

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one of the enormous children of Gaia made by the blood of castrated Ouranos. Was killed by a spear thrown by Athena. He was buried under Sicily

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Alcyeoneus

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most prominent of the Giants who led a major rebellion against the Olympian G-ds. Attacked Heracles, crushign 12 wagons and 24 of his men

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Pergamon Altar

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massive stone podium dedicated to Zeus