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33 Cards in this Set
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Zeus
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Jupiter; RULER OF THE GODS AND THE WORLD (eagle, thunderbolt)
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Hero
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Juno; ZEUS' WIFE AND GODDESS OF MARRIAGE
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Apollo
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GOD OF THE SUN, MUSIC, PROPHECY AND BEAUTY (peacock, crown)
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Hermes
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Mercury; MESSENGER TO THE GODS FROM ZEUS, HERALD OF THE GODS, GOD OF COMMERCE AND BOUNDARIES (winged sandals, winged cap, serpent rod (caduceus), the ram
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Aphrodite
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Venus; GODDESS OF LOVE, MOTHER OF CUPID (doves, seashell)
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Ares
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Mars; GOD OF WAR, LOVER OF APHRODITE (helmet, arms, armor)
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Athena
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Minerva; GODDESS OF WISDOM AND VICTORY IN WAR (shield, helmet, owl, olive branch)
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Hephaestus
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Vulcan; GOD OF FIRE, METAL, AND METALWORKING
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Poseidon
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Neptune; GOD OF THE SEA AND STORMS
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Hades
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Pluto; RULER OF THE KINGDOM OF THE DEAD
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arete
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excellence; merit
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catharsis
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purging that occurs during tragedy; associated with pity and/or terror
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cosmos
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the order of the universe; the world
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dike
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justice arrived at through reflection; Zeus' order
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eros
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motivating desire that flows through all things and binds them together (love); can be a source of madness in humans
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Ethos
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character or customs or way they act and think
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hamartia
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tragic flaw; "missing the mark"; a blindness (not necessarily deliberate)
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heros
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a warrior who lives and dies for honor
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hubris
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pride and insolence; attempt to bypass mortal limits
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kleos
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immortal fame in memory (songs)
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logos
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word, reason, rational principle that is the care of the cosmos
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moira
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fate (falls to anyone); one's due or share
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mythos
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story or plot
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nomos
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law; custom; convention; man-made ordinances
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nostos
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homecoming
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oikos
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household (including family and servants)
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pathos
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experience or work of art that arouses pity, sympathy, tenderness, and sorrow
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peripeteia
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a turnabout; reversal of fortune or character
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periphronos
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circumspect; wide-seeing; takes many things into account (Penelope)
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poesis
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action in the sense of making
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polis
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consciously constructed city whose aim is to establish justice
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polytropos
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resourceful; wily; cunning (Odysseus)
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sophrosyne
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Greek ideal of balance, harmony, beauty, wholeness, and purity
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