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15 Cards in this Set
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Eris
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goddess of discord
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Zeus/Jupiter/Jove
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King of all Gods
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Hera/Juno
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Zeus' wife;Goddess of marriage and protector of women.
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Athena/Minerva
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Goddess of beauty and wisdom.
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Aphrodite/Venus
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Goddess of love and beauty.
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Hermes
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Messenger of the gods.
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Paris
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Shepherd and son of Hecuba and King Priam of Troy. Killed Achilles with his arrow.
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Menelaus
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King of Sparta and Helen's husband.
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Helen
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Queen of Sparta and Menelaus' wife; considered the most beautiful woman in the world.
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Mount Olympus
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Home of the gods.
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Poseidon/Neptune
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God of the sea.
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Echo
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Nymph who tried to trick Hera. Punished for her act with a curse. She would never be able to speak again except to repet the last words that others spoke to her. Fell in love with Narcissus. Went to live in a cave and wept until body withered. All that remained was her voice an echo.
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Narcissus
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the most beautiful young man ever on Mt. Olympus. Fell in love with his reflection. Everytime he tried to touch the reflection in th water it dissappeared. A god took pity on him and turned him into a golden narcissus flower growing by the water.
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Achilles
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Greatest warrior and champion of all the Greeks
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Homer
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poet whose name neans "Blind poet" described the Trojan War in 2 great epic poems The Illiad and The Odyssey.
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