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16 Cards in this Set
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Athena |
Goddess of wisdom and war. Roman Name: Minerva |
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Archimedes |
was a greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. invented a theory. |
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Ares |
God of war. Roman Name: Mars |
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Plato |
wrote some of the most enduring pieces of literature. He founded a school in Athena.
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Poseidon |
Olympian greek god of the sea and earthquakes. Roman Name: Neptune |
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Demeter |
Goddess of harvest, corn, and grain. Controlled harvesting of plants. Roman Name: Ceres. |
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Aphrodite |
Goddess of love and beauty, and eternal youth. Roman Name: Venus. |
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Pythagoras |
invented the Pythagorean theorem. was a greek philosopher, and mathematician. |
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Artemis |
Goddess of hunt, forest and hill, the moon, and archery. Roman Name: Diana. |
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Zeus |
God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, order, and justice. Father of all gods and men. King of gods. Roman Name: Jupiter |
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Apollo |
God of music, poetry, art, oracle,archery, plague, medicine of the sun, light and knowledge. Roman Name: Apollo. |
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Socrates |
He believed that absolute standards did exist for truth and justice. He was a brave skilled soldier who once saved the life of Athenian general Alcibiades. |
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Dionysius |
God of wine, and the grape harvest, wine making and theater. Roman Name: Liber. |
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Hermes |
God of travel, trade, thieves, border, crossing, sports, and athletes. Roman Name: Mercury |
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Hephaestus |
God of fire and metalworking. Roman Name: Vulcan. |
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Aristotle |
questioned the nature of the world and of the human belief, thought and knowledge. Invented the word 'METAPHYSICS' |
