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42 Cards in this Set
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out of Chaos what 2 gods emerged
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mother earth- Gaea
god of heavens- Uranus |
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Gaea and Uranus had 12 kids what were they called
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the Titans
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Some of their children were what
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monsters
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when Uranus tried to demolish some of his children their mother and who overthrew them
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Cronus
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the next generation of gods after Gaea and Uranus came from who
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Cronus and Rhea
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Cronus and Rhea had 6 called
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Olympians
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Zeus was the ruler of what
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heavan or earth
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who was Zeus's main wife, the queen of the heavens
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Hera
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who was the ruler of harvest
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Demeter
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who is the daughter of Demeter
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Persephone
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who is the ruler of the underworld
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Hades
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persephone is the daughter of
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Demeter
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what do we get from the controversy of Hades and Persephone
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the seasons
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who is the god of the sea
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Poseidon
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who is one of Zeus's most famous daughters the goddess of war and wisdom
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Athena
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who is Athenas mother
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Metis
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who ate metis because he feared her giving birth to the one that would overthrow him
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Zeus
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Metis had a daughter that was full-grown afterwards... who split open Zeus's head. he was the blacksmith god
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Hephaestus
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who was the blacksmith god a child of
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Zeus and Hera
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because Hephaestus was ugly his mother threw him to the ground making him
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lame
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Hephaestus the blacksmith god was ironically married to who
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Aphrodite
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Aphrodite was the goddess of what
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love and beauty
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Aphrodite really loved who
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Ares
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the union of Aphrodite and Ares produced who
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Eros
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who is Eros the god of
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love and desire
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did Zeus wipe out mankind in his anger and make a new race out of clay
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yes
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who angered zeus by giving fire to humans
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prometheus
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what is the story that refers to something that a person wants to let alone because it contains many unforeseen troubles. In mythology it refers to sin.
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Pandora's box
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who was the chatterbox that tricked Hera/Juno and was cursed by only being able to talk by repeating the last 2 or 3 words that a person said
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Echo
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what is a person that is madly in love with himself called
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a narcissist
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were reeds created to carry the fire that Prometheus created
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no
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does the Laurel wreath symbolize the favor and victory of ZEUS
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no
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was zeus afraid of the fates
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yes
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where did the museums come from
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the Muses the goddess of the arts
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were the stories of the gods written down in religious books since 2000 bc
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no
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what do myths attempt to do
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explain nature, man and the gods
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why does everyone need a working knowledge of mythology
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because there are so many references to it in literature, music, the art and advertising
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every _____ has its own myth
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country
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if Phaethon had been more trusting of his parents what ma not have happened
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he wouldnt have died
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what is the name of the famous group of sailors that sailed with Jason to find the golden fleece
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Argonauts
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the olive tree and Athens, Greece are both named after the goddess Athena because why
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she beat her uncle Poseidon in a contest
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is Adonis a tricky godlike creature
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no
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