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44 Cards in this Set
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zeus
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latin: jupiter (jove) king of gods and ruler of mankind
symbols: eagle, oak, thunderbolts |
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poseidon
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latin: neptune; god of seas, horses, and earthquakes
symbols: trident, dolphins, horses |
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apollo
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latin: apollo; god of sun, music, poetry and medicine
symbols: lyre, arrows, sun chariot |
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hermes
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latin: mercury; messenger of the gods, god of commerce and theft
symbols: winged cap, winged sandles |
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ares
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latin: mars; god of war
symbols: sword, shield, dogs, vultures |
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hephaestus
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latin: vulcan; god of fire and workers in metal
symbols: anvil, forge |
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hera
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latin: juno; queen of the god, patroness of married women
symbols: pomegranate, peacock, cuckoo |
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demeter
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latin: ceres; goddes of agriculture
symbols: sheaf of wheat poppies and cornucopia |
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artemis
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latin: diana; goddess of moon and hunting, patron of married women
symbols: crescent, stag, arrows |
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athena
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latin: minerva; goddess of wisdom, war and weaving
symbols: owl, shield, olive tree |
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aphrodite
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latin: venus; goddess of beauty and love
symbols: doves, sparrows |
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hestia
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latin: vesta; goddess of hearth and home
symbols: hearth, fire |
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dionysus
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latin: bacchus; god of wine, drama, and revelry
symbols: ivy, grapes, leopards |
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hades
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latin: pluto; god of the underworld, minerals and wealth
symbols: cerbeus, cypress and bident |
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eros
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latin: cupid; god of love
symbols: heart with arrow through it |
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persephone
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latin: proserpine; queen of the underworld goddess of the spring
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Heracles
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latin: hercules; hero who completed the 12 labors so he could marry wife
symbols: two pillars, wooden club |
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Prometheus
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give of life and fire, creator of Pandora
was chained to a rock while a eagle ate out his liver for 30,000 yrs before heracle freed him |
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Cerberus
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three headed dog that guarded the underworld
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Atlas
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fought with zeus and was forced to hold the world on his shoulders
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hubris
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to much pride
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perseus
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a hero that killed madusa
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clio
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muse of history
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euterpe
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muse of lyric poetry
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thalia
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muse of comedy
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melopmone
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god of tragedy
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terpsichore
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muse of dancing
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erato
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muse of love poetry
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urania
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muse of astronomy
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calliope
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muse of epic poetry
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polyhymnia
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muse of religious poetry
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clotho
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first fate that did the spinning
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lachesis
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second fate that assigned each persons fate and measured the string
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atropos
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third fate that cut the string ending the life of the person
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daedelus & icarus
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daedelus was a famous inventor who crafted a pair of wings for him and his son to escape the crete where he was being held captive. his son flew to high and was killed when his wings broke
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pandora
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the first woman that was ever created and had an huge curiousity
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echo & narcissus
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narcissus fell in love with his own reflection and then died because he couldn't look away from it
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cupid & psyche
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cupid built psyche a huge palace to live in with him, but she looked at him even though he told him not to so then she had to complete a bunch of impossible taskes that aphrodite made for her and with the help of the gods she was made into a god and lived forever w/ cupid
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orpheus & eurydice
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orpheus played the lyre beautifully and tried to bring his wife back from the dead when she died, but failed so he killed himself so he could live with him
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baucis & philemon
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a town was very rude to strangers so zeus came discured as a traveler and was turned down by every home except for baucis and philemon's house so he killed everyone else in the town and built them a palace
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pygmalion & galatea
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pygmalion built a statue so beautiful he asked apherdyte to bring it to life and she did and he married it
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niobe
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boasted that she was a better mother than leto and apollo and artemis came down and killed all 14 of her children then niobe turned to stone from grief
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sisyphus
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angered zeus and was condmemed to push a giant boulder up a hill forever
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theseus & minotaur
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used a huge ball of string to navigate around a maze and then killed the minotaur while he slept
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