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25 Cards in this Set
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Eris
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Goddess of discord, threw the golden apple into Thetis' wedding
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Thetis
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sea nymph, married King Peleus, wanted to exclude Eris from her wedding
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Three goddesses who won apple
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Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite
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Paris
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Prince of Troy, son of Priam, excellent judge of beauty, prophesied that he would bring about the destruction of Troy
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Mount Ida
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where Paris lived with Oenone
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Oenone
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Paris' nymph lover, had a magic salve that could heal any injury or cure any ailment
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Promised to make Paris Lord of Europe and Asia
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Hera
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Promised Paris that he would lead the Trojans to victory against the Greeks and lay Greece in ruins
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Athena
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Promised Paris that the most beautiful woman in the world would be his
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Aphrodite
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Bribe Paris took
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Aphrodite's (most beautiful woman in the world)
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Helen
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most beautiful woman in the world. daughter of Zeus and Leda.
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Castor and Pollux
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Helen's brothers
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King Tyndareus
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Helen's "father", made all of Helen's suitors swear that they would champion the cause of Helen's husband if any wrong was done to him through his marriage
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Menelaus
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brother of King Agamemnon, chosen to be Helen's husband, King of Sparta
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Tyndareus' gift to Helen and Menelaus
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Sparta
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Broke bond of hospitality by stealing Helen
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Paris
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Two chieftains missing
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Odysseus and Achilles
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Son of Peleus and Thetis
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Achilles
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King of the Island of Ithaca
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Odysseus
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Pretended he was mad to avoid joining the army
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Odysseus
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Hidden in the court of Lycomedes by Thetis
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Achilles
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dispatched to find Achilles
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Odysseus
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Calchas
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soothsayer/prophet for the Greeks
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Reason for Athena's anger with the Greeks
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a hare and her young were slain by a Greek
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Iphigenia
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Agamemnon's eldest daughter, had to be sacrificed to calm Athena's anger
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