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9 Cards in this Set
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AGENOR
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king of Tyre; father of Cadmus and Europa
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EUROPA
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Zeus disguised as a bull, took her to Crete where she became the mother of Minos by Zeus
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CADMUS
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founded Thebes after following a cow (Apollo's oracle)
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HARMONIA
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daughter of Ares and Aphrodite; given to Cadmus as wife; has 4 daughters with Cadmus
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4 DAUGHTERS OF CADMUS AND HARMONIA
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Ino, Semele, Autonoe, Agave
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AMPHION
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son of Zeus and Antiope; played lyre given to him my Hermes; killed Lycus and drove Laius to exile; married Niobe
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LAIUS
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resumed kingship after death of Amphion; destine to die at the hands of his son (cursed because he abducted Chrysippus, son of Pelops); married to Jocasta
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ERIS
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goddess of Discord; not invited to wedding feast of Pelius and Thetis
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LEDA and SWAN
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wife of Tyndareus (king of Sparta); bore 4 children to Zeus who visited her in the shape of a swan; her 4 children were born from two eggs: Polydeuces & Helen and Castor & Clymnestra
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