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80 Cards in this Set
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Who is Uranus?
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the starry sky; home of the gods
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Who is Gaia?
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the earth mother; Uranus's wife
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Who is Rhea?
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Zeus's mom; Cronus's wife
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Who is Pandora?
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the first woman on earth; sent as a punishment to mankind for stealing fire
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Who is Narcissus?
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a demi-nymph; is in love with himself
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Who is Dido?
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once Aeneas's lover; committed suicide because he left
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Who is King Midas?
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King of Macedonia; golden touch; donkey's ears and committed suicide for this
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Who are the Cyclops?
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Children of Uranus; giants with one huge eye
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Who are the Titans?
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the last children of Gaia; the only beautiful ones; including Cronus
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Who is Echo?
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nymph; in love with Narcissus; dies because he does not love her
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Who is Phaethon?
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son of Helius; killed by Zeus for letting the sun go out of control
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Who is Icarus?
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son of Daedalus; dies by drowning; was buried on the island Icaria
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Who is Paris?
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son of King Priam of Troy; stole Queen Helen of Sparta and stole gold from Apollo; caused the Trojan war
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Who is Helen?
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Queen of Sparta; married to Menelaus; had a love affair with Paris; eventually returned to Menelaus
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Who is Aeneas?
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founder of the Roman Empire; had a love affair with Dido, queen of Carthage; was once Trojan; only Trojan chief to escape the Trojan war
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Who are The Fates?
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the three sisters Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos; daughters of Night; Clotho spins the thread of life, Lachesis draws it out, and Atropos cuts it
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Who is Prometheus?
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Titan who made mankind out of rainwater and earth; very wise and prothetic; enemy of Zeus; Zeus locked him on a mountain to endure the hot and cold and sent an eagle to pick at his liver; he stole Zeus's fire for mankind; tricked Zeus into picking the fat and bones of the cattle instead of the skin and meat of it
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Who is Odysseus?
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Greek; tricked the Trojans in the Trojan war ( wooden horse )
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Who is Deucalion and Pyrra?
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last of the humans on earth after Deucalion's flood; threw rocks behind them to create a new human race
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Who is Atlas?
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brother of Prometheus; giant of humungous strength; order to bear the weight of the sky on his shoulders; his name means "he who suffers"
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Who is Hercules?
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son of Zeus; greatest of the heroes; son of a mortal woman; freed Prometheus
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Who is King Minos?
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King of Crete; hired Daedalus; then when Daedalus escaped he pursued him and ended up being killed by Cocalus's daughters, who burned him with scalding water
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Who is Priam?
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father of Paris; King of Troy
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Who is Sinon?
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Greek; tricked the Trojans into bringing the wooden horse inside the city
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Who is Laocoon?
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Trojan priest; urged the Trojans to destroy the wooden horse; killed by Poseidon's serpents
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Who is Persephone?
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sister of Demeter; wife of Hades by force
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Who is Diomedes?
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Greek chieftain; stole the Palladium of Troy
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Who is Anchises?
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lover of Aphrodite; the joke of Zeus for all of Aphrodite's prank's; crippled later by Zeus; father of Aeneas
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Who is King Menelaus?
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King of Sparta; once a friend of Paris until Paris stole his wife Helen
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Who is Epimetheus?
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brother of Prometheus; not the most clever; created men only; his name means "think after"
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Who is Helios?
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drives the carriage or "sun"; is the Sun; father of Phaethon
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Who is Daedalus?
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Athenian smith who killed his nephew for creating the saw; very skilled; escaped from King Minos
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Who is Hera?
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Queen of the gods; Zeus's wife
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Who is Zeus?
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King of the gods; brother to Poseidon and Hades; married to Hera but has many many love affairs
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Who is Cronus?
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ruler of the Titans; Zeus's father
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Who is Dionysus?
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creator of wine; god of parties; kind of crazy; son of Zeus and Semele, a mortal woman
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Who is Saturn?
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Cronus
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Who is Jupiter?
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Zeus
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Who is Juno?
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Hera
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Who is Mars?
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Ares
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Who is Neptune?
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Poseidon
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Who is Apollo?
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Apollo
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Who is Artemis?
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Diana
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Who is Hades?
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Pluto
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Who is Eros?
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Cupid
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Who is Aphrodite?
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Venus
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Who is Hephaestus?
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Vulcan
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Who is Hermes?
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Mercury
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Who is Athena?
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Minerva
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Who is Demeter?
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Ceres
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Who is Dionysus?
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Bacchus
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Who is Hestia?
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Vesta
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Who is the protector of women and marriage?
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Hera
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Who is the god of war?
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Ares
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Who the god of youth and music and prophecy?
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Apollo
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Who is the goddess of the moon and hunting and childbirth?
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Artemis
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Who is the god of love? The goddess?
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Eros; Aphrodite
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Who is the goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts?
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Athena
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Who is the goddess of corn and agriculture?
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Demeter
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Who is the god of wine, fertility, and music?
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Dionysus
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Who is the eagle and woodpecker?
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Zeus
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Who is the cow, peacock, and lion?
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Hera
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Who is the wild boar and blood-stained spear?
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Ares
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Who is the horse?
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Poseidon
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Who is the mouse?
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Apollo
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Who is the she-bear?
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Artemis
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Who is the dove?
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Aphrodite
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Who is the quail?
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Hephaestus
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Who is the crane and peeled hazel stick?
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Hermes
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Who is the owl?
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Athena
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Who is the poppy?
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Demeter
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Who is the tiger?
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Dionysus
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What are the six uses of mythology?
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to explain the creation of the world, to explain natural phenomena, to give story form to ancient religious practices, to teach moral lessons, to explain history, and to express, as dreams do, the deepest fears and hopes of the human race
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Who were the famous collectors of Greek myths?
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Homer and Hesoid
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Who were the famous collectors of Roman myths?
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Ovid and Virgil
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What is metamorphosis?
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the change of one form to another
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What does moral mean?
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right/wrong; a lesson
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What is an allusion?
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A reference to something; you are expected to know it so you can make the connection ( ex: It opened up a Pandora's Box of troubles! )
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What is a legend?
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a story based on religion
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What is pietas?
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Having devotion to gods first, and then you family and friends
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