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41 Cards in this Set
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Zeus's roman name
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Jupiter or Jove
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Zeus's symbols
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lightening bolts and Scepter
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Brothers and sisters of Zeus
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Hera Hades Poisidon Demeter and Hestina
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Patron of what?
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hospitality and supplicants
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When olymics start
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1500 BC
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Who is the monster that guarded Io
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Argus the 100 eyed monster killed by Hermes
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When did Zeus come to a girl threw a shower?
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He came to Danae as a shower of gold and made her pregnant Perseus ships her out to sea
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What happened to Kronus
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Put into Tartarus a part of the underworld
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Name the children and names of the the two most famous affairs.
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Europa- Minos, Rhadamanthys, & Sarpedon
Leda- Castor, Pollox the Gemini twin, Helen and Clytemnestra |
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Roman name of Aphordite.
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Venus
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Famous painting of Venus.
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Venus de Milo or the Birth of Venus
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How was she created?
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Kronus castrated Uranus and she came out of the foam her name means from foam
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Venus is the goddess of ----
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Pure and spiritual love and beauty
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Who was Venus's husband?
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Hepithetus
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Name 4 of Aphordites affairs and the children
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Hermes and Venus is Hermafiditus
Dionysus and Venus is Hymen and Priapus Anchises and Aphordite is Aeneas and Anteros Ares and Venus is Eros |
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What is Hera's Roman name?
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Juno
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Symbols of Hera
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Milky Way, Peacock, cow, Pomegranate
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Hera's children
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Ares and Hephaestus
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The Roman name of Poseidon
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Neptune
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Symbols of Poseidon
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Dolphins horses and tridents
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Powers of Poseidon
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God of the sea
palace made of gems and coral patron of Athens earth shaker and casue of natural disasters |
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Wife of Poseidon
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nereid named Amfotrite had a son named Triton
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What were the results of Poseidon's affairs
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Gorgon or Medussa is Pegisis and Polythemis
Demeter his sister Prodeus old man of the sea shape changer |
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Roman name of Hephestus
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Volcon
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The holiday which celebrates Hephestus
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Volcanalia
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What is Hephestus's job?
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Blacksmith of the Gods
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What are Hephestus's symbols
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Hammer and anvil axe and throngs
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Relations of Hephestus.
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Parent is Hera
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Where did Hephestus live?
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in a forge
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What are Cupids symbols
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hearts, heart pierced by arrow, bow and arrow, and small child
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Who are Eros's parents?
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Venus and Mars or Mercury and Venus
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What are two tales of conseption?
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came out of chaos or an egg laid by the darkness and the earth
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What are Eros's powers?
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ruled over dead in Hades kingdom and creatures of the sea the power to make two people love or hate one another
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What were the beliefs of cupid's cult?
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mated with Chaos to produce gods and men
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Who was Eros's wife?
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Phyche
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name Athena's roman name.
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Minerva
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What is Athena God of?
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wisdom, war, and crafts
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what group was she part of?
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3 virgin goddesses of Mount Olympis
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What cities and temples are dedicated to Athena?
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Athens and Parthenon
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What are Athena's symbols?
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spear, Aegis, Helemet, olive tree, owl (wisdom) and dove (victory)
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What is the story about the conception of Athena?
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Gaea warned Zeus that Metis would have a son that would overthrow him so he tured her into a fly and swalowed her but got a head ache and Hephestus cracked his head open and out she popped
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