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30 Cards in this Set
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Lycaon
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Treats Jupiter with disrespect, and Jupiter punishes him with a great flood.
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Deucalion and Pyrrha
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Only ones to survive the flood. They get advice from Themis, and throw rocks behind them, repopulating the earth.
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Themis
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He gives Deucalion and Pyrrha advice on how to use the rocks to repopulate the world.
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Apollo
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Hit by Cupid's arrow and falls in love and chases Daphne, who runs away.
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Daphne
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Also hit by an arrow from Cupid, causing her to run away from Apollo. She cries out to her father for help and he turns her into a laurel tree.
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Io
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A young nymph who is raped by Jupiter, and then is transformed into a cow to be hidden from Juno (Jupiter's wife). After Argus is killed, she turn back to a nymph and has a child with Jupiter.
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Juno
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Suspects something with the cow, so she has Argus keep watch over it.
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Mercury
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Is sent by Jupiter to kill Argus, and succeeds.
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Pan
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Fell in love with Syrinx.
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Syrinx
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Is transformed into Pan's flute.
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Minos
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Attacks the city of Alcathous (ruled by Nisus). He is horrified that Scylla scalped her father for him, and flees the city.
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Scylla
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Daughter of Nisus, she falls in love with Minos and scalps her father for him. She tried to follow him as Minos leaves the city, but is transformed into a bird.
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Daedalus
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He makes wings out of wax and feathers for himself and his son, Icarus.
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Icarus
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Son of Daedalus. He flies too close to the sun, and the wax melts from his wings, causing him to fall to his death.
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Theseus
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He is the one to kill the Minotaur, and then is asked to help kill a boar.
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Atalanta
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She only is able to graze the boar's back with her arrow.
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Meleager
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He is the one to actually kill the boar. Meleager then gets into a fight and kills his two uncles. He is killed by his mother, Althaea.
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Althaea
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She is outraged when she finds out her son, Meleager, killed her two brothers. She debates whether or not she should kill him, and decided to put the log in the fire, killing him.
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Jupiter and Mercury
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Knock on a 1,000 doors until finally Baucis and Philemon offer their hospitality and food and drink. The gods grant them wishes.
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Baucis and Philemon
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Let Jupiter and Mercury into their house, without knowing who they are. They get to have their wishes granted, becoming priests and able to die together.
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Erysichthon
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Has no regard for the gods, and chops down a sacred tree for no reason. He is punished by the gods by giving him an uncontrollable hunger. He finally ends his own life when he eats his own flesh.
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Eurydice
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She was walking in the grass when she was bitten and killed by a viper.
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Orpheus
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Eurydice's husband, he travels to the underworld to try and get Eurydice back. He convinces the gods to let her come back to life, but he messes it up by looking back at her when he is leaving.
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Apollo and Hycinthus
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Apollo loves Hycinthus, but accidentally kills him by throwing a disk into his face.
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Pygmalion
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He is the one to see the women getting turned into stone. He then builds a 'wife' out of stone, then asks the gods for a wife as perfect as this. The statue is turned into life, and becomes the wife of Pygmalion.
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Cinyras
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Son of Pygmalion and wife. Tricked into sleeping with Myrrha. Tries to get her, but she is turned into a tree.
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Myrrha
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Daughter of Cinyras. She falls in love with her father and tricks him into sleeping with her. He finds out, but Myrrha is transformed into a tree.
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Adonis
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Son of Myrrha, is born when Myrrha is a tree. Venus falls in love with Adonis, but when Adonis goes hunting he is killed by a boar.
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Venus
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Cupid accidentally pricks his mother, Venus, with an arrow causing her to fall in love with Adonis. She is saddened when Adonis dies.
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Atalanta and Hippomenes
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These two have a race to see if they will get married or not. Venus tries to help Atalanta by giving her three golden apples, but Hippomenes wins in the end. Venus is angry because of this and turns Hippomenes into a lion.
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