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homecoming, welcome home
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nostos, nostoi
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nostos, nostoi
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homecoming, welcome home
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Odysseus' home
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Ithica
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Odysseus was away from home for ______ years.
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20: 10 at Troy & 10 traveling home
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Odysseus' wife
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Penelope
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Odysseus' son
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Telemachus
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Why can't Penelope kick her suitors out?
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Xenia
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What God helps Odysseus and Telemachus?
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Athena
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Where does Telemachus go to find information on his father?
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Sparta
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How does Penelope trick her suitors?
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She says she won't pick a suitor until she finishes a shroud for her father. Every night she takes the shroud apart. This goes on for three years till her maid tells on her.
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What is the Iconography of Odysseus?
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beard, hat
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Two suitors of Penelope
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Antinous & Eurymachus
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What is the Iconography of Perseus?
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Talaria, medusa's head, cap of invisibility
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The cyclops
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Polyphemus
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When Poseidon tries to drown Odysseus who saves him and how?
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Ino (the ocean goddess); gives him a scarf which allows him to float
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Caylpso's
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Ogygia
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Who convinces who to do laundry down near the river?
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Athena convinces Nasicaa
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Why does Odysseus finally tell his story?
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Demodocus sings epic songs of the Trojan War causing Odysseus to break down.
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How warns Odysseus against Circe and what does he tell him to do?
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Hermes; to eat moly so he doesn't become enchanted; he also tells him to go into the underworld to get Tiresias' help to get home
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Who were the 8 heroes we studied?
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Odysseus, Theseus, Perseus, Heracles, Belleraphon, Oedipus, Jason, Aeneas
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Odysseus is king of _________
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Ithica
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The king and queen of sparta
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Menelaus, Helen
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What god made Caylpso let Odysseus go?
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Hermes
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Island of Caylpso
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Ogygia
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This god tries to drown odysseus
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Posideon
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Ino
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ocean goddess
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This goddess convinces Nausicaa to do laundry at the river
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Athena
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King Alcinous
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the king of the Phaeacians; where Odysseus lands
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The king of the Phaeacians; where Odysseus lands
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King Alcinous
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Demodocus sings a song about what love triangle?
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Aphrodite-Hephestus-Ares
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The cyclops Odysseus meets
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Polythemus
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The name Odysseus gives to Polythemus
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"Nobody"
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How did Odysseus and his men get past Polythemus?
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Got him drunk stabbed him in the eye and escaped under the bellies of sheep.
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What 'gift' does Polythemus give to Odysseus?
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Poulthemus would eat him last
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katabasis
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a hero's requirement in confronting death
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a hero's requirement in confronting death
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katabasis
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What sacrifices must Odysseus make to journey to the underworld?
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sacrifices a goat so the ghosts can drink blood enabling them to talk
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Who does Odysseus encounter in the underworld?
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Tiresias, Achilles, Agamemnon, Anticleia,
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What does Tiresias tell Odysseus not to do?
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eat the sheep of the Sun God
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laestrygonians
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"like to eat people"
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"like to eat people"
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laestrygonians
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Women who seduce through singing; half woman, half birds
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Sirens
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Sirens
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Women who tried to seduce Odysseus through singing; had his men tie him to the mast, and had his men plug their ears with wax
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Two monsters Odysseus must go between
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Scylla & Charybdis
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Scylla
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six headed snake monster that eats people
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charybdis
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a giant whirl pool
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Where are Scylla and Charybdis located?
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Off the coast of Sicily
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Autochthony, autochthonous
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"sprung from the earth"
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"sprung from the earth"
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Autochthony, autochthonous
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Cecrops/Kekrops
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means "snaky feet" - an early king of Athens
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means "snaky feet" - an early king of Athens
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Cecrops/Kekrops
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Erechtheus
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the founder of Athens, created the Panathenaea festival
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the founder of Athens, created the Panathenaea festival
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Erechtheus
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Patron of Athens
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Athena
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Odysseus' parents
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Father: Laërtes Mother: Anticlea
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Theseus is the hero of what town
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Athens
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Who competed for patronism of Athens and how?
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Athena - olive tree Poseidon - saltwater spring
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Theseus' parents
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Father: Aegeus Mother: Aethra
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Aegeus king of ________
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Athens
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What does the oracle tell Aegeus?
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not to open his wineskin
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Who tried to kill Theseus before Aegeus could recognize him? How? Why?
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Medea with a poison cup so her son Medus could be king
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What two objects allow Thesus to be recognized by Aegeus?
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Sword, and shield
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Hermione
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daughter of Helen and Menelaus
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Theseus' most famous labor
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the Minotaur
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Europa
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a princess who fell in love with Zeus disguised as a beautiful white bull
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Minos
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son of Europa and Zeus; His queen is: Pasiphae children: Androgeos, Ariadne, Phaedra
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Pasiphae
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wife of Minos; children: Androgeos, Ariadne, Phaedra
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Minos' failed promise
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the unsacrificed bull sent by Poseidon
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Minos' punishment
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Poseidon makes Pasiphae fall in love with the bull - their son is Minotaur
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Minotaur
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the son of Pasiphae and a bull; half man, half bull
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Minotaur is located . . .
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in a labyrinth in Crete
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Who built a fake bull for Pasiphae?
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Daedalus, the royal architect
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Why did Athens have to sacrifice it's youths and maidens to the Minotaur?
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Androgeos dies in Athens - war between Athens and Minos
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Ariadne
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daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; falls for Theseus; gives Theseus thread to find himself out of the labrynth
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katabasis
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journey to the underworld
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journey to the underworld
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katabasis
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"labyrinth"
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labrys - a double headed axe
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bull symbolizes
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fertility
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Who does Theseus leave on Naxos?
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Ariadne
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Theseus left Ariadne on what island?
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Naxos
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Who marries Ariadne?
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Dionysus
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What does Theseus forget to do as he travels back to Athens?
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change his sails from black to white as a symbol of his safe return so Aegeus threw himself off the cliff
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Who is the Aegean Sea named after?
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Aedean Sea
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Oedipus' real parents
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Jocasta & Laius
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Jocasta's brother
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Creon
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Odysseus' journey
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Troy->Polythemus->bag of winds/Aolus->Circe->underworld->sirens->scyla/charybolis->sun god->calypso->ino->nausicca->ithica
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Odysseus' wife
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Penelope
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Theseus' author
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Plutarch
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synoecism
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bringing together 'demes'
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bringing together 'demes'
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synoecism
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polis
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city-state
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city-state
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polis
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Centaur who teaches heroes
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Chiron
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Cadmus' wife
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Harmonia
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Harmonia
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Cadmus' wife
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Cadmus and Harmonias' children
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Semele, Agave, Ino, Autonoe
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Founder of Thebes
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Cadmus
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How does Cadmus found Thebes?
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Kills a dragon, takes their teeth and plants them, men sprout up, throws a rock in the middle - they fight and five survive (they are the founders of Thebes)
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Prophecy of Oedipus
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kill his father marry his mother
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Oedipus means
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swollen foot
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who saves Oedipus
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shepherds
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Oedipus' adoptive parents
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Polybus and Merope, queen and king of Corinth
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Why does Oedipus leave home?
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he hears the prophecy at delphi
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What monster does Oedipus defeat on the way to Thebes?
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the Sphinx
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the riddle of the Sphinx
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what has four legs in the morning; two in the afternoon and three at night?
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Who does Oedipus kill on the way to Thebes?
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Liaus, his father
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What is the miasma of Thebes?
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a plague
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Oedipus the King written by
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Sophocles
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Oedipus and Jocastas' children
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Eteocles, Polynices, Ismere, Antigone
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Oedipus the King was preformed . . .
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From 429 t0 425 BC
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What element presents itself in Oedipus the King?
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Dramatic Irony
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The Stories of Oedipus
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Oedipus Rex/the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Seven against Thebes
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What does Jocasta do when she finds out shes Oedipus' mother/wife?
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hangs herself
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What does Oedipus do when he finds out hes Jocasta's son/husband?
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gorges his eyes out
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hero cult
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when Oedipus dies and his death will benefit the city, and he will look over it in his death
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when Oedipus dies and his death will benefit the city, and he will look over it in his death
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hero cult
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The curse Oedipus puts on his sons
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they will die at each others hands
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Why does Oedipus curse his sons
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they threw him out of Thebes
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What does Oedipus have to do with a war between Athens and Thebes
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Where ever Oedipus dies and is buried will beat the other in war. Athens will beat Thebes
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Seven against Thebes
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a civil war in Thebes - Polynices and Eteocles
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Who finds allies in Seven Against Thebes?
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Polynices finds 6 allies against his brother
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Thebaid written by . . .
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(Seven Against Thebes) Statius
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Statius
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wrote Thebaid; a Roman poet from 45 AD to 96)
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what happens in Thebaid?
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eteocles vs. polynices/ oedipus and jocasta are still alive/ oedipus gets help from Laius and a Fury named Tisiphone/his sons kill each other, everyone dies/creon becomes king/polynices is the bad guy/ismene dies
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why does antigone commit suicide?
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she counldnt bury her brother
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Epihonoi
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sons of the six captains of Polynices
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sons of the six captains of Polynices
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Epihonoi
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Latin Name of Zeus
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Jupiter, Jove
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Latin name of Demeter
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Ceres
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Latin name of Hera
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Juno
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Latin name of Poseidon
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Neptune
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Latin name of Hades
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Pluto
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Latin name of Hestia
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Vesta
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Latin name of Aphrodite
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Venus
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Latin name of Apollo
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Apollo
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Latin name of Artemis
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Diana
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Latin name of Hermes
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Mercury
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Latin name of Athena
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Minerva
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Latin name of Ares
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Mars
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Latin name of Hephestus
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Vulcan
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Latin name of Dionysus
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Bachas
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Latin name of Persephone
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Proserpina
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Ariadne
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Fell in love with Theseus; gave him string to find his way out of the labyrinth; Shes left on Naxos and marries Dionysus; daughter of Minos and Phasiphae
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Aegeus
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father of Theseus; husband of Medea/father of Medus; the Aegean Sea
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Aethra
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mother of Theseus and wife of Aegeus
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mother of Theseus
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Aethra
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Androgeous
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son of Minos and Phasiphae - brother to Ariadne and Phaedra
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son of Minos and Phasiphae
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Androgeous
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Autonoe
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sibling of semele, agave, ino / child of cadmus and harmonia
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Antigone
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the sister of Eteocles and Polyneices. kills herself because she cannot properly bury Polyneices; leads Oedipus, her father when hes blind; her mother Jocasta; her sister ismene brothers - Polyneices & Eteolces
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Acrisius
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Son of Aras, brother of Proteus, father of Danae (his daughter), King of Argos, discovered Theseus and sent him out to see
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Daughter of Oedipus; commits suicide
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Antigone
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What was the prophecy of Danae's son?
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Her son would one day kill his father - Theseus would kill Acrisius
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The father of Danae and grandfather of Theseus
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Acrisius
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Andromeda
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parents: King Cephesus and Queen Cassiopeia; Theseus saved her and married her
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Hubris
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prideful. boastful
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prideful. boastful
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Hubris
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the hubris of Cassiopeia
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She boasted she was more beautiful than the Neriads - the kingdom was flooded and a sea monster tormented them
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What did the oracles say Cassiopeia had to do to appease Poseidon?
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She had to sacrifice her daughter Andromeda to the serpent
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Cephesus
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King of Aetheopia, father of Andromeda, husband of Cassiopeia
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apotropaic
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warning to evil
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warning to evil
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apotropaic
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Phineus
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was suppose to marry Andromeda; turned to stone when Perseus revealed Medusa's head to him
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Who was suppose to marry Andromeda?
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Phineus
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Polydectics
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Brother of Dictys; Wanted to marry Danae; Theseus wouldn't let his mother near him. He had a banquet and when Perseus couldn't produce a gift he was sent on a journey to retrieve Medusa's head; He was latter turned to stone by Perseus
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Dictys
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a fisherman who discovered Danaë and Perseus inside a chest that had washed up on shore. He treated them well and raised Perseus as his own son; brother of Polydectics
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The king who sent Perseus to retrieve Medusa's head
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Polydectics
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the fisherman who discovered Danaë and Perseus
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Dictys
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Perseus' parentage
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mother - Danae father - Zeus as a shower of gold
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Graeae
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3 hags who share one eye Perseus goes to them to find the location of the nymphs and gets the information by stealing their eye
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Telemachus
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the son of Penelope and Odysseus; journey to find himself with help from Athena
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Son of Odysseus
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Telemachus
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Penelope
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wife of Odysseus
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wife of Odysseus
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Penelope
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Bellerophon's city
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Corinth
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How is Sisyphus punished in the afterlife?
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He continuously pushes a boulder up a hill
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Sisyphus
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grandfather of Bellerophon
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grandfather of Bellerophon
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Sisyphus
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Who sent Bellerophon to Antea's fathers house?
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Proetus
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Who said Bellerophon tried to ravish her?
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Antea - the lustfull Queen
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Antea
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fell for Bellerophon and when he rejected her told her husband he tried to ravish her
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Proetus
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husband of Antea send Bellerophon with a note to Antea's father telling him to kill the bearer of the message
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Who did Proetus send Bellerophon to?
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King Lobates of Lycia
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What impossible task did King Lobates give Bellerophon?
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Kill the Chimaera
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Who helped Bellerophon tame Pegasus? How?
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Athena, she gave him a golden bridal
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Odysseus' Latin name
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Ulysses
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God of beginnings
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Janus
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Janus
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God of beginnings
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apotheosis
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the elevation of a person to the rank of a god. ex: Heracles
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the elevation of a person to the rank of a god
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apotheosis
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Argo
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Jason's ship
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Jason's ship
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Argo
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Argonauts
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the sailors of the Argo
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the sailors of the Argo
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Argonauts
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Cap of invisibility
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a gift from the nymphs to Perseus
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Kibisis
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a bag, a gift from the nymphs to Perseus
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a bag, a gift from the nymphs to Perseus
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kibisis
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Talaria
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winged shoes, a gift from the nymphs to Perseus
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winged shoes
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Talaria
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multi-headed snake defeated by Heracles
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Hydra of Lerna
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Lion of Nemea
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a lion with impenatrable skin; killed by Heracles through stranglation; skins it with his own claws
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the skin of this animal Heracles is often depicted with
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Lion of Nemea
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the twelve labors of Heracles
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athloi
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athloi
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twelve labors of Heracles
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Hydra of Lerna
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multi-headed snake defeated by Heracles; if you cut one head off two grow back; one head is immortal - Heracles cuts the head off and Iolaus buries it
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Iolaus
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Heracles cousin
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Heracles cousin
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Iolaus
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The Ceryneian Hind
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a fast deer Heracles must kill
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a fast deer Heracles must kill
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The Ceryneian Hind
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Erymanthian Boar
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one of Heracles twelve tasks
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The boar Heracles must kill
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The Erymanthian Boar
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Augean Stables
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the stables were never cleaned out. Heracles diverted a river to wash them out
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Stables that Heracles has to clean out
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Augean Stables
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Stymphalian Birds
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smelly metal feathers, Heracles scares them off with a rattle
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Heracles scares these creatures with a rattle in one of his twelve tasks
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Stymphalian Birds
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The Cretan Bull
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one of Heracles twelve tasks
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Heracles must defeat this bull
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The Cretan Bull
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The Horses of Diomedes
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Diomedes feed his guests to his horses, Heracles feed him to his horses
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Heracles feeds this man to his horses
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The Horses of Diomedes
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The Girdle of Hippolyta
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Heracles must retrieve the girdle of the Queen of the Amazons
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Heracles must retrieve the girdle of the Queen of the Amazons in this task
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The Girdle of Hippolyta
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The Cattle of Geryon
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katabasis; Heracles must go to the end of the earth for them
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katabasis; Heracles must go to the end of the earth for these cattle
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The Cattle of Geryon
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The Golden Apples of the Hesperides
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a magic tree that bears golden apples guarded by a dragon - a task of Heracles
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a magic tree that bears golden apples guarded by a dragon - a task of Heracles
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The Golden Apples of the Hesperides
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Cerberus
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Hades' three headed dog guarding the underworld and kidnapped by Heracles
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Heracles must steal this three headed dog
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Cerberus
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Heracles 12 Labors
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1) Lion of Namea
2) Hydra of Lerna 3) The Ceryneian Hind 4) Erymanthian Boar 5) Augean Stables 6) Stymphalian Birds 7) The Cretan Bull 8) The Horses of Diomedes 9) The Girdle of Hippolyta 10) The Cattle of Geryon 11) The Golden Apples of the Hesperides 12) Cerberus |
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Medusa
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the gorgon with snake hair who was killed by Perseus
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the gorgon with snake hair who was killed by Perseus
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Medusa
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Minotaur
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half bull half human born by Pasiphae and Zeus/Bull
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two headed dog
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Orthos
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many headed snake with one immortal head; killed by Heracles
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Hydra
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Penates
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house-hold god figures
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house-hold god figures
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Penates
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pietas
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duty, devotion
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duty, devotion
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pietas
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Harpe
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a curved sword Hermes gives to Perseus
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The gifts Perseus is given:
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Herpe
a mirrored shield cap of invisibility talaria kibisis |
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How was Medusa punished and for what?
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She was ravished by Poseidon in the temple of Nidera and punished by snake hair
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Who is born from the decapitation of Medusa?
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Chrysaor and Pegasus
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Pegasus
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winged horse tamed by Bellerophon
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What is the hubris of Bellerophon?
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he tries to ride Pegasus to Mount Olympus
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Who tries to kill Nepheles' children?
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Ino
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Who is Nephele?
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the wife of Athamas, her children are Phrixus and Helle
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Who are Nepheles children?
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Phrixus and Helle
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Who is Athamas?
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the husband of Nephele
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What sea is named after Helle?
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Hellespont
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Where does Phrixus settle?
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Colchis
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Who does Phrixus marry?
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Chalciope
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Chalciope
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the daughter of Aeetes and the wife of Phrixus
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Aeetes
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the King of Colchis; his daughters are Medea and Chalciope
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Aeson
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the rightful heir to the thrown of Lolcus, usurped by Pelias; married to Alcimede and had a son named Jason
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Who brought up Jason?
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Chiron the centaur
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the centaur who taught heroes
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Chiron
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Chiron
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the centaur who taught heroes
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what warning does the Delphic Oracle give to Pelias?
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beware of a man with one sandal
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How does Jason loose a sandal?
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He helps an old lady across a river (Hera in disguise)
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What task di Pelias send Jason on?
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to get the Golden Fleece
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Jason
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son of Aeson and Alcimede; marries Medea
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What impossible tasks does Aeetes give to Jason?
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yoke two fire-breathing bulls
plow a field sow dragons teeth battle the soldiers defeat the dragon and get the fleece |
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Companions on the Argo
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Argus, Peleus, Zetes, Heracles
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Where is the golden fleece located?
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Colchis
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What is Aeetes the King of?
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Colchis
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Symplegades
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the crashing rocks Jason and the Argo must sail through
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the crashing rocks Jason and the Argo must sail through
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Symplegades
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Anna
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Dido's sister
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Dido
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Queen of Carthage - originally from Phoenicia. fell in love with Aeneas. killed herself by burning/stabbing when he left her
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Andromache
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Hector's wife, she remarried Helenus and they rule Buthrotum aka Troy
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Hector's wife
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Andromache
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Helenus
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Andromaches second husband, king of Buthrotum aka Troy
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Andromaches second husband
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Helenus
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Amata
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the wife of Latinus, mother of Lavinia, committed suicide after supporting Turnius
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mother of Lavinia
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Amata
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Lavinia
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wife of Aeneas
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Aeneas' wife
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Lavinia
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Latinus
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the father of Lavinia, husband of Amata
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the father of Lavinia, husband of Amata
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Latinus
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Anticleia
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mother of Odysseus
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mother of Odysseus
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Anticleia
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Turnus
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the suitor of Lavinia
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the suitor of Lavinia
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Turnus
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Aeolus
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Keeper of the Winds; gives Odysseus winds to get back home
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Keeper of the Winds; gives Odysseus winds to get back home
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Aeolus
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Antiope
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Queen of the Amazons; wife of Theseus
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Queen of the Amazons; wife of Theseus
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Antiope
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Cacus
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stole several of Heracles cattle of Geryon and dragged them backwards - Heracles killed him
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stole several of Heracles cattle of Geryon and dragged them backwards - Heracles killed him
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Cacus
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Augeas
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never cleaned out the stables of his horses - one of Heracles 12 tasks
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never cleaned out the stables of his horses - one of Heracles 12 tasks
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Augeas
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Argives
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Men of Argos
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Men of Argos
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Argives
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Chimaera
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goat/serpent/lion was defeated by Bellerophon
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goat/serpent/lion was defeated by Bellerophon
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Chimaera
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Zephyr
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the west wind, transports Psyche in Cupid and Psyche
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the west wind, transports Psyche in Cupid and Psyche
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Zephyr
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tree bender defeated by Theseus
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Sinis
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Sinis
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tree bender defeated by Theseus
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Theseus
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mother: Aethra Father: Aegeus, most famous for his defeat of the Minotaur; marries Antiope
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Sciron
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killed by Theseus, kicked people off cliffs
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Theseus' deed on the road to Delphi
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killed: Sinis, Sciron,
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killed by Theseus, kicked people off cliffs
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Sciron
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Tyndareus
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father of Helen
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father of Helen
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Tyndareus
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Leda
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mother of Helen
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mother of Helen
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Leda
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Tisiphone
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Oedipus calls on the Fury to punish his sons
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Oedipus calls on this Fury to punish his sons
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Tisiphone
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Talos/Talus
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a giant man of bronze defeated by Jason/Medea when the removed a nail holding his "blood" inside
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a giant man of bronze defeated by Jason/Medea when the removed a nail holding his "blood" inside
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Talos/Talus
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Sychaeus
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Dido's husband; killed by her brother
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Dido's husband; killed by her brother
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Sychaeus
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Danae
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mother of mother of Perseus
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Charon
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the ferryman to the underworld
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the ferryman to the underworld
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Charon
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Circe
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a sorceress who turned her enemies into animals lives on the island Aeaea, in the story of Odysseus
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a sorceress who turned her enemies into animals
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Circe
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Clytemnestra
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Agamemnon's wife
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Creon
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brother of Jocasta
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Jocasta's brother
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Creon
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Cupid
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son of Aphrodite and Zeus
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Creusa
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Jason married this Corinthian Princess, she was killed by Medea
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Jason married this Corinthian Princess, she was killed by Medea
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Creusa
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Eumaeus
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Odysseus' friend and swineherd
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Odysseus' friend and swineherd
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Eumaeus
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Europa
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was ravished by Zeus in the form of a white bull and carried to Crete
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This princess was ravished by Zeus in the form of a white bull
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Europa
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