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34 Cards in this Set
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ACHILLES
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born of mortal and Zeus; mother dipped him in he river Styx to give him immortality but forgot to include the heel she held him by. Eventually, during the Trojan War, he was shot in that spot and killed. An Achilles heel is the one vulnerable spot in an otherwise invulnerable thing or person
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VULCAN
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God of fire; a blacksmith; the only god who is deformed
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MERCURY
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the messenger of the gods; wears shoes and hat with wings so he can fly very quickly. Known for living by his wits and cleverness.
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HADES/PLUTO
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god of the underworld; the place itself is called Hades. Also, god of wealth (gold and silver came from earth with he ruled)
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APOLLO/SOL
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god of the sun; patron of healing; drove a chariot that pulled the sun, so it rose and crossed the sky each day
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ATHENA/MINERVA
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goddess of war and wisdom; was "born" full grown wearing armor, by springing from the head of Zeus. Owl Symbol. She was a great weaver and spinner; in charge of arts and crafts
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DIANA/ARTEMIS
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sister of Apollo; drives a chariot that carries the moon goddess of the hunt and patron of virgins. Seen as a huntress
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MARS/ARES
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god of warfare
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NEPTUNE/POSEIDON
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god of the sea; often pictured with his 3 pronged scepter, the trident; has a son named Trition
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PERSEPHONE & DEMETER/CERES
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Demeter is the goddess of agriculture and fertility; guardian of marriage. Persephone is her daughter whom Hades marries and takes to Hades to live. Demeter is so unhappy without her beloved daughter that nothing can grow. A compromise is reached and Persephone spends six months on Earth with Demeter and below with Hades.This is why we have seasons
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NARCISSUS AND ECHO
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Narcissus was a gorgeous male who admired himself enormously. Echo loved him but he ignored her. Eventually, she was cursed with not being able to speak her own thoughts but only repeat what others said. This bothered Narcissus even more and he taunted her and she eventually wasted away so that just her voice, repeating others words, remained. He became so enamored with himself that he got stuck peering in a pond, admiring his reflection, and became a flower that grows there.
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ARACHNE
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a mortal who was a great weaver and arrogant of her ability. She challenged Athena to a weaving contest and won. Athena was mad and turned her into a spider, so she could weave and spin non-stop. This is where arachnids get their name. She is a symbol of the problems arrogance can cause.
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BACCHUS/DIONYSUS
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god of wine and revelry. Wild feasts were held in his honor, which usually turned into drunken orgies, since that was what he was in charge of.
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PSYCHE
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a great mortal beauty, whom Venus was very jealous of, b/c of her beauty. Cupid loved her but didn't want her to know who he was, so he visited he only in the dark. She was curious and eventually snuck a light into their meeting place and shone it suddenly in his face. He was angry for a while but eventually forgave her and had her made immortal. She became the goddess of emotion.
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CUPID/EROS
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god of love. Often pictured as a winged boy
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DEDALUS AND ICARUS
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Dedalus was a great inventor who killed a rival in jealousy and fled to Crete(Greece) where King Minos gave him refuge and put him to work. The king's wife lusted after a gorgeous bull but he didn't want her. She had Dedalus make her a cow suit and got in it and mated with the bull; she conceived and bore a minotaur from this union. He had to be kept in a Labyrinth, which Dedalus designed. Eventually, Dedalus and his son, Icarus, were also imprisoned in the in the Labyrinth, from which they escaped by Dedalus building them wings from wax and feathers on which they flew away from Crete. Dedalus warned Icarus not to fly too high b/c the sun would melt the wax; but Icarus ignored his father, his wings melted, he fell and drowned. Dedalus escaped safely.
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PANDORA
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the first mortal woman, sent to Earth as a punishment to man for Prometheus's theft of fire. She bought with her a box containing all his human ills, which escaped into the world when she opened the box. Only hope was left at the bottom.
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THE SIRENS
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a group of nymphs who lived on an island and lured men to their destruction with their sweet singing
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EUROPA
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a princess whom Zeus abducted and raped when he was in the form of a bull
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PAN/SATYR
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Pan is one of the group of Satyrs, which are ahlf man and half goat, with goats legs, a tail, pointy ears, and a wanton nature, who live in the woods. Pan is the god of forests, flocks, and shepherds. He play the flute.
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Midas
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was given his wish that everything that he touched would turn to gold but re-thought this idea when he killed his daughter by touching her and was near starvation because all the food he touched turned to goal. He had the spell removed eventually.
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Hercules
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a son of Zeus and a mortal, he was famous for his great strength and endurance; he performed twelve amazing feats of strength called the labors of hercules
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Oedipus
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abandoned at birth by his parents, who were trying to avoid a horrible prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mothe. raised in Corinth, he eventually fled when he heard the same prophecy. In the road, he met and killed his father, solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and then went to thebes and married his mother, with whom he had three children. When he learned the truth, he blinded himself and went into exile; later he died at Colonus.
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Zephyr
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the west wind, which is known for being warm and soft
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Styx River
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the river that divides the land of the living from Hades, the land of the dead
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Nemesis
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the goddess of retributive justice of vengeance
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Prometheus
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a Titan ( gods after Zeus and company, the Olympian gods) who stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. As a punishment, he was chained to a rock and had his liver eaten out everyday by an eagle. the liver grew back each nigh, only to be eaten out the next day. released by hercules.
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Cyclops
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a race of one-eyed giants of whom the most famous is Polyphemus, the son of poseidon; he was blinded bu Odysseus
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Aphrodite / Venus
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goddess of love and beauty and spring and bloom
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Adonis
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A mortal youth who was loved bu Aphrodite for his beauty and killed by a wild boar
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Centaur
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a race of beings half human and half horse, known for fighting lustiness and for having great wisdom
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Minotaur
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monster half man and half bull, wild and violent, demands sacrifices yearly of greek youth and maidens. Imprisoned in the Labyrinth. eventually slain by Theseus with the help of the kings daughter, who gives him a ball of string so he can find his way out of the labyrinth.
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Paris
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son of the last king of Troy(Priam), he is forced to award a golden apple to wither Aphrodite, who promised him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world. Hera, who helps him steal Helen, whos married to Menaleus of Sparta. He takes her to Troy and the Greeks come after and we have the Trojan War
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Phoenix
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a bird that is immortal, but dies in a self-built pyre every 500 or 600 years and is reborn; a symbol of rebirth and or immortality
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