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15 Cards in this Set
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Who was Hesiod?
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A Greek farmer and poet who lived around 675 B.C. and claimed that the muses taught him on Mount Helicon.
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Who were the Muses?
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Goddesses of inspiration in the arts
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What was Hesiod's origin of the Cosmos?
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From Chaos came Gaia (Ge), Tartaros, Eros, Erebos, Night and Night and Erebos gave birthy to Aether and Day
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Who is Gaia?
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The land and earth
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Tartaros?
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Depths of the earth below Gaia. It was said that you would fall 10 days before reaching Tartaros
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Eros?
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Goddess of sexual energy and desire, catalyst epelling gods to get together
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Erebos?
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Gloom and blackness surrounding Tartaros
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Night?
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above Gaia
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Erebos and Night mate to create what?
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Aether and Day
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Who is Aether?
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Brightness and brillance of day
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Who is Day?
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Sunlight of day
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Who is Ouranos?
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Child of Gaia alone. The sky and the heavens.
"A firm foundation for the blessed gods." |
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Gaia mates with Ouranos to create who?
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cyclopes, hundred-handers (Hecatonchires) and the Titans
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What is Hieros Gamos?
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The Sacred marraige between sky god and earth in nature
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What is Anthropomorphism?
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Having human shape. Being both abstract (land, sky, etc.) and able to reproduce.
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