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164 Cards in this Set
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Acrisius
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king of argos
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Aegeus
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father of Theseus
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Aegisthos
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Clytemnestra's lover
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Aeschylus
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earliest of 3 greatest greek tragedians
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Agave
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mother of Pentheus
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Alcestis
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priness known for her love or her husband
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Alcinous
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king of phaeacians
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Alcmena
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mother of heracles
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anchises
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father of Aenas
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Andromache
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wife of Hector
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aniconic
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absence of representations
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Antigone
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hung herself as to not be buried alive
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Antinous
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lover of Hadrian
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Antiope
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only Amazon to marry
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Apollodorus
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wrote "On the GOds"
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apotropaic
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intended to ward off evil
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Apsyrtus
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Medea cut him into pieces and threw him in her father's way
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archetypes
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idealized models
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Arete
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noted for her wisdom and hospitality
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Argives
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greeks who fought at Troy
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Argo
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ship Jason sailed to get golden fleece
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Argos
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region ruled by agamemnon
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Argus
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100 eyed monster
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Argus (in Odyssey)
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dog of odysseus
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Ariadne
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dionysus married her and made her immortal
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Artemis
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goddess of wildlife
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Asclepius
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patron of medicine
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Atalanta
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refused to marry unless suitor beat her in race by foot
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Athena
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goddess of wisdom
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Atlas
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Zeus ordered him to hold up the broad vault of the sky
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Atreus
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father of Agamemnon
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Atropos
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cut the thread of life
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Aulis
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site of Ipagenia's sacrifice
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Autolycus
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trickster son of Hermes
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Argos
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region ruled by agamemnon
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Argus
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100 eyed monster
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Ariadne
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dionysus married her and made her immortal
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Asclepius
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patron of medicine
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Atlas
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Zeus ordered him to hold up the broad vault of the sky
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Atreus
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father of Agamemnon
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Atropos
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cut the thread of life
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Aulis
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site of Ipagenia's sacrifice
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Autolycus
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trickster son of Hermes
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aniconic
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absence of representations
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Anticleia
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her ghost appeared to Odysseus in the underworld
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Boreas
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north wind
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Brauronia
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little bear ceremony
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Briseis
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daughter of Brises
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Bronze Age
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humans were warlike and tools made of bronze
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Cadmus
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founder and king of thebes
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Caduseus
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emblem of hermes as zeus' messenger
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Calchas
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prophet who accompanied Achaens to Troy
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cerberus
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3 headed watchdog of Hades
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Charybdis
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whirlpool that sucked ships underwater
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Circe
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turned men into swine
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Classical Age
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480 to 323 BC
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Clotho
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spinner of thread of life
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Clytemnestra
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murdered Agamemnon
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Colonus
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site of Oedipus' death
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Croesus
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King of Lydia
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Cybele
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Asiatic mother goddess
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Cypris
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epithet for Aphrodite
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Dardanos
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founder of Troy
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Deianira
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second wife of Hercules
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Demodocus
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sang of the trojan war at king's court
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Demophon
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younger brother of Triptolemus
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Diomedes
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youngest fighter of trojan war
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Eileithya
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goddess of childbirth
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Elysuim
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realm of earthly delights for those favored by gods
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Eos
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personification of the dawn
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ephebe
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greeks 18-22 who trained to serve polis
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Epimetheus
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accepted gift of pandora
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Erinyes
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furies
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Eteocles
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killed in duel with polyneices
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Eumenides
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kindly ones
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Euripides
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Father of Modern Drama
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Eurydice
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wife of Orpheus
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Frazer
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The Golden Bough author
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Freud
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thought myths dealt with gyno phobia
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Gaea
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greeks original earth mother
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Golden Fleece
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wool of golden ram given to king colchis
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Haemon
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fiance to Antigone
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Harmonia
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wife of Cadmus
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Hecate
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patron of witchcraft
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Hector
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chief defender of Troy
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Hermione
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married to Neoptolemus and then Orestes
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Heroic Age
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age of demigods
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Hesiod
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author of Works and Days
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Hestia
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guarded the hearth
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Hippolytus
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accused of sexual assault by his stepmother
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Homer
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father of epic poetry
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hubris
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excessive pride
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Icarus
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flew from Crete with fake wings
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ichor
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colorless liquid instead of blood in Gods
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in esse
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in essence
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in medias res
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begins in middle and has flashbacks
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in posse
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potential
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Ino
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nursed Dionysus
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Iphicles
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twin of Heracles
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Iphagenia
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sacrificed at Aulis
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Iron Age
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current age where humans bicker and fight to exist
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Ithaca
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island kingdom of Odysseus
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ithphallic
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denotes figures displaying an erect penis
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Ixion
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eternally bound on a spinning wheel
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Jason
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stole golden fleece
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Judgement of Paris
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selected Aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess
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Juno
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roman name for Hera
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Jupiter
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equivalent to Zeus
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Lachesis
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measured thread of life
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Laertes
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father of Odipsus
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Laocoon
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crushed by sea serpents
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Latinus
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king of Latium
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Lavinia
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Aenea's 2nd wife
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Leda
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laid swan eggs
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Lenos
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esland where philoctetes was abandoned
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Leto
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mother of apollo and artemis
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lyre
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stringed instrument to accompany songs and poetry
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maenads
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female worshipers of dionysus
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Malinowski
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myths set guidelines for human conduct
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Medea
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jason divorced her
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Magara
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first wife of herecules
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Menelaus
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younger brother of Agamemnon
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Metamorphosis
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reworks old myth into narrative
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Metis
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was swallowed by zeus to produce athena
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Minerva
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goddess of crafts and trade guilds
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Minotaur
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half human and half bull monster
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Moirai
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three fates
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Muses
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9 daughters of zeus and mnemosyne
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Mycenae
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captial of agamemnon
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Myridons
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"ant people" of Achilles
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Narcissus
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fell in love with own image
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Nausicaa
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found the shipwrecked Odysseus
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Neolithic
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foundation of houses, pottery and stone tools
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Nestor
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aged king of Pelos
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Nike
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goddess of victory
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Niobe
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had fourteen children
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Nostoi
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epic after Odyssey
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Oedipus
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Antigone's father
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Ogygia
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Calypso's island home
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omophagy
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eating raw meat
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omphalos
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means naval
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Oresteia
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only trilogy done in same day
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Orion
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hunter turned into constellation
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Orpheus
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went to hades to rescue wife
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Ouroboros
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symbol of serpent swallowing own tail in circle
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Ovid
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Wrote Metamorphoses
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Paleolithic
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old stone age
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palimp sest
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writing that was erased and backed up by technology
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Palladium
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rare silver white transition metal of Platinum group
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Pallas
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killed by Turnus
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Pan
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patron of goatheards and flocks
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Pandarus
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trojan commander broke armistice with greeks
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Pandora
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designed to weaken mankind
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Parnassus
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mountain on slopes of Delphi sacred to Apollo
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Parthenos
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virgin
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paterfamillias
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father of family
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patriarchial
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male leadership dominates
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patrilineal
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line of descent from male
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Patroclu
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friend of Achillis whose death forces Achilles back to war
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pederasty
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relationship bw boy and man
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Peleus
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married Thetis to avoid son of zeus being stronger than zeus
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Pelias
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usurped the kingdom of Aeson
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Pelops
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served by his father at banquet to gods
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Penelope
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Odysseus' loyal wife
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