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36 Cards in this Set
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Zeus
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Jupiter; King of Gods; Eagle, Thunderbolt, Muscular, Bearded, middle-aged
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Poseidon
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Neptune; Lord of the Sea/Earthquakes; Trident, bull
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Hades
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Pluto/Dis; King of Underworld; cape of invisibility
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Hera
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Juno; Queen of Heavens, god of Marriage; Peacock
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Demeter
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Ceres; Patron of agriculture; sheaf of golden wheat
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Hestia
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Vesta; Virgin Goddess of the Hearth; household fire & hearth
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Athene
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Minerva; Goddess of Wisdom & Victory in War; Owl, helmet, spear, shield, Gorgon head, the aegis
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Aphrodite
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Venus; Goddess of beauty, sexual love, and desire; the dove
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Hermes
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Mercury; messenger of Zeus, conductor of souls to the underworld; god of luck, sleep, dreams, magic, roads, & boundaries; winged sandals, broad-brimmed travelers hat, the caduceus
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Apollo
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Phoebus; God of light, rationality, health, plague, prophecy, masculine beauty, music, creative art; bow & arrow, the lyre, later the sun
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Artemis
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Diana; Goddess of the hunt & wildlife; bow & arrow, the moon
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Hephaestus
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Vulcan; God of the forge/metalwork; Hammer & anvil
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Ares
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Mars; God of War, violence, and frenzied aggression; the sword
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Dionysus
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Bacchus; God of wine, emotional freedom, and creative ecstasy; the grape vine & actors mask
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Anthropomorphism
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giving human characteristics to something non-human
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Aetiology
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a short story to explain something about the world (why tigers have stripes, why women have painful child birth, etc.)
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Cosmological
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Origins of Universe
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Ethical
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Moral
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Pedagogical
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a deeper "message"
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Sociological
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why a certain social order exists
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Mnemosyne
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god of memory (daughters are the 9 muses)
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Eleusian Processions
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Mystery Religion
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Pandora
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"All the gifts"
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Mercury
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Hermes -> quick
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Vulcan
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Hephaestus -> Volcano -> fire/forge
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Adonis
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Artemis holds child (Adonis)
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Aros
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desire
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Cupidity
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greed
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Mercurial
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quickly changing
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Artemis
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Patron of Animals
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Helios
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Brilliant -> sun god
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Apollo
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Phoebus -> brillant
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Bacchus
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Dionysus -> creative ecstasy
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Eschatology
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"personal end" or "end of the world"
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Hubris
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pride that takes you beyond your limits
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Chthonic
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of or relating to the underworld
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