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17 Cards in this Set
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Was sun god, pulled sun across sky in chariot--Romans replaced him with Apollo |
Helios
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Whip, globe, eagle
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Helios
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How is Helios represented?
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Youth with halo, in chariot
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Son of Helios
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Phaethon
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Helios' son, pulled sun across sky, horses felt weaker hands and went wild, when Phaethon got too close to early with sun he thunderbolted him, he fell into River, nymphs found him and cried--creating amber, ethiopians turned black from being burned by sun
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Phaethon
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How did amber originate? |
Tears of the nymphs who mourned Phaethon after he died
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Where did black people come from?
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Phaethon flying too close to earth and burning the Ethiopians with the sun
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Goddesses of the evening and golden light if sunset, cared for tree of golden apples from Hera. Helped by Ladon (serpent with 100 heads)
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The Hesperides
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Lover of Zeus; eagle brought him to Mount Olympus, where he became cupbearer to gods; constellation |
Ganymede
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Presided over arts and sciences, inspired artists--poets and musicians--served Apollo
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Muses
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Goddess of memory, inventor of words, mother of muses
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Mnemosyne
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Golden shower/chest out to sea
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Danae
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Oracle warned her son would kill her father, so he put her in bronze room away from men. Zeus came to her as shower of gold, and they had Perseus. Father put both in chest and set it out to sea. Son killed grandfather.
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Danae
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Goddess of blossoming flowers and spring
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Flora
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Pictured wearing flowers
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Flora
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Fertility goddess, earth mother
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Fauna
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Pictured with baby animals
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Fauna |
