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37 Cards in this Set
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Acrisius
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King of Argos, father of Danae
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Proetus
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King of Tiryns, Brother of Acrisius
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Oracle Phropecy...
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Danae's child will kill Acrisius...sooo Acrisius imprisions Danae in un underground chamber
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Brazen Tower
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Roman poet Horace's version of Danae's prision
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Zeus falls inlove with Danae
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Sneaks into her prision and impregnates her
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Perseus
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Child born of Danae and Zeus
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Acrisius finds out about baby Perseus
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Denies his divine parentage and sends Perseus and Danae down stream in a chest
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"Dictys"
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"Net Man" Rescues mother and son, shelters them
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Polydectes
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King of Seriphos, brother of Dictys, falls in love with Danae, she rejects him
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Perseus boasts that he can bring the king a hed of a gorgon
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Athena helps him, later Hermes is included as well
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The graeae, "Graiai"
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"The grey ones". Daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, sisters of Gorgons. 1 eye, 1 tooth between them. Perseus steals both! SO they reveal the whereabouts of the Nymphs
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The Nymphs...
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Give Perseus a cap of invisibilty, winged sandals and a leather pouch
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Kibisis
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Leather pouch given to Perseus by Nymphs
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Scimitar
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Polished shield given to Perseus by Hermes
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3 Gorgons
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Daughters of Phorcys and Cyto. 2 are immortal, 1 is mortal-Medusa
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Medusa
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Only mortal Gorgon, look in her eyes and she'll turn anyone to stone. She is soo ugly
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Perseus beheads Medusa
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With the help of Athena (he looks in the reflection of the shield, not right at her) and is able to put her head in his leather pouch.
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Meduse is pregnant by...
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Poseidon, and from her decapitated body comes Chrysaor
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"Chrysaor"
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"He of the golden sword", father of Monster Geryon
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Pegasus
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Winged horse, his hoof strikes mt. Helicon, and there is now the Hippocrene
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"Hippocrene"
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"Horses fountain" - A source of poetic inspiration
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Andromeda
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Daughter of Kng Cepheus and Queen Cassiopea
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Cassiopea boasts
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That she is more beautiful than all the Nereids, and her punishment is Poseidon floods her kingdom and sends a sea- monster
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The oracle of Zeus Ammon says that to appease the punishment of Cassiopea they must...
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Sacrifice Andromeda
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Perseus meet Andromeda...
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kills the sea monster himself so that he can marry Andromeda.
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Perses
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Child of Perseus and Andromeda. Founder of Perseid Dynasty, Ancestor of Heracles
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Perseus rescues Danae by
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turning Polydectes into stone, makes Dictys ruler of Seriphos, released Danae
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"Gorgoneion"
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The head of Meduse was set in the middle of Athena shield
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Bellerophon
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Grandson of Sisyphus, from Corinth.
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Perseus kills Acrisius
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Accidentally threw a discuss that killed him! :(
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Sthenboea
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Wife of Proetus, falls in love with Bellerophon (Grandson of Sisyphus) but Bellophon rejects him and so Sthendoea accuses him of attempted seduction
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Proetus
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King of Tiryns, exchanged land with Perseus when he was exiled after accidentally killing his brother. Also accept Bellerophon who also accidentally killed his brother
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Bellerophon sent to lycia
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with a letter that said he had tried to seduce Sthenboea and should be destroyed so he was sent on a terrible quest
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Bellerophons Quest
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Kill Chimera
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Chimera
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Hybrid creature - Lion had, serpent tail, goat midriff
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Athena gives him a golden bridle
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Which tames Pegasus and saves him from the Chimera
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Bellerophons tries to get up to Mt Olympus on Pegasus' back
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Zeus knocks him off, he lives but is crippled, Pegasus makes it to Olympus. Moral - Dont fly too high
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