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61 Cards in this Set
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the telling of stories, morals and lessons
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Mythology
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The officially reconized gods of a particular culture
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Pantheon
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12 main gods and goddesses are called
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Twelve Olympians
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Thentwelve olympians live on top of what
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Mount Olympus
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Roman Name Jupiter
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Zeus
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Cheif of Olympians
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Zeus
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god of sky, justice, and strangers
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Zeus
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Roman Name Juno
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Hera
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Wfe o fZeus
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Hera
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god of motherhood and wives
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Hera
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god of the underworld, watches over the dead
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hades
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Roman Name Dian
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artemis
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hera's crippled son
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hephaestus
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twin sister of apollo
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artemis
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blascksmith to the gods
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hephaestus
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roman name cupid
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eros
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roman name mercury
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hermes
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goddess of intelling wisdom and warfare
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athena
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god of mindless wars
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ares
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goddess of hunt chasity
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artemis
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roman name volcan
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hephaestus
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son of zeus and hera
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ares
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zeus's forgotten brother
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hades
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zeus's brither is cranky and ill tempered
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poseiden
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twin brother of artemis
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apollo
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married to aphrodite
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hespaestus
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goddess of ove and desire
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aphrodite
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married to hephaestus
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aphrodite
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roman name mars
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ares
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roman name venus
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aphrodite
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helps people fall in love with eachother
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eros
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messenger to the gods
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hermes
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tricky and sneaky
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hermes
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roman name neptune
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poseiden
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son of aphrodite
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eros
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god of theives and decievers
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hermes
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god of sea, earthquakes, represents bulls and horses
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poseiden
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roman name pluto
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hades
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roman name minerra
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athena
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zeus's daughter but doesnt belong to hera
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athena
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roman name phoebus apollo
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apollo
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god of light, prophecy, music, medicine, archery
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apollo
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what are the four other gods not counted among the olympians called
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four earthbound gods
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roman name ceres
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demeter
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sister of zeus and of peresphone
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demeter
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goddess of harvest
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demeter
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roman name proserpine
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persephone
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daughter of zeus and demeter
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persephone
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becomes queen of the underworld
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persephone
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goddess of spring
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persephone
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roman name bacchus
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dionysus
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son of zeus
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dionysus
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god of vines, wine, and fertility
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dionysus
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associated with dionysus
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pan
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has goat ears and legs
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pan
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god of shepherds and flocks
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pan
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roman name vesta
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hestia
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sister of zeus
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hestia
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a chaste/maiden
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hestia
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doesnt really have a mmajor role in the myths
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hestia
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goddess of heart home family
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hestia
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