Greek Mythology Final 8G

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What is a hero's "clash of wills?"

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The final battle or final task a hero must face before they complete their quest.

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What is a hero's "road of trials?"

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The conflicts/confrontations a hero crosses/comes across during his quest that helps lead him to full-fill the quest.

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What is a hero's "ultimate boon?"

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The item that the hero must carry, protect, or use to achieve his quest.

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What is a hero's "call to adventure?"

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The incident/occurance that makes the hero take up his quest.

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The man that ferries souls across the River Styx and into the Underworld

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Charon

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One-eyed giants that work in the forges

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Cyclops

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Children of Ge and Uranos who have 50 heads and 100 hands

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Hecatonchires

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A three-headed, serpent-tailed dog that guards the entrance to the Underworld

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Cerberus

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A giant boar created by Artemis to get revenge on Atalanta and Meleager

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Calydonian Boar

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A creature with three heads where, when one head is cut off, two more grow back in its place

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Lernaean Hydra

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A creature that had an impenetrable skin and was strangled by Hercules

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Nemean Lion

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Three old women who shared one eye and one tooth and were the protectors of The Gorgons

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The Gray Sisters

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Three monsters who have snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone who looks into them to stone

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The Gorgons

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Nymphs who guarded Hera’s golden apple tree

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The Hesperides/Nymphs of the West

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This hero fell in love with a wild huntress

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Meleager

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This hero went to Hades and played his golden lyre to win his wife back

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Orpheus

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This hero was such a wonderful huntress many thought she was Artemis

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Atalanta

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This hero was known for his incredible strength

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Hercules

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This hero was known for being a wonderful musician, almost as good as Apollo

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Orpheus

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This hero suffered a bout of madness due to Hera’s wrath

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Hercules

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This hero offered the head of Medusa as a wedding gift to the king

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Perseus

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This hero led the Calydonian Hunt against the giant boar

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Meleager

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This hero had to full-fill The Twelve Labors

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Hercules

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This hero encountered The Gray Sisters, The Hesperides, Atlas, & The Gorgons during his quest

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Perseus

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This hero agreed to marry a man who would beat her in a footrace

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Atalanta

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God of wine, vegetation, and fertility

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Dionysus/Bacchus

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God of the sun

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Apollo

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Goddess of the silver bow, moon, and fisherman; protector of animals

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Artemis/Diana

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Goddess of wisdom and war

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Athena/Minerva

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God of fire, the forge/the smith, workman, artisans, and builders

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Hephaestus/Vulcan

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Goddess of love, beauty, marriage, and fertility

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Aphrodite/Venus

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Messenger god; god of thieves; god of good luck; protector of travelers

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Hermes/Mercury

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God of the underworld

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Hades/Pluto

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God of war

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Ares/Mars

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God of the seas, oceans, rivers, ponds, sailors, ports, and fishing; god of horses

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Poseidon/Neptune

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Goddess of the harvest

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Demeter/Ceres

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Queen of heaven; goddess of women, childbirth, marriage, and earth

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Hera/Juno

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King of gods and universe; god of sky/heaven; rain god

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Zeus/Jupiter