Grst 209 Midterm 1

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Mythos

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Greek for "word", "speech", "tale", or "story"

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Trado

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Latin for "hand over"

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Legenda

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Latin for "something that must be read"

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Ainos

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Greek for moral fable

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Hesiod

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Greek writer who wrote "Theogany" and "Works and Days"

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Theogany (meaning of word)

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"Origin of the gods"

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Cosmogony

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"Origin of the world"

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Who replaced Chaos?

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Ge, Tartarus, Eros

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Asexual children of Gaia?

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Uranus, Mountains, Pontus

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Eros

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Deification of attraction and sexually love

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Pontus

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Sea

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Erebus

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Gloomy darkness of Tartarus

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Oceanus

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Titan that is the surrounding ocean

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Hyperion

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Titan that has many important children

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Rhea

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Titan. Next mother goddess after Gaia

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Mnemosyne

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Titan. Deification of memory

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Children of Erebus and Black Night?

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Aether and Day

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Aether

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Upper atmosphere

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Monster children of Gaia and Uranus

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Cyclopes and Hecatonchires

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Hecatonchires

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100 arms/hands and 50 heads

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Hieros gamos

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Sacred marriage

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Oceanids

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3000 sons + 3000 daughters of Oceanus and Tethys

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Tethys

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Mother of oceanids

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Leto

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Daughter of Coeus and Phoebe. Conceived Apollo and Artemis with Zeus

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Hyperion

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Sun god. Father of Helius, Selene, Eos

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Theia

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Titan. Mother of Helius, Selene, and Eos

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Phaethon

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Son of Helius and Clymene

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Clymene

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Mother of Phaethon

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Leucothoe

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Lover of Helius. Daughter of Persian king Orchamus and Eurynome

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Clytie

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Oceanid in love with Helius. Told Orchamus of the affair between Helius and Leucothoe

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Endymion

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Shepard that Selene fell in love with

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Tithonis

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Mortal lover of Eos. Became immortal, but still aged

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Adamantine

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Material of Cronus' sickle

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Children of Uranus' genitalia...?

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Erinyes, Giants, Aphrodite

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Erinyes

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(Furies) 3 daughters of Uranus. Winged monsters that kill people who break oaths

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Levi-Struass

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Initial people behind structuralism

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"machy"

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"battle"

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Titans on Gods' side in titanomachy?

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Themes and Prometheus

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Typhoeus

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(typhaon or typhon) dragon storm giant born from Gaia. Final threat to Zeus

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Metis

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Means "cleverness". Also the mistress of Zeus and mother of Athena

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Deucalion

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Son of Prometheus. Survivor of bronze age flood

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Pyrrha

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Wife of Deucalion. Also survived the bronze age flood

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Prometheus

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Son of Themis or son of Clymene and Iapetus. Name means forethought

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"pan"

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"all"

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Dora

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"gifts"

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Epimetheus

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"after thought". Given Pandora.

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"di-"

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Indoeuropean root of Zeus meaning "bright"

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Dyanus Pitar

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"Father sky"

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Dike

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Justice

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Xenia

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Guest friendship

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Panhellenic

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"For all Greeks"

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Dodona

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Location of oracle dedicated to Zeus

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Eileithyia

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Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery. Daughter of Zeus and Hera

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Hebe

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Greek goddess of youth. Daughter of Zeus and Hera

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Moirai

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The fates. Three goddesses that controlled the life of every mortal from birth to death. Daughters of Zeus and Themis

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Charites

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Three or more goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, etc. Daughters of Zeus and Hera

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Hera etymology

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"Ruler" and "lady"

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Diadem

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Hera's crown

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Hestia etymology

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"Hearth"

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Nereus

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Old man of the sea

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Amphitrite

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Daughter of Nereus. Wife of Poseidon. Mother of Triton

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Triton

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Son of Poseidon and Amphitrite

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Polyphemus

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Cyclopes son of Poseidon

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Scylla

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Sea monster that kills sailors

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Charybdis

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Daughter of Poseidon and Gaia. Whirlpool sea monster that sucks up ships

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Artemis etymology

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"mistress of animals"

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Ephesus

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Location of Athena temple containing weird Athena statue with globular things on chest.

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Delos

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Island where Leto hides and births Artemis and Apollo

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Niobe

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Queen of Thebes. Had 12 children. Hubris

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Acraeon

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Young man who saw Artemis bathing

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Callisto

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Young girl that bathed with Artemis. Impregnated by Zeus (disguised as Artemis) and then turned into a bear by Artemis.

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Hippolytus

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Son of Theseus. Ignored Aphrodite in his devotion to Artemis. Aphrodite causes his step mom Phaedra to fall madly in love with him. She commits suicide. He is exiled and then killed by sea monster

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Phaedra

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Wife of Theseus. Step mother of Hippolytus

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Aegis

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Goatskin shield

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Plepos

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Dress of Athena

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Cthonic

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From the earth

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Arachne

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Pro weaver that challenged Athena

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"Parthenos"

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"virgin"

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"Polias"

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"Defender of city"

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"Nike"

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"Bringer of victory"

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Panathenaia

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Festival for Athena. Unmarried girls weave

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Daphne

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Shot by an arrow by Eros causing her to be repelled by Apollo. Eventually turned into Laurel Tree

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Phoebus Apollo

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"Shining Apollo"

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Marsyas

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Satyr that challenged Apollo to a music contest.

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Telphusa

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Spring nymph that tricked Apollo into building temple elsewhere

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Pythia

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Person Apollo speaks through at oracle of Delphi

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Ares etymology

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"Curse"

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Maia

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Mountain nymph. Lover of Zeus. Mother of Hermes

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Hermes etymology

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"He of the stone heap"

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"herm"

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Road markers

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Caduceus

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Latin word for Herme's staff

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Karykeion

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Greek word for winged shoes of Hermes

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Psychopompos

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Ability to move between all parts of the world. Guide souls to underworld

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Argus

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100 eye guardian of Io

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"aphros"

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Foam

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Aphrodite Urania

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Goddess of spiritual love

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Aphrodite Pandemos

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Goddess of physical love

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Where does Aphrodite go after being born?

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Island of Cyprus

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Where is Aphrodite popular?

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Cythera + Corinth

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Horae

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Goddess of seasons

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Followers of Aphrodite (2)

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Charites and Horae

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Priapus

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Son of Aphrodite and Dionysus. Fertility god

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Pygmalion

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Hermit of Cyprus. Falls in love with statue. Aphrodite turns statue into real woman.

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Adonis

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Beautiful hunter that Aphrodite falls in love with. Killed by boar because he didn't take Aphrodite's advice to run. Turned into anemone

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What flower does Adonis get turned into?

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Anemone

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Anchises

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Father of Aeneas. Lover of Aphrodite (due to Zeus)

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Lemnos

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Location of Hephaestus' cult

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Hades etymology

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"invisible"

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"polydegmon"

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Receiver of many souls

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"polyxenos"

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"host to many"

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Scepter

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Kingly staff

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Cornocopia

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Horn of plenty. Found in the underworld and with Demeter

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Persephone

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Daughter of Demeter. Wife of Hades

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Persephone etymology

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"killer of wheat" or "thrasher of wheat"

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Psyche

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"breathe" - disembodied souls

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eidolon

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"image" - people in underworld are just images of their past life. Content gone

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2 rivers to cross in underworld

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Styx and Acheron

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Charon

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Helped souls cross the rivers of the underworld (if they paid)

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Anthsteria

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Time of year where people had to go honour the dead

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Katabasis

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Ability of a mortal to go into the underworld and return alive

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Orpheus

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Legendary musician and poet. Said to have invited the lyre. Married to Eurydice. When she died he tried to retrieve her from the underworld, but accidentally looked back, losing her forever

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Plain of Judgement

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Three gods that decide the punishment for mortals that transgress against the gods

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Elysian Field

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Beautiful place in underworld for heroes

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"meter"

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"mother"

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"de"

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Earth

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Polos

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Cylindrical hat of Demeter

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Kore

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Persephone when she is with Demeter

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Hecate

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Daughter of Persaeus. Heard Persephone scream

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Eleusis

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Place where Demeter goes after hearing news of Hades taking Persephone

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Celeus

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Ruler of Eleusis when Demeter visits

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Doso

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Demeter's disguise

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Metaneira

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Wife of Celeus. Took Demeter in

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"dions"

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"of Zeus"

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"Nysus"

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"Raised by Nysa"

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Semele

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Mother of Dionysus. Daughter of Cadmus. Lover of Zeus

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Thyrsus

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Stick wrapped with ivy and tipped with pinecone

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Maenads

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Woman followers of Dionysus.

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Satyrs

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Male followers of Dionysus

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Silenus

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Old satyr chief

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Cadmus

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Father of Semele

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Pentheus

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Grandson of Cadmus and king of Thebes upon Dionysus' arrival

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Tiresias

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Priest. Friend of Cadmus

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Agave

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Mother of Pentheus