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150 Cards in this Set
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Kadmeia
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original name of the city of Thebes
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Cadmus
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founder of Kadmeia
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Boeotia
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"cow land" area of Greece which Thebes is in
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spartoi
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"sown men" men who spring from the dragon teeth
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autochthonos
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someone who has the right to the land. Since the spartoi were born from the land they have the right to this
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Ino, Autonoe, Agave, Semele
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daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia
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Labdacos
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grandson of Cadmus who takes over the kingdom of Thebes
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Laius
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son of Labdacos who gets the kingdom when he is just a baby
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Lykos
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man who takes care of the kingdom until Laius is old enough
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Amphion and Zethus
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sons of Antiope and Zeus who rebuild Thebes
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Amphion
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musician
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Zethus
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herdsmen/warrior
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Pelops
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king who gices hospitality to Laius when he's in exile
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Chryssipus
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son of Pelops who Laius fools around with
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Jocasta
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wife of Laius
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Oedipus
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son of Laius and Jocasta. name means swollen foot
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Corinth
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Odepius is abandoned on a mountain and adopted by the king and queen of this place
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Sphinx
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a monster who is killing the people of Thebes if they cannot answer its riddle
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Antigone and Ismene
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daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta
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Eteocles and Polyneices
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sons of Oedipus who are to share the kingdom of Thebes by taking turns
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Sophocles
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a Greek playwright who wrote plays about Thebes
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Oedipus Tyrranus
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all about Oedipus as king of Thebes
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Oedipus at Colonus
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Oedupus as an old man who goes to Athens to die
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Antigone
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Oedipus's daughter who is killed for burying her brother
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Creon
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Jocasta's brother who rules Thebes when Oedipus dies
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Tiresias
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blind prophet who tells Oedipus that he killed his father and married his mother. Story of male and female snakes, etc.
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Hero cult
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worship of a heroic man who has died, ie Oedipus
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chthonian
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something from the earth, Hero cults are an example of it.
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Theseus
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king of Athens. First priest of the Oedipus cult
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Arete
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inner virtue
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Tantulus
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invites gods to dinner and feeds them a stew made from his own son, Pelops
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Pelops
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"man with ivory shoulder" Demeter ate a piece of his shoulder so when he was brought back to life he had a silver shoulder
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Pelopnnesus
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SW Greece where Peleips ends up. "Island of Pelops"
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Elis
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city where Peleops goes to win the princess in marriage
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Oenamuaus
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king of Elis, kills all suitors who cannot beat him in a chariot race. Pelops beats him
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Hippodameia
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princess of Elis, becomes wife of Elis
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Myrtilus
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Oenamaus's charioteer whom Pelops bribes to scriw up Oenamuas's chariot. Pelops promises him a "turn" with Hippodameia
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Atreus and Thyestes
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soms of Pelops. The kill him and are exiled to Mycenae
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Aerope
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wife of Atreus. Thysestes screws around with her
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golden ram
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whowcer has this is ruler of Mycenae. Thysestes seduces Atreus' wife to get this
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Aigisthus
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only child of Thysestes to survive. Atreus cooks Thysestes' other children in a stew for revenge for messing with Aerope
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Clytemnestra and Helen
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daughters of Leda and Tyndareus (Zeus)
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Agamemnon and Menelaus
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sons of Atreus and Aerope
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Agamemnon marries who?
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Clytemnestra
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Menelaus marries who?
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Helen
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Electra, Iphigeneia, and Orestes
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children of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra and Helen
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Iphigeneia
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daughter of Agamemnon who is sacraficed to Artemis at Aulis so the Greek fleet can continue to Troy
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Paris Alexander
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shepherd, Prince of Troy- Aphrodite wins the beauty contest he judges and promises him Helenm the most beautiful woman, so he goes to Sparta and kidnaps her.
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Calchas
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priest of Artemis who gives an oracle to sacrifice Iphigeneia
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Clytemnestra
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kills Agamemnon when he comes home from Troy
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Orestes
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Apollo's oracle who tells him to kill his mother (Clytemnestra)
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Furies
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the evil spirits who haunt Orestes after he kills his mother
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Eumenides
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after Orestes is found innocent a his trial (the first murder trial in Athens) the evil spirits turn good and are called this
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Athena
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casts the deciding vote in Orestes' murder trial
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Abduction of Helen
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Paris kidnaps Helen, the Trojan war starts
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Princes of Greece
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all of Helen's old suitors who vow to defend her and must now go fight in Troy
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palinode version
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a cloud image is taken by Paris to Troy and the real Helen goes to Egypt
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draft dodgers
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Odysseus and Achilles
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Odysseus
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pretends he is insane
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Achilles
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dresses up as a woman in to get out of going to Troy
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Palamedes
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the enlistment officer. He gets Odysseus by placing his son Telemachus in front of a plow
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Aulis
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the cite in Eastern Greece where the Greek forces assemble
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Philoctetes
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Greek solider who gets bitten by a snake and is exiled for the first nine years of war
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Lemnos
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island where Philoctetes spends his years of exile
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bow of Hercules
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Philoctetes has this and the Greeks need it to win
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Priam and Hecuba
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rulers of Troy
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Paria Alexander
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son of Priam and Hecuba. Shepherd on Mt. Ida
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Hector
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#1 Trojan hero, son of Priam and Hecuba
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Andromache
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wife of Hector
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Astyanax
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som of Hector, thrown from the walls after the war
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Cassandra
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daughter of Priam and Hecuba who propecizes and is never believed by others because Apollo puts a curse on her for not returning his affection
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Triple A
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Apollo, Agamemnon, Ajax, Cassandra's lovers
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Polyxena
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daughter of Priam and Hecuba who is sacrifced on Achilles' grave at the end of the war
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Aeneas
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a Trojan who survives the war and sails to Italy to found Rome
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Agamemnon of Mycenae
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leader of the Greek forces
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Menelaus of Sparta
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Agamemnon's brother, husband of Helen
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Ajax I of Salamis
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second strongest fighter
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Ajax the II of Locris
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rapes Cassandra, killed by Posiedon
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Nestor of Pylos
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oldest Freek soldier, always gives advice
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Diomedes of Argos
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attacks the Gods on the battlefield
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Idomeneus of Crete
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a volunteer and an expert archer
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Odysseus of Ithaca
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smartest warrior who invents the wooden horse
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Achilles of Phthia
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#1 Greek warrior
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Chryseis
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daughter of a priest of Apollo, Agamemnon's mistress who he has to give back, so he takes Achilles' instead
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Briseis
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Achilles' girl whom Agamemnon takes causing Achilles to refuse to fight anymore
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Patroclus
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Achilles' best friend who borrows his armor
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Thetis
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mother of Achilles who asks Hephaestus to make him a new set of armor so that he can go back and fight
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shield of Achilles
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Hephaestus makes a shield with a picture of two cities on it. One city is at peace while the the other is at war with scenes of fighting
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armor of Achilles
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after the death of Achilles the Greeks decide to give his armor to the bravest Greek, Odysseus wins it. But Ajax I thinks he should have gotten it. He decides to kill all the Greeks but Athena makes him crazy and he ends up killing a herd of cows instead. WHen he comes to his senses and realizes what he has done, he's humiliated and commits suicide
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Achilles' heel
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the only part of Achilles that is not immortal. Paris finds this out when he shoots him their with a poison arrow.
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Apollo
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god of music
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Vulcan
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architect, smith, armourer, chariot builder, artist of all work in Olympus
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Titans
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Saturn
Rhea Oceanus Hyperion Iapetus Ophion Themis Mnemosyne Eurynome |
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Female Titans
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Rhea
Themis Mnemosyne Eurynome |
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Male Titans
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Saturn
Oceanus Iapetus Hyperion Ophion |
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Match the following titans to the respective god of power:
Saturn Oceanus Hyperion |
Jupiter
Neptune Apollo |
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Hyperion
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father of sun, moon, and dawn
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Ophion and Eurynome
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ruled over Olympus until Saturn and Rhea dethroned them
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Metis
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Prudence
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Neptune
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Poseidon
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Pluto
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Dis
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Jupiter
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king of gods, thunder and lightening weapon, aegis shield, and eagle was his favorite bird
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Juno
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Hera
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Iris
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goddes of rainbow
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Juno`
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wife of Jupiter, favorite bird was peacock
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Ares
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god of war, son of Jupiter and Juno
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Phoebus Apollo
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god of archery, prophecy,the sun and music, son of Jupiter and Latona, his sister was Diana
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Diana
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goddess of the moon
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Venus
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goddess of love and beauty, some say the daughter of Jupiter and Dione, others say she sprung from the foam of the sea. favorite birds include the swan,doves, and plants include the rose and myrtle
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Cestus
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girdle of Venus
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Cupid
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god of love, son of Venus
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Anteros
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god of slighted love, symbol of reciprocal affection
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Minerva
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goddess of wisdom, offspring of Jupiter alone, favorite bird was the owl and her fav. plant was the olive
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Mercury
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son of Jupiter and Maia, presided over commerce, wrestling, and gymnastic exercises including anything that required dexterity or skill. He was the messenger of Zeus and wore winged cap and shoes. invented the lyre from a tortoise
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caduecus
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Mercury's rod w/ two serpents
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Ceres
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daughter of Saturn and Rhea, had Prosperpine, ruled over agriculture
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Prosperpine
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qureen of the dead, wife to Pluto
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Bacchus
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god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele. promoter of civilization and a lawgiver and lover of peace
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Muses
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daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, presided over song and prompte the memory
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Calliope
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epic poetry
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Clio
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history
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Euterpe
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lyric poetry
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Melpomene
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tragedy
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Terpsichore
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choral dance and song
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Erato
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love poetry
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Polyhymnia
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sacred poetry
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Urania
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astronomy
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Thalia
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comedy
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Fates
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Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos
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Fates`
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spin and cut of human destiny when they pleased, daughters of Themis
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Themis
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law
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Eurinyes/Furies
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punished by secret stings the crimes of those who escaped of defied public justice and had heads wreathed in serpents
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Furies names
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Alecto, Tisiphone, Megaera, Eumenides
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Nemesis
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avenging anger of the gods
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Pan
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god of flocks and sheperds; favorite spot was in Arcadia
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Momus
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god of Laughter
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Plutus
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god of wealth
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Sinon
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a Greek who pretends to be a Greek deserter and lets the Trojans capture him. Tell the Trojans that the horse is an offering to Athena and to take it inside the city
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Laocoon
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a Trojan priest who warns that the horse is a trick. When he says this, two giant snakes come out of the sea and strangle him and his two sons. The Trojans take this as a sign that he was wrong and they take the horse in. When night falls. the Greeks, who had sailed away come back and the Greeks who were inside the horse come out, burn the city and kill all the Trojan men and enslave the Trojan women.
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Neoptolemus
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son of Achilles, goes to Lemnos, brings back Philoctetes so the Greeks can win the war. During the vurning of Troy, he murders Priam, the king of Troy
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Faunus
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god of fields and sheperds
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Quirinus
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war god
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Bellona
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war goddess
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Terminus
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god of landmarks
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Pales
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goddess of cattle and pastures
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Pomona
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goddess of fruit trees
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Flora
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goddess of flowers
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Lucina
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goddess of childbirth
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Vesta
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goddess of the hearth
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Liber
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Bacchus
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