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50 Cards in this Set
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the first race of mythological giants; born to Mother Earth (Gaea) and Father Sky (Uranus)?
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Titans
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children of the Titans; the main ruling panel of gods and goddesses; also called the Olympians; main leader is Zeus; there are 12 of them?
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Pantheon
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mountain on which the Pantheon lives?
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Mount Olympus
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-place in the Underworld where heroes are sent as a reward to fight battles eternally?
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Elysian Fields
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river that has to be crossed to get to the Underworld?
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River Styx
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gloomy place where all Greeks go when they die; punishment is given out based on each person’s sins?
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Underworld
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Father Sky; imprisoned his children inside their mother, Earth?
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Uranus
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Mother Earth; wife of Uranus?
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Gaea
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swallowed his children to keep them from overthrowing him; eventually his son Zeus took power from him; Roman name is Saturn; also called Father Time?
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Kronos
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wife of Kronos?
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Rhea
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three ugly goddesses of vengeance; sometimes help determine people’s punishment in the underworld, especially for familial crimes?
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The Furies
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three sisters who determine the destinies of humans by weaving a tapestry of each person’s life?
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The Fates
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King of the gods and goddesses; god of thunder and lightning; Roman name is Jupiter?
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Zeus
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Queen of the gods and goddesses; Zeus’ very jealous wife; Roman name is Juno?
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Hera
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god of the Underworld; Roman name is Pluto?
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Hades
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god of the sea; Roman name is Neptune?
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Poseidon
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goddess of love and beauty; famous for punishing beautiful women; Roman name is Venus?
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Aphrodite
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god of war and violence; Roman name is Mars?
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Ares
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deformed god of fire and blacksmithing; married to Aphrodite; Roman name is Vulcan?
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Hephaestus
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-goddess of grain, harvest, and fertility; Roman name is Ceres?
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Demeter
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goddess of the moon and the hunt; Roman name is Diana?
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Artemis
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-god of the sun, light, healing, music, and poetry; responsible for carrying the sun across the sky; Roman and Greek names are the same?
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Apollo
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goddess of wisdom, domestic arts, and war strategies; does not like women and is repulsed by the idea of marriage and children; born from her father Zeus’ head; Roman name is Minerva?
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Athena
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-god of love; Aphrodite’s son; Roman name is Cupid?
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Eros
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messenger of the gods; god of commerce; patron of liars, gamblers, and dishonest people; Roman name is Mercury?
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Hermes
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creator of man; punished for giving man fire by being chained to a mountain and having a vulture tear out his liver daily?
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Prometheus
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mentally slow brother of Prometheus; responsible for giving each creature its gifts/talents that help it survive; married to Pandora?
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Epimetheus
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first mortal woman created by the gods; her curiosity caused her to open a box that she was not supposed to releasing disease, misery, and corruption into the world?
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Pandora
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god of wine and merriment; Roman name is Bacchus?
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Dionysus
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queen of the Underworld; forced to live there 6 months each year because she ate 6 pomegranate seeds while there; her story explains the seasons; Roman name is Proserpina?
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Persephone
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ferries the people across the River Styx if they have a gold coin?
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Charon
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goddess of the hearth and home; one of Zeus’ sisters; Roman name is Vesta?
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Hestia
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nymph who was punished for talking too much by having to repeat the last words a person says?
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Echo
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vain man who fell in love with his own reflection and was turned into a flower?
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Narcissus
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Apollo’s foolish son who scorched the earth when he drove the sun too close to it. His story explains the different races and climates of the world?
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Phaethon
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great architect who created the maze where the minotaur lived; was punished for helping a prisoner find his way out?
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Daedalus
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Daedalus’s son; foolish boy who flew too close to the sun and melted his wax wings?
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Lcarus
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gifted weaver who was turned into a spider by Athena?
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Arachne
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-strongest man in the universe; completed 12 labors as punishment for killing his family; released Prometheus?
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Hercules
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greatest warrior in Greece; his mother dipped all but his heels in the River Styx to protect him; he died from an arrow wound to his unprotected heel?
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Achilles
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fastest runner in Greece; died at the city’s gates after saying, “Nike!” which means victory?
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Phidippide
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god of the fields and the meadows; a satyr who is greatly feared because he captures women alone in the woods and ravishes them; son of Hermes?
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Pan
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-king who was given a special gift to turn everything he touched into gold; he later regretted it when it made life difficult?
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Midas
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three-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld?
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Cerberus
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part man, part bull who lived in a maze and ate humans who were forced to enter by the king?
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Minotaur
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part man, part horse; fierce and likes to fight?
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Centaur
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part man, part goat; gentle most of the time; likes music?
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Satyr
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-part woman, part bird; lure sailors with their beautiful voices to crash on the rocks so they can eat them; also called harpies?
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Sirens
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monster who was once a beautiful woman; she was changed into a creature with snakes for hair and a stare that will turn you into stone?
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Medusa
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white, winged horse; was born from the blood of Medusa?
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Pegasus
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