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Zeus’ Ovid stories

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Io, Semele, Ganymede, & Europa

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Io

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Zeus raped her and turned her into a cow

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Semele

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Fucked Zeus while seeing his true form so she died. Zeus carried their child, Dionysus, in his thigh.

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Ganymede

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Zeus’ cup bearer boyfriend that he kidnapped

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Europa

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She rode bull Zeus

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Demeter’s Ovid story

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Rape of Persephone - Hades kidnapped and raped Persephone. She was allowed to leave the underworld if she didn’t eat. She ate so the compromise is half a year with Hades, half a year with Demeter.

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Apollo’s Ovid stories

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Slaying of Python, Daphne, Pheathon, Marsyas, Hyacinth

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Slaying of Python

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Apollo killed the snake terrorizing Parnassus

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Daphne

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Didn’t want to sleep with Apollo so she got a river god to make her a tree

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Pheathon

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Apollo’s son who crashed the sun chariot and was killed by Zeus

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Marsyas

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Satyr that lost a flute contest to Apollo and had is body flayed as punishment

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Hyacinth

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Apollo’s boyfriend who was killed by a discus

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Artemis’ Ovid stories

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Callisto, Niobe, Acteon, Atalanta

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Callisto

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Raped by Zeus and turned into a bear when Hera saw she birthed a son. Zeus protects her by turning her and her son into constellations.

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Niobe

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Had her 14 children killed for bragging about being better than Leto

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Acteon

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Stumbles upon Artemis bathing and is turned into a deer who gets killed by his dogs

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Atalanta

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She races Hippomenes for the right to not marry him which she loses because of golden apples. Aphrodite angry for not getting her thanks turns both into lions.

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Athena’s Ovid stories

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Arachne & Aphrodite and Adonis

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Arachne

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Claimed to be a better weaver than Athena and was turned into a spider when she was about to win the contest

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Aphrodite and Adonis

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Aphrodite fell in love with Adonis who was killed by a boar

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Dionysus’s Ovid story

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Pentheus - Tore limb from limb during a ritual od Bacchus

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Hermaphroditus

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Creature of both sexes

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Pygmalion and Galatea

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Falls in love with a statue that the gods make real and they have a kid named Paphos

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Narcissus

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Falls in love with his reflection and drowns when he tries to kiss himself

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Echo
Tricked Hera so she was cursed to only repeat people
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Midas
Got the golden touch, had Dionysus take it away, got donkey ears from Apollo
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Pan and Syrinx
A nymph that didn't want to sleep with Pan so she was turned into reeds that Pan turned into the first pan pipe
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Orpheus and Eurydice
She gets killed, he goes to get her, his singing makes people cry, he can take her if he doesn't turn to look, he turns to look, bye-bye Eurydice, he gets stoned and torn apart, Orpheus and Eurydice reunite
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Pantheon
Temple to all the gods
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Zeus
Storm god / Guardian of state Animal - Eagle Attribute - Thunderbolt, scepter, throne Parents - Kronos & Rhea
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Hera
Childbirth / Marriage Animal - Cow & peacock Parents - Kronos & Rhea
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Kanathos
The spring where Hera re-virginizes each year
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Poseidon
Sea / Earthquakes / Horses / Freshwater Animal - Horse Attribute - Trident Parents - Kronos & Rhea Sanctuary - Mt. Helicon
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Demeter
Agriculture Attribute - Staff of wheat Parents - Kronos & Rhea Sanctuary - Telesterion
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Apollo
Music / Archery / Medicine / Sun / Prophecy Attribute - Bow & quiver Parents - Zeus & Leto Sanctuary - Delos
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Artemis
Hunt / Fertility / Moon Animal - Bear Attribute - Bow & quiver, crescent Sanctuary - Delos
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Athena
Wisdom / Crafts / Strategy Animal - Owl Attribute - Armor, spear, and helmet Sanctuary - Erechtheion
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Hestia
Hearth / Fire Parents - Kronos & Rhea Sanctuary - Megaron
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Hermes
Heralds / Thieves / Messenger of the gods / Magic Animal - Ram Attribute - Caduceus Parents - Zeus & Maia Sanctuary - Arcadia
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Aphrodite
Love Animal - Dove & swan Attribute - Cupid Parents - Zeus & Dione
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Dionysus
Wine / Vines / Vegetation Animal - Wild cats Parents - Zeus & Semele Sanctuary - Mt. Cithaeron
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Panhellenic Festival
4 separated sports festivals held to honor the gods
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Olympic Games
Athletic competitions held to honor Zeus
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Panathenaea
Athletic competitions held to honor Athena
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Apollo Belvedere
Pythian Apollo, celebrated marble sculpture
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Orion
Was killed by a giant scorpion and turned into a constellation by Zeus
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Hecate
Goddess of magic, the moon, and darkness
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Asclepius
God of medicine
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Hades
God of the underworld
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Cerberus
3 headed dog
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Styx
The river between earth and underworld, hate
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Charon
Ferryman of the dead
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Vergil's Aeneid
Aeneas fleed to Rome then visited his father in the underworld
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Acheron
Woe
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Sibyl of Cumae
Priestess who helps Aeneas
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Golden Bough
Branch that symbolizes Aeneas being destined to go to the underworld
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Avernus
Entrance to the underworld
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Katabasis
Traveling to the underworld
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The 3 judges of the underworld
Rhadamanthys, Aeacus, & Minos
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Tantalus
Fed his son to the gods now he can't eat or drink
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Sisyphus
Escaped death so now he must push a boulder up a hill for eternity
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Tityus
Tried to rape Leto and must now have his liver eaten for eternity
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Ixion
Murdered his father in law and tried to rape Hera so he was strapped to a burning wheel
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Danaids
50 daughters for 50 sons who killed their husbands and have to carry water in a sieve
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Typhoeus
Deadliest monster who was eventually defeated by Zeus

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