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Hera

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God of heaven
Goddess of women and marriage
Married to Zeus

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Zeus

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God of the sky
Lightning bolt
Son of chronos
Supreme god

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Hades

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God of the underworld
Dark land of the death
Touched by persephone’s beauty

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Poseidon

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Sea god
Dark blue beard
Trident
Majestic stature

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Demeter

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Earth mother
Goddess of harvest
Mother of persephone
Generous in giving

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Persephone

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Spring madden
Young
Full of joy
Captured by hades

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Aphrodite

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Goddess of beauty
God of love 
Mother of cupid
Very temperamental
Jealous of psyche
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Apollo

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God of prophecy
Son of zeus
Plays the lyre
Golden cattle
Rises the sun with his golden chariot
Won challenge of music 
Twin artemis
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Ares

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God of war

Son zeus and hera

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Artemis

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Twin of apollo
Moon huntress
Virgin god of the hunt
Silver bow

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Athene

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Goddess of wisdom
Helmet
Spear in hand
Good at hand chief
Zeus daughter
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Dionysus

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God of wine
God of woodlands
God of tragedy
Earth god

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Eros/Cupid

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God of love
Winged
Golden bow
Arrows pf desire
In love with psyche
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Hephaestus

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Lame god of crafts and fire

Was thrown in the ocean

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Hermes

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God of thieves
Messenger of the gods
Creates the lyre but exchanges for apollo cattle

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Nymphs

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Beautiful
Friends of wise gods
Guard the hat of darkness
Hate the darkness

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Prometheus

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Wise
Responsible
Gave fire to man
Brother of epimetheus

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Pyrrha

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Worshiped the gods
Only women that survived
Wife of eucalio

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Kronos

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Father of 12 olympians

Married gaia

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Epimetheus

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Heedless person
Created animals
Brother of prometheus

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Iris

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Rainbow goddess

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Narcissus

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Beautiful boy
Cold and cruel
Rejected echo
Turned into by the gods

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Hyacinthus

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Beautiful boy
Clustering locks
Loved apollo
Turned into a flower by apollo

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Semele

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Princess of thebes
Mother of dionysus
Burned into ashes
Zeus loved her

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Psyche
Beautiful Men preferred her than Aphrodite Cupid wife
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Clytie
Nymph In love with apollo Turned into a sunflower to follow the sun (apollo)
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Arachne
``` Maiden Famous for her fabrics Ugly Challenge athene Turned into a spider ```
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Styx
Black deadly river in the underworld
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Charon
Ferryman of the styx in the underworld | Helped people pass through with coins
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Cerberus
Three headed dog | Guard hades gate
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Daphne
``` Nymph Daughter of river god Turned into a laurel tree Apollo loved her Bow and arrow free and virgin ```
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Aurora
Goddess of dawn | In love with tithonus
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Tithonus
Prince of try In love with aurora Given gift of immortality but not young Turned into a grasshopper
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Phaethon
Son of apollo Admired for fire and beauty Rash wish of the golden charon
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Rhea
Married to kronos | Saved zeus
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Deucalion
Good men Honored the gods Husband of phirra survived the rain
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Echo
Enchanted with spell by hera Repeats the last words that people said Fell in love with narcissus Narcissus was turned into a flower because he was bad with women
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Adonis
``` Called spirit of spring Herdsman Hunter Beloved by Aphrodite Allowed to be 6 months in the underworld and 6 months on earth ```
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Endymion
Shepherd Handsome Mortal Artemis put him to sleep eternally because she loved him.
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Atalanta
Huntress bow and arrow Beautiful and with courage Married to Hippomenes because he won the race by distracting Atalanta
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Cecrops
King in Attica | Future king of Athens
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The Fates
Pale blue eyes 3 old women Hands quick and steady
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Pyramus
In love with Thisbe Loyal Young Killed himself because he thought a lion killed Thisbe
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Thisbe
In love with Pyramus Loyal Young Killed herself because she saw Pyramus dead
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Baucis and Philemon
Old poor couple Kind and wordshiped the gods Received the 2 gods y ther little home Had 2 granted wishes by the gods: to hace a temple for the gods in their house and to die together
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Maia
Shy nymph | Mom of Hermes
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Icarus
Daedalus only son Good companion Disobedient Died because he flew too near to the sun
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Hephaestus
Son of Hera God of arts and crafts So ugly that Hera trew him into the ocean Came back to the Olympus because he was a good craftsman
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Gaia
Wife of Kronos Mom of the olympians Cared fot her children
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Metaneira
Mom of Demophoon | Concerned of her childs safety
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Demophoon
Son of Metaneira Great hero Was to be turned into an imortal by Demeter but he didnt
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Galatea
Beautiful Statue made by Pygmalion, now human because of Aphrodite In love with Pygmalion
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Pan
God of the woodlands Had a pipe Challenged Apollo and lost
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Satyrs
Followers of Pan Pointed ears and shaggy hair Little goat-legged goats
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Silenus
Tutor of Dyonisus and his companion
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Jason
Aesons son Blue-eyed Golden-haired Hero, leader, easy-going, open-hearted His uncle wanted to kill him so he could be the king Medea loved him but he didnt so she killed their children Had the golden fleece
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Perseus
Son of Danae Married to Andromeda Young handsome He cut Medusas head
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Hippomenes
Fearful Handsome Married to Atalanta Had the three golden apples
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Pandora
All-gifted | First woman in earth
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Leto
Mom of Artemis and Apollo Divine mom Zeus lover
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Niobe
``` Proud Queen of Thebes Rich Thought she was better than Leto for having 14 children Daughter of Tantalus ```
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Atlas
Great giant who holds up the sky in his shoulders | Turned into stone by Perseus with Medusas head
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Andromeda
Only child warrior Duaghter of Cassiopia Married Perseus
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Pygmalion
Sculptor Devoted to his art Fell in love with Galatea (sculpture)
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Daedalus
``` First great artist Craftsman and engineer Invented tools of carpintery Invented the labyrinth Dad of Icarus ```
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Minos
Fierce tyrant | King of the island of Crete
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Orpheus
Greek lover musician Made heavenly songs In love with nymph Eurydice
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Minotaur
Creature with head of a bull and body of a man | Lived in the labyrinth created by Daedalus
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Midas
Touched everything into gold Powerfull rich foolish hasty King of Phyria Apollo gave him asses ears
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Eurydice
Kind Bride of Orpheus Killed by poisonous snake
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Chimera
Crature with 3 heads (lion, dragon and goat)
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Bellerophoon
``` Brave handsome young hero Courageous Invincible Married to Lycian Princess Killed the Chimera ```
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Acteon
Spied Artemis while she was bathing | The gods turned him into a deer
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Medas
Princess Betrayed his dad Had the gift of prophecy Helped jason get the golden fleece
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Meleager
Strong Brave Son of Oeneus and Althea The fates told him to die young and cold hearted

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