Characters Flashcards
(114 cards)
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Metaneira
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Mother of the baby Demeter tried to make immortal
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Demophoon
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The baby Demeter tried to make immortal by placing him in the fire and feeding him ambrosia
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Semele
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Mother of Dionysus, Zeus showed full glory to=death
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Ariadne
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Abandoned by Theseus, Loved by Dionysus, Crown in Stars
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Maenads/Bacchantes
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Dinoysus’s followers, tore people apart
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Pentheus
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King, Dionysus’s cousin, who didn’t believe D was a god, mom tears him apart
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Teiresias
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blind prophet of Thebes
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Gaea
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Mother Earth
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Ouranos
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Father Heaven
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Cronus (Saturn)
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Titan King, father of original 6, overthrown by Zeus
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Rhea
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Cronus’s wife
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Atlas
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Titan, holds up world, Very stupid
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Typhon
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Flaming monster with 100 heads, fought against gods, Zeus struck with bolt
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Cimmerians
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Mysterious people, unknown island filled with endless night
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Hyperboreans
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People living in remote North, give Perseus gifts
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Prometheus
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“Forethought,” Very wise, helps create mankind, gives man fire and best cuts of meat
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Epimetheus
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“Afterthought,” Scatterbrained, Originally created humans, but failed, marries Pandora
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Pandora
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“Gift of all,” first woman, opened box and released plagues on the world
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Chiron
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Centaur, immortal, died for Prometheus
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Deucalion
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Prometheus’s son, survives flood, throws rocks=stone people
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Pyrrha
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Daughter of Pandora and Epimetheus, survives flood, throws rock=stone people
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Io
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Lover of Zeus, turned into a cow, Hera forces to go mad, ancestor of Hercules
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Argus
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100 eyes, watched Io, when killed by Hermes-eyes put on peacock by Hera
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Europa
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Zeus lover, Zeus turned to bull for her, suffered none, mother of Minos and Rhadamanthus (future judges of the dead)
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Rhadamanthus
Europa's son, brother to Minos, judge of the dead
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Minos
son of Europa, judge of the dead
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Odysseus
Hero in the Odyssey, stabs out polyphemus's eye
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Polyphemus
Cyclops, Odysseus stabs out eye, in love with Galatea
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Galatea
Sea nymph, loved by polyphemus
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Doris
Galatea's sister, loved polyphemus
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Narcissus
Handsome, falls in love with reflection (cursed by Nemesis)=death, has a Narcissus flower
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Echo
Beautiful nymph, fav of Artemis, cursed by Hera to only repeat, hid away in a cave
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Nemesis
Goddess of Righteous Anger, curses Narcissus
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Hyacinthus
Apollo's BFF, killed by Apollo from hit in head with discus, flower Hyacinth
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Zephyr
West Wind
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Adonis
loved by Aphordite in spring & summer, Persephone in Fall and Winter, killed by boar, Adonis flower
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Psyche
"Soul" boasted being prettier than Venus, falls in love with Cupid, performs tasks for Venus, marries Cupid, Mortal->Immortal
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Pyramus
Lover of Thisbe, finds thisbe's cloak messed by lion, kills himself, mulberry tree color
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Thisbe
Lover of Pyramus, finds pyramus dead, kills self, mulberry color
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Orpheus
Prince, son of a Muse, saved heroes through music, lover of Eurydice, takes her from underworld, cant look, looks, looses her, killed by Maenads
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Eurydice
lover of Orpheus, killed by Viper, couldn't be taken from Underworld
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Ceyx
Lover of Alycone, killed in shipwreck, turned into birds
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Alycone
Lover of Ceyx, Morpheus shows her Ceyx died, finds Ceyx's body, turns into bird, nests for a week on water=ocean calm
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Morpheus
son of God of Sleep, can take any form, tells Alcyone of Ceyx's death
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Sommus
God of Sleep
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Pygmalion
scuplter, hates women, sculpts woman, falls in love with statue, prays to Venus, statue comes to life
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Galatea
Sculpted by Pygmalion, turns to human, gives birth to Paphos
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Paphos
Son of Galatea and Pygmalion, name of Venus's fav city
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Baucis
Lover of Philemon, poor, houses Jupiter and Mercury, home->temple, becomes priest of temple, becomes oak/linden tree from one stump
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Philemon
Lover of Baucis poor, houses Jupiter and Mercury, home->temple, becomes priest of temple, becomes oak/linden tree from one stump
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Endymion
Beautiful youth, forever asleep b/c Selene cursed him so she could always watch him (rise and set of moon)
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Selene
The moon, loves Endymion, curses him, visits every night (rise and set of the moon)
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Daphne
Apollo's first love, daughter of river-god Peneus, turned into laurel tree by dad
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Peneus
River-God, father of Daphne, turns her into laurel
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Alpheus
Loves Arethusa, river-god, mixes with Arethusa's spring water
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Arethusa
follower of Artemis, loved by Alpheus, turned into water spring, brought from greece to sicily
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Athamas
Greek King, tries to sacrifice son to stop drought --> golden ram appears
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Ino
Second wife of King Athamas, tries to kill son of 1st wife so her son could be heir, parched seed-corn=no corn
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Nephele
1st wife of Athamas, frightened he would sacrifice her son, prays to Hermes to help
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Phrixus
Son of Nephele and Athamas, tried to be sacrificed, Golden ram from Hermes saves him and sis (Helle), brought to AEetes kingdom and gives him ram fleece
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Helle
Daughter of Nephele and Athamas, sister to Phrixus, falls of golden ram over a strait --> The Sea Of Helle/ Hellespoint
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Pelias
Took away kingdom from Phrixus's uncle, sends Jason off to get the fleece, gets cut up by daughters hoping to restore his youth
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Jason
Pelias's cousin, goes to fetch fleece, liked by Hera,
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Hypsipyle
from Lemnos, saved father the king by shipping away in a box, help argonauts
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Hylas
Hercules's armor bearer, drowned by a water nymph
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Harpies
"Hounds of Zeus," hooked beaks and claws, stank, ate Phineus's food, killed by sons of Boreas
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Boreas
North Wind
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Phineus
Apollo prophet, punished by Zeus b/c Zeus likes mystery, can't eat, tells Argonauts how to get through Clashing rocks w/ dove
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Medea
Witch, loves Jason, venegeful, cunning, kills sons b/c she kills Jason's wife
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King AEetes
Medea's dad, has Jason fight bronze bulls and fight those who rose from crops
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Apsyrtus
Medea's brother, lead great army, killed by Medea,
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Talus
last man of bronze race, invulnerable except for ankle, lift pointed crag and hits ankle=death
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Phaethon
son of the sun, drives sun chariot, lights world on fire, bolted by Zeus to protect world
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Helios
Sun
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Heliades
Daughters of helios
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Glaucus
son of sisyphus, fed horses human flesh=gods throw him form chariot and horses eat him
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Bellerophon
wanted to ride Pegasus, slayed Chimaera
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Pegasus
Born from Medusa's blood, winged horse,
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Polyidus
seer of Corinth, tells bellerophon to sleep at athena's temple
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Anteia
wife of King Proteus, falls in love w/ bellerophon but he doesn't love her, angry she tries to get hubby to kill bell
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Otus
brother giant of ephialtes, son of Poseidon, arrogant, wanted to carry off hera
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Ephialtes
bro of Otus, son of Poseidon, thought he loved Artemis
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Daedalus
Architect, constructs labyrinth, built wings for him and son, escapes, figures out how to thread shell using an ant
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Icarus
Daedalus's son, flies to high with wings and melts glue=death
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Danae
Perseus's mom, Zeus lover, zeus appears as golden rain, cast out in crate w/son
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Perseus
son of Danae and Zeus, slays gorgon Medusa
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Polydectes
Ruler of island where Perseus and Danae wash up, brother of Dictys, loves Danae, convinces Perseus to slay Medusa
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Dictys
Fisherman who found Danae and Perseus, raises as his own children
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Gray Women
three gray ladies, one eye to share, tells Perseus where to find the Hyperboreans
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Gorgons
great wings, bodies w/ golden scales, hair a mess of snakes, 2 immortal, 1 mortal, turn those who look into stone
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Queen Cassiopeia
Boasted to be more beautiful than daughter of Nereus the Sea God, has daughter (Andromeda) punished for her mistake
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Andromeda
Punished for mom (Cassiopeia) mistake, tied to rock as serpent offering, marries Perseus
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Acrisus
Father of Danae, locks her away so her son wont kill him, dies when perseus accidently hits him with a discus
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Electryon
Son of Perseus and Andromeda, grandpa to Hercules
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Aegus
Athenian King, father of Theseus, killed himself in sea= Aegean Sea
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Theseus
son of Aegus, cousin of Hercules,
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Pasiphae
Minos's wife, mother of Minotaur
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Aridane
Minos's daughter, loved theseus, gave hint from daedalus about how to escape maze, left behind
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Hippolyta
Queen of amazons, mother of hippolytus
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Hippolytus
Son of Hippolyta and Theseus, loved by Phaedra, cursed by Poseidon
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Pirithous
theseus's rash friend, adventures but not good at it
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Hercules
strongest man on earth, rash, blunderingly stupid, quickly regretful, temper temper, son of Zeus and Alcmena, born in thebes
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Amphitryon
Hercule's mortal father, distinguished general,
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Alcmena
Herc's mom
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Megara
Herc's first wife, he killed her and their sons when he went mad b/c of hera
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Eurystheus
Herc's cousin, King of Mycenae, purged Herc through the 12 labors
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Achelous
River-god, herc fought to win wife, took a horn
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Deianira
Herc's 2nd wife, daughter of Achelous
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Antaeus
giant who forced visitors to wrestle
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Queen Omphale
Had Herc as a servant for 1-3 years, made him dress like a girl
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Admetus
King, had to have someone die for him to live, wife took his place, wife comes back thanks to herc, he dies
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Alcestis
Admetus's wife, died for him, brought back from underworld thanks to herc=Admetus's death
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Iole
daughter of king eurytus,used to trick Deianira into thinking Herc didn;t love her
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Philoctetes
Herc's youthful follower, set Herc on fire for death
