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earth
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Gaea
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god of the sky
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Uranus
2
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6 kids of Mother Earth
A
titans
3
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names are lightning thunderbolt and thunder
A
Cyclopes
4
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first lord of universe
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Cronus
5
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chief of gods, rain god, cloud gatherer
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Zeus
6
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god of sea
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Poseidon
7
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god of underworld
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hades
8
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Zeus younger sister… wife
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Hera.
9
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goddess of hearth
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hestia
10
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goddess of harvest
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Demeter
11
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god of war
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ares
12
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god of fire
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Hephaestus
13
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namesake of Athens wisdom
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Athena
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god light and music
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Apollo
15
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goddess of hunt
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Artemis
16
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god of wine
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Dionysus
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goddess of love and beauty
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Aphrodite
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messenger god of commerce and thieves
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Hermes
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god of love
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Eros
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queen of underworld
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Persephone
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son of Hermes
god of fields and meadows
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pan
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god of wind
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Aeolus
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the west wind
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zephyr
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creator of man giver of fire
Prometheus
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Zeus is? (describe)
just parental
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Poseidon is.? (describe)
restless and relentless
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hades is?
gloomy and mysterious
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Hera is?
jealous and vain
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Aphrodite is?
unfaithful and beautiful
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Athena is
wise and warlike
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Artemis is
unpredictable and youthful
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Apollo is
health giving and reasonable
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ares is
fickle and bloodthirsty
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Prometheus gift to mankind was important because?
it gave mankind an advantage over other animals
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daphne became
laurel tree
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Apollo punished Cassandra because she didn't keep her...
promise to marry him
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Zeus sent the great flood because..
there was too much evil
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the stories of phaeton and Icarus show that a young person should...
listen to elders
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a belief that god is everywhere
pantheist
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a sudden unreasoning fear
panic
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abnormal fear of confined spaces
claustrophobia
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arranged in the order that events occur
chronological
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to waster or wither away
atrophy
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calm tranquil
halcyon
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like Jupiter majestic
Jovian
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to arouse hope then disappoint
tantalize
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a person or thing of great size and power
Titan
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changeable
mercurial
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warlike
martial
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wild feasting and celebration
orgy
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unselfish
altruistic
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a wise and loyal advisor
mentor
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fatal deadly
lethal
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Allusion? metaphors? simile?
| beware of Greeks bearing gifts
allusion
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Allusion? metaphors? simile?
he worked like a Trojan
simile
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Allusion? metaphors? simile?
he preformed a Herculean task
metaphor
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Midas mufflers are gold because
king Midas had a golden touch
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a publishing house has an owl?
Athena, goddess of wisdom, her symbol is an owl
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Mobil oil co has red winged horse because
Pegasus is a fast flying, winged horse
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alcemena
mom of Heracles
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father of heracles
amphitryon
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iphicles
twin of Heracles
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Zeus....Heracles
father of Heracles...protector
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Hera ...Heracles
jealous of Heracles... sent snakes to kill him
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Thebes
where Heracles grew up
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king eurystheus
sent 12 tasks on Heracles
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pholaus
centaurs housed Heracles
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killing Neman lion
shot with arrow>>strangled lion>>skinned him w claws>>wore fur as cloak
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lernaean hydra
serpent w 9heads>>knock one off? two grow>>Iolaus helps>>chop off head>>burn stub>> immortal head buried under big rock>>poisoned arrows w blood>>doesn't count as one of the ten tasks
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capture cerynean
valleys of Arcadia>>favored animal of Artemis>>returned to wild afterward
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erymanthian boar
must be alive>>killed all centaurs(wine)>>hit w club>>carried it
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clean augeus stables
300 white bulls 200 red 12. sacred>>flooded field>> doesn't count cuz he was supposed to get payed
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stymphalian birds
used shield made of same metal as feathers and shot them down>>scared them away
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capture Cretan bull
scared it then snowed it at mycanae then let it go
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mares of dionide
fed on human flesh>> ate diomede>> presented to eurystheus
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girdle of hippolyte
queen of amazons>>gave it to him>>ATTACKEDDDDD
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words derived from Cronus
chronological chronicle
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words derived from Gaea
geology geothermal
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words derived from Eros
erotica erogenous
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words derived from chaos
chaotically chaotic
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was Gaea male or female
female
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fed her husband a stone wrapped like an infant
rhea
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personification of night
NYX
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buried his kids alive
uranus
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principal of love and order, arose from night and darkness
Eros
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mutilated his dad w a sicle
Cronus
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personification of darkness
Erebus
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plotted to overthrow her husband
Gaea
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mom of Theseus
aethra
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father of Theseus
aegus
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first villain Theseus overcame
club bearer
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the pine bender
sinis
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which villain killed victims by forcing them to wash his feet then kicking them over the cliff
sciron
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who planned to kill Theseus
Medea
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when did Theseus' dad recognize Theseus
when he saw Theseus' sword
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Minos palace was in
cnossos
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helped kill the Minotaur
Ariadne
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Ariadne was left on
Naxos
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made Ariadne his bride
Dionysus
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_rescued Theseus from hades kingdom
Heracles
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Theseus married queen of the
amazons
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Theseus died on
scyros
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Theseus led the Athenians against the Persians at
marathon
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roman sun god two faced
Janus
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roman fire goddess
vesta
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roman Demeter
Ceres
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roman Zeus
Jupiter
108
roman Hera
Juno
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roman Dionysus
baccus
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roman Hermes
mercury
111
roman Apollo
Apollo
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roman Artemis
Diana
113
roman Athena
Minerva
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roman ares
mars
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roman Hephaestus
Vulcan
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roman hades
Pluto
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roman Poseidon
Neptune
118
3 reasons myths are told
A)explain natural phenomenon
B)religious speculation to explain death, creation, and afterlife
C)examined human behavior
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kind hearted old woman and good hostess
baucis
120
loveliest of pelias daughters
Alcestis
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home of Pyramus and Thisbe
Babylon
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sat down and didn't realize he was resting as a result of hearing Orpheus music
Sisyphus
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came to life thanks to Aphrodite
Galatea
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visited earth in human form to observe how we treat each other
Hermes
125
king of pherae
admetus
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returned Alcestis to earth alive
Heracles
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frightened by a lioness
Thisbe
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river where Orpheus decapitated head floated singing
hebrus
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served as a herdsman for punishment
Apollo
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sculptor
Pygmalion
131
killed by women of Thrace
Orpheus
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committed suicide cuz he thought his love was dead
Pyramus
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sinister king who seized throne by force
pelias
134
where Herod go when they die
Elysian Fields
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deadly river of hades
Styx
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proitos
king of Argos who wanted Bellerophon killed
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Cepheus
king of Ethiopia
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meleager
killed his uncles in a fit of temper
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acrisios
killed by off course discus
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Cassiopeia
queen of Ethiopia who humiliated Nereus w hubris
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phorcides
one eye one tooth three beings
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Althea
queen of Calydon who had vision of the fates
143
iobates
king of Lycia gave Bellerophon his daughters Hans in marriage
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hippomenes
won Atalanta hand in marriage
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atlas
turned to stone out of Perseus mercy
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anteia
queen of Argos fell in love w Bellerophon
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polydectes
sent Perseus to kill medusa
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Nereus
dad of sea nymphs
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dictys
rescued Perseus and his mom
150
Atalanta
Drew blood on Caledonian boar
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part lion serpent goat
chimera
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winged horse
Pegasus
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100 heads
hydra
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one eyed creature
cyclops
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three headed dog
Cerberus
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three bodies one pair of legs
geryon
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half man half bull
Minotaur
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fat birds w women's heads
harpies
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6 headed monster dogs bark
Scylla
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robot giant
talos
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winged monster w. woman's head lions body killer riddles
sphinx
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creatures with brass feathers piercing peoples skin
stymphalian birds
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dragon w wings
Python
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Deucalion
lived in truth repopulated With Pyrrha
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Pyrrha
lived in justice repopulated w Deucalion
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pandora
let all the evils out of a box leaving only hope
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epimetheus
created animals and married pandora
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Hyacinthus
accidentally killed by Apollo
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Acteon
turned into a deer and killed by his hunting dogs
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Tithonus
granted eternal life, not eternal youth
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Endymion
sleep forever by Artemis
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Adonis
out of his blood grew a red rose
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narcissus
fell in love w his reflection
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psyche
predicted to marry a winged monster
175
clytie
nymph in love w Apollo >> sunflower
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epaphos
rumored or be a child of Zeus doesn't believe Phaethon
177
cecrops
king of Attic(Athens)
178
daphne
nymph Apollo was in love of Ans is now a laurel tree
179
clymene
had a son w Apollo
180
Arachne
challenged Athena to weave and is a spider
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demophoon
Demeter tried to make him immortal
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metaneria
gave Demeter charge of demophoon
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Semele
princess and mother of Dionysus
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phaeton
son of Apollo and clymene
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iris
the rainbow
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Silenus
tutor to Dionysus
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imprisoned under mt Aetna
typhon
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Asia Minor
Phrygia
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to rid of golden touch , Midas bathed on a stream on
mt tmolus
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wet wind
south wind
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helle
fell off rams back and drowned
