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Myth

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A story that has been told for many years verbally and written.
Includes gods and heroes and their stories.

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Autochthony

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The term used to describe the process of Spartoi rising/”being born” from the ground.
People who inhabit a place have always been there

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Etiology

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Study of causation/origination.

Intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomena, and proper names.

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Furies

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Spirits that haunt people who kill a member of their family.

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Cerberus

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Hell hound

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Zeus’s Roman Name

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Jupiter

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Poseidon’s Roman Name

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Neptune

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Hera’s Roman Name

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Juno

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Demeter’s Roman Name

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Ceres

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Athena’s Roman Name

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Minerva

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Ares’s Roman Name

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Mars

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Hephaestus’s Roman Name

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Vulcan

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Artemis’s Roman Name

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Diana

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Hermes’s Roman Name

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Mercury

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Aphrodite’s Roman Name

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Venus

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Dionysus’s Roman Name

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Bacchus

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Hestia’s Roman Name

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Vesta

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Hades’s Roman Name

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Pluto

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Dionysus

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Son of Zeus and Semele.
Born out of Zeus’s thigh.
God of wine, parties, etc

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Hestia

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Goddess of the hearth.

Virgin Goddess

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Pan

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God of flocks and shepherds.
Goat horns and feet.
Excellent musician.

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Zeus’s mistress disguised as a swan

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Leda

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Who was hatched from eggs

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Helen, Clytemnestra, Castor, Pollux

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Scylla

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Sea monster with dogs around waist

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Charybdis
Sea monster = whirlpool
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Polyphemus
Cyclops that attacked Odysseus and men. | Son of Poseidon.
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Chrysaor
Young man, son of Medusa and Poseidon. | Brother of Pegasus.
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Aeneas
Trojan Hero. Son of Aphrodite and Anchises. Founder of Ancient Rome.
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River Styx
Formed the boundary between Earth and The Underworld. Had to cross to get to The Underworld. Charon is the ferryman of the newly dead souls.
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River Lethe
River in The Underworld that allows souls to forget their past life if their body drinks from it.
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Cadmus
Sent by father to go find Europa after she was abducted by Zeus. Failed to find her and ran away from home. Founded Thebes. Slain Ares dragon and planted its teeth in ground. Spartoi sprouted from the ground.
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Harmonia
Wife of Cadmus. Goddess of Harmony and Concord. Associated with Aphrodite bc love unites all people.
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Silenus
Companion and tutor to Dionysus.
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Pentheus
King of Thebes. Grandson of Cadmus. Killed by his mom, Agave, because she thought he was an animal and she was part of the Maenads.
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The Girl's Tragedy
``` Prohibition Seclusion Violation of Prohibition Threat of Punishment or Death Liberation ```
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Kibisis
Perseus's Pouch
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Andromeda's Parents
Cepheus and Cassiopea
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Phineus
King of Thrace. | Seer who appears in accounts of the Argonauts voyage.
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Eurystheus
Grandson of Perseus. King of Tiryns. Gave Heracles the tasks he had to complete for the 12 labors. Heracles's cousin.
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Parerga
Names of Heracles's Trials
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Heracles
Hero. Son of Zeus and Alcmene. Hera made him go crazy and he ended up killing his family. Had to do 12 Labors to make up and clean his slate. Still went crazy.
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Heracles's Iconography
Lion's skin, Club, Bow
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12 Labors
``` Neaman Lion Lernaean Hydra Golden Apples Stymphalian Birds Erymanthian Boar Cernyian Hind Augean Stables Cretan Bull Mares of Diomedes Belt of Hippolyte Cattle of Geryon Cerberus ```
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Heracles's Wives
Megara Omphale Deinaira Iole
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Theseus
Hero. Son of Aethra and Poseidon/Aegeus. Sent to find father once he was old enough. Labors on the way. Father didn't recognize him until his step mom tried to kill him and then he saved him. Slayed the Minotaur. King of Athens after his father killed himself.
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Periphetes
``` Labor of Theseus. Son of Hephaestus. Lame in one leg and a cyclops. Robbed and killed travelers. Killed by Theseus bashing his head in ```
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Sinis
Labor of Theseus. Forced travelers to help bend and tie down pine trees. Then would catapult them or tear them apart. Killed by Theseus ripping him apart/flinging him.
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Crommyonian Sow
Labor of Theseus. Wild pig that ravaged the region. Slain by Theseus.
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Sciron
Labor of Theseus. Killed travelers by having them clean his shoes/feet and then kicking them off the cliff. Killed by Theseus kicking him off the cliff.
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Procrustes
Labor of Theseus. Stretched or cut his victims to fit the length of their bed. Killed by Theseus fitting him to his own bed.
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Cercyon the Wrestler
Labor of Theseus. Challenged every traveler to a wrestling match and the loser was killed. Winner got to rule the kingdom. Killed by losing to Theseus.
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Pirithous
Theseus's best friend. Tried to steal Persephone from the Underworld and from Hades. Permanently stuck to a chair in the Underworld, Theseus escaped with help from Heracles.
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Oedipal Complex
The emotions and ideas that the mind keeps in the unconscious.
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Antiope
``` Amazon. Daughter of Ares. Wife of Theseus. Mother of Hippolytus. Killed by another Amazon in Attic war. ```
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Niobe
Daughter of Tantalus.
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7 Against Thebes
A battle.
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Antigone
Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta.

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