Greek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Flashcards

(59 cards)

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Who was the titan of time

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Cronus

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Women who are half swan half human and lure men to their death

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Siren

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Who was the god of the sea, Zeus brother, gave horses to man controlled storms

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Poseidon
(Roman name Neptune)

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Who was the winged creature that became Zeus’s favorite- brought him thunder bolts when needed, was tamed by Bellerophon

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Pegasus

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Chained to a rock and had his liver eaten by a eagle, betrayed Zeus, gave fire to man

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Prometheus

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Who was the madden that was turned to a cow by Zeus due to a suspicious and jealous Hera

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Io

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What guardian was to watch over io, who was the creature that had 100 eyes

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Argus

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Who was cursed to repeat the last words of a sentence, who was in love with Narcissus

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Echo

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God of vine and inspiration, son of Zeus- mom asked to see Zeus in true form and she died, Zeus takes child

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Dionysus

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Who is the wife and sister of Zeus, goddess, protector of marriage, punish women (and children) Zeus had slept with- cow and peacock

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Hera
(Roman name June)

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Found on a rock and saved from sea monster by Perseus

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Andromeda

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God of underworld/ruler of dead,protected of wealth, brother of Zeus, had a hat that made him invisible

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Hades
(Roman name Pluto)

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God of music truth and life (light and youth), son of Zeus, beautiful, sun god, dolphin and crow

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Apollo

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14
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What god pulls the sun

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Helios

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15
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What creature is half goat half man

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Satyr

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16
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Who hold the world on they’re shoulders

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Atlas

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17
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Sisters who shared one eye

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The graeae

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18
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Goddess of harvest and corn, mother of Persephone

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Demeter

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Who was the goddess of the hunt, 3 forms (deer,moon-phoebe-,goddess-on earth) Apollos twin sister, daughter of Zeus, one of 3 maddens, deer but loves all animals, Hecate goddess of dark

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Artimis
(Roman name Diana)

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20
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Best mortal musician

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Orpheus

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21
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Twin giants, tried to hunt Artimis, killed by each other but tricked by Artimis

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Otis and Ephialtes

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Girl who was picking flowers then was kidnapped and married to hades, queen of underworld

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Persephone

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What creatures where sisters, dragon like, looks tuned men to stone

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Gorgons

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Who did Perseus become known for killing? Who was the famous of the stone turning sisters

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What are tree nymphs called? The spirts that are bound to trees?
Dryads
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Followers of Dionysus tore men from they’re teeth every drunk
Maenads
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Zeus sister, 3 maiden goddesses, goddess of hearth, each city had a public hearth, could never go out, 6 virgin priests, home and hearth
Hestia
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God of war, son of Zeus and Hera whom both hated him
Ares
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Ares “attendants”
Trembling, pain, and panic
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Half lion half serpent half goat
Chimera
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Goddess of love and beauty, steal the wits of the wise, particular births (sea shell from Cronus “junk”), daughter of Zeus, the myrtle (tree) and the dove swan and sparrow.
Aphrodite
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Goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, sprung from Zeus’s thoughts
Athena
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Cupids other name
Eros
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Cupids wife, Eros wife, known as soul
Psyche
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All farther, god of all god of every, lightning/thunderbolts son of Cronus
Zeus
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Old couple, showed hospitality to 2 gods who went house after house to be denied every time, were rewarded with riches and when they died became trees attached at trunk
Baucis and Philemon
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Orpheus wife (for like 3 seconds), bitten by snake
Eurydice
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Half horse half man
Centaur
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Asked to drive his dads sun chariot, almost burnt the world
Phaethon
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2 goddesses shared him- prosephone and Aphrodite, killed by bore, beautiful, flowers sprung from his blood
Adonis
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The spinners, the thread of life for each
Moirae “the fates”
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Young lovers, family hatred/disapproval, talked through wall, sneaked out, lion scared Thisbe and left a scene, Paramus jumped to conclusion, both ended up dead
Pyramus and thisbe
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Who was the famous messenger, mainly Zeus, Greek god, shows up in more Greek stories than any other god
Hermes
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Killed Medusa, saved Andromeda, son of Zeus
Perseus
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Mom of Perseus, daughter of king who locked her up, held Zeus child
Danaë
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Fisherman who saved Danaë and Perseus and let them stay
Dictys
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Cruel to those who loved him including Echo, was cursed to fall in love with his reflection, died staring at himself, after death the place where he laid turned to flowers
Narcissus
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Made the labyrinth, made wings, wanted dead by king
Daedalus
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Flew to close to the sun
Icarus
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How was Athena born
Due to fight of Zeus and Hera about Zeus’s habits, Hera no children, Zeus thought hard, was born in armor and full grown
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How was Aphrodite born
Cronus and Zeus fight, Cronus junk in ocean, foamed, clam shell, she was inside, naked and beautiful
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Roman name of… Hera Hades Athena Hermes Hestia Hephaestus Aphrodite Artimis Poseidon Ares Demeter Dionysus
Juno Pluto Minerva Mercury Vesta Vulcan Venus Diana Neptune Mars Ceres Bacchus
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The story of Persephone
The abduction by hades- meadow and the black narcissus, horses from the ground, was in love with her
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Who fed Zeus’s horses human flesh and as punishment horses ate him alive
Galcus
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Home of gods
Mt. Olympus
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Zeus’s shield
Aegis
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Archery, healing, light, truth
Apollo
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Where did Pyramus and Thisbe plan to meet
Tomb of ninus
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Tamed Pegasus
Bellerophon