Greek Mythology Flashcards

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Hera

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Queen of gods

Hated by the gods

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Zeus

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King of the gods

God of sky and weather ⚡️

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Poseidon (Neptune)

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God of the sea

Trident

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Hades

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God of the underworld

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Demeter

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Goddess of harvest

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Athena

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Goddess of wisdom

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Hephaestus

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God of forge

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Ares

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God of war

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Aphrodite

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Goddess of love and beauty

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Eros (Cupid)

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God of love ❤️

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Apollo

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God of sun and music

God of day

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Artemis

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Goddess of the hunt and night

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Hermes

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Messenger to the gods

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Persephone

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Goddess of season (daughter to Demeter)

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Dionysus (demigod)

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God of wine

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Muses

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9 goddesses who inspire the arts

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Fates

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3 goddesses who determine human destiny

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Cerberus

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3 headed dog who guarded the underworld

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Cyclopes

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1 eyed giants (helpers to Hephaestus)

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Centaurs

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1/2 man 1/2 horse (4 legs)

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Satyrs

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Part man part goat (2 legs) (pan)

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Sirens

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Beautiful women with enchanting voices

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Unicorn

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Pure white horse with a lions tale and a single horn

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Phoenix

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A very large bird that lived until 500 and on they’re 500th b-day they plummet to there death in a ball of fire

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Nymphs
Goddesses who inhabit a part of nature
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Titans
Giants who ruled the earth before the gods
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Chimera
Fire breathing dragon that was part goat part lion and part dragon
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Furies
3 winged ugly creatures who visit retribution on people
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Gorgons
3 sister who had writhing snakes for hair and any one who looked at them was turned to stone
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Harpies
Part women part bird and they carry the souls of the dead to the underworld
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Minotaur
Head of a bull and body of a man
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Sphinx
Intelligent creatures with a head and torso of a women and body of a dog wings of a bird and paws of a lions and would ask impossible riddles
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Hydra
9 headed monster and when a head was cut off 2 would grow in its place
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Uranus and Gaea
Zeus's and his siblings grandparents
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Cronus and rhea
Zeus's parents
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Mount Olympus
Home of the gods
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Prometheus
Titan who gave man fire
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Arachne
The mortal who was transformed into a spider because of her pride
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King admetus
King who went from being and generous to being very selfish and cowardly
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Phaetheon
Son of Apollo who did not listen to his father and Zeus had to kill him
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Atlas
Titan who holds the world on his shoulders
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Theseus
Son of Poseidon who defeated the Minotaur
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King Midas
The king who turned everything he touched to gold
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Narcissus
The mortal who fell in love with his own reflection
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Echo
The nymph punished by Hera and could only speak the last word spoken
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Daedalus and Icarus
Father and son who fashioned wings to escape the island Crete
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Psyche
The mortal who Eros fell in love with after he pierced himself with his own arrow
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Orpheus
Greek hero who was a musician
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Arion
The mortal who taught people crime doesn't pay
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Pygmalion
Mortal who fell in love with his own statue
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Perseus
Captures medusas head and saves his mother from marriage
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Baucis and phillimon
Kindly couple who let Zeus and Hermes into there home