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Metis

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Mother of Athena, swallowed by Zeus

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Themis

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Titan, mothered seasons and fates by Zeus

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Leto

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Mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus

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Dione

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Mother of Aphrodite by Zeus

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Hera

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Mother of Ares, Hephaestus, Hebê (youth), and Eileithyia (child birth) by Zeus

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Eurynomê

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Mother of Graces by Zeus

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Mnemosynê

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Mother of Muses by Zeus

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Demeter

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Mother of Persephonê by Zeus, goddess of harvest and fertility

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Golden Age

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First men, when they died they became guardian spirits on earth

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Silver Age

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Second generation of men, when they died they become spirits of the earth between surface of earth and Hades

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Bronze Age

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Third generation, after they die they are sent to Hades

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Age of Heroes

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Fourth generation, some go to Hades, some go to Isle of Blessed to live forever

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Iron Age

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Fifth generation, age of Hesiod, all go to underworld when they die

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Divine myth

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Stories about interactions of gods

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Legends

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Stories about aristocrats and gods

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Folk tale

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Stories about common people

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Anu

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Sumerian god of high heaven

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Enlil

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Sumerian god, prime minister of gods, “First among equals”

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Sin

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Sumerian god of moon

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Shamash

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Sumerian god of sun and justice

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Ishtar

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Sumerian goddess of love and war

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Ea

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Sumerian god of sweet waters and wisdom

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Ereskigal

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Sumerian goddess of underworld

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An, Ki, Kur

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Upper world, Mother Earth, underworld

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Gaea
Mother Earth, gives birth to Uranus and then mates with him, mother of Titans, uses son Cronus to help her castrate Uranus
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Uranus
Sky, son and husband of Gaea, father of Titans, castrated by Cronus
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Tartarus
Underbelly of Gaea, grows into a root to anchor her in chaos
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Eros
Love principle, drives sexual reproduction
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Titans
Children of Gaea and Uranus
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Cyclopes
One eyed, 3 birthed by Gaea and Uranus, fight against Titans on the side of Olympians
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Hecatonchires
Hundred-handers, 50 heads, 100 arms, fight with Olympians against Titans
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Cronus
Youngest son of Gaea, castrates his father, swallows his children by Rhea
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Oceanus
River than encircles Gaea, son of Gaea, husband of Tethys
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Rhea
Wife of Cronus, hides youngest son Zeus so he wouldn't be swallowed
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Helius
Sun god
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Eos
Dawn
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Prometheus
Son of Titans, steals fire from Olympians for humans, insults Zeus by giving him fat with bones inside, chained to rock where vulture eats his liver
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Pandora
First woman, made by Hephaestus, becomes wife of Epimethius, brings pain and horrible things to the men of earth
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Deucalion and Pyrrha
Noah story, survive flood
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Zeus
Olympian god of sky, father of younger immortals, beard, thunderbolt
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Aegis
Skin worn by Athena, has medusa's head on it (or on shield)
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Graces
3 daughters of Zeus and Eurynomê, represent feminine qualities that make women attractive to men
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Poseidon
Olympian, god of ocean and earthquakes, father of Triton, beard, long hair, trident
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Hades
God of underworld, takes Persephonê as wife, keeps dead in underworld, not technically Olympian
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Apollo
Olympian, god of medicine, music, and prophesy, oracle at Delphi, seen without beard, bow and arrows, lyre
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Cassandra
Promised to sleep with Apollo if she was given gift of prophesy, didn't keep her end of bargain, cursed to always tell truth but no one would believe her
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Hermes
Olympian, son of Zeus and Maia, god of travelers, thrives, and trickery, guides souls to after life, shown with winged shoes and helmet
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Herm
Stone with Hermes face and phallus, protection and luck
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Hephaestus
Olympian, god of artisans and metal working, either born of Zeus and Hera or Hera alone, lame (thrown down by Hera/Zeus in different stories), husband of Aphrodite
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Ares
Olympian, god of offensive warfare, bloodlust, has affair with Aphrodite
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Hestia
Olympian, goddess of hearth and family, virgin goddess
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Aphrodite
Olympian, goddess of love and sexuality, born either by Zeus and Dione or from the severed testicles of Uranus falling into the ocean, wife of Hephaestus, has affair with Ares, shown as only goddess naked
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Priapus
Son of Aphrodite, large phallus
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Pygmalion
Disgusted by women around him, makes his own out of marble, Aphrodite blesses him and his marble woman comes to life
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Adonis
Aphrodite falls in love with Adonis, warns him not to fight monster, Adonis died fighting monster, Aphrodite turns him into flower
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Anchises
Mortal man who Aphrodite loves and sleeps with, she tells him never to reveal, he does and Zeus strikes him with thunderbolt and makes him lame
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Artemis
Olympian, goddess of hunt, young women, virgin, twin sister of Apollo, shown in short dress, young and athletic
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Niobê
Boasts of her 12 children, says she's better than Leto, Apollo kills her 6 sons, Artemis kills her 6 daughters
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Orion
Rapes princess, blinded by King, regains sight from sun, has affair with dawn (Eos), Artemis punishes him by killing him with poisoned scorpion
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Actaeon
Accidentally sees Artemis bathing, she turns him into stag, his hunting party kills him
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Callisto
Raped by Zeus, turned into bear by Artemis as punishment
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Athena
Olympian, goddess of strategic warfare and crafts (weaving and spinning), masculine and feminine, shown in long dress with armor
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Arachnê
Challenges Athena to weaving, Athena wins and turns her into spider
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When was Gilgamesh?
2700 BC
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When did Greek speakers enter Greece?
2000 BC
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When was the Mycenaean Age/Late Bronze Age?
1600-1100 BC
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When was the Trojan War?
1200 BC
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When was the Dark Age?
1100-750 BC
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When was Homer's time?
700's BC
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When was Hesiod's time?
700 BC
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When were the Homeric Hymns?
700-550 BC
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When were the Greek Tragedies/Comedies
400's BC
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Tantalus
Taunted forever in underworld, can't drink the water around him or reach the fruits above him
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Sisyphus
Must roll bolder up hill in underworld where it rolls back down right before he finishes

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