Mythology Flashcards

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Athena

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Goddess of war

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Perseus

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Beheaded medusa

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Aphrodite

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Goddess of beauty, competion for the most beautiful

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Panic

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Pan, half man half goat, he chased things through the woods

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Pandora

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Opened a box and let out evil spirits

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Helen

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She fled to Troy with Paris

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Thesus

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He defeated the Minotaur in the labrynth

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Atlanta

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Raised by hunters and was the fastest and strongest of the moral women

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Menelaus

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King of Sparta Helens husband

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Poseidon

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God of the sea

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Hercules

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Completed the 12 labors

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Hades

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God of underworld

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Hera

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Zeus wife competed in pretty competition

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Cronus

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Husband of rhea father of the three brothers a Titan

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Apollo

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God of music poetry and the sun

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Priam

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King of Troy during the Trojan war

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Persephone

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Goddess of the underworld and springtime

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Ares

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Dionysus

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Tantalus

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Stand in a pool of water and food over head but could not eat or drink it

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Artemis

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Goddess of the hunt

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Agamemnon

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Brother of Menelaus. Stole Achilles woman

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Hector

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Killed by Achilles body was dragged around

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Paris

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Achilles
(Heel) shot in foot died. Dipped in the river of styx
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Prometheus
Brought fire to mankind
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Demeter
Goddess of harvest
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Cupid
God of love, son of Aphrodite, loved a kings daughter could only go to her at night, put her through trials
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Circe
Witch that transformed Odysseus men to swine
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Odysseus
Fought in Trojan war, husband of Penelope, 10 year journey home
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Eurylochus
Faithful shipmate to odysseus. Helped steal the cattle
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Alcinous
The king Odysseus is telling his story to
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Ogygia
An island where calypso lives
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Calypso
A witch who kept Odysseus for several years
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Charybdis
A whirlpool
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Antinous
The best suitor for Penelope
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Thrinacia
An island of the sung of with the cattle
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Teiresias
A blind prophet
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Penelope
Odysseus wife
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Epic hero
A brave and noble character in an epic poem
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Epic poem
Long narrative poem usually about heroic deeds
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Polyphemus
Cyclops
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Helios
Sun King