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Ch. 4 Flashcards

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Lethe

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Forgetfulness

Drink the waters of lethe means to become forgetful

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Hades

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Underworld, underworld god

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Sisyphus

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Told on Zeus

Boulder up hill and it rolls down so he pushed it back up

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Tantalus

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Son in pie

Punished with thirst & hunger

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Hydra

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Hydra-headed problem presents a new difficulty as soon as one is resolved

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Demeter

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Persephone is daughter

Seasons

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Hercules

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12 labors

Strongest hero

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Theseus

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Defeat Minotaur w/ Ariadne’s help of string

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Helen of Troy

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Very beautiful

The face that launched a thousand ships

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Hector

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Brother of Paris; best Trojan warrior

To hector a person is to harass or bully him or her

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Circe

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With who fell in love with Odysseus

A woman who bewitches men and makes them almost like slaves

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Penelope

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Wife of Odysseus that all men wanted to marry

Faithful and ingenious person

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Cyclops

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Giant with one eye

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Atlas

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Book of maps

Derives from the giant Atlas, whom the ancient Greeks believed held up the sky then changed to holding the world

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Paris

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Wife is Helen
Trojan War
Troy
Judgement of Paris had become a term for a decision that brings about a great deal of trouble.

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The sirens

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A sweet singer, a dangerously fascinating woman, a device that makes a loud prolonged sound as an alarm signal

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Achilles

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Swift feet

Most famous Greek hero

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Odysseus

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Greek warrior

Lost after Trojan War

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Oedipus

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Fulfilled Oracles
Sons: Eteocles & Polynices
Daughters: Antigone & Ismere

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Antigone

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One of Oedipus’ daughters
The stronger daughter who fought to bury her brother, Creon. She was sentenced to death to be walled in a cave and she committed suicide
Heroine who’s story is told as an example of how blood ties are more important that law of the lands

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