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Chapter 17 Flashcards

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Europa

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daughter of Aegnor; Zeus fell in love with her in form of a bull; when went missing dad sent three brothers to find her

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Minos

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son of Zeus and Europa; siblings were Sarpedon and Rhadamanthys; claimed kingship of Crete

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Pasiphae

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married Minos; daughter of Helius; children Ariadne, Phaedra, and Androgeus; fell in love with bull because Minos did not sacrifice it correctly

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Daedalus

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greatest craftsman; exiled from Athens for hurling nephew Perdix from Acropolis; constructed cow for Pasiphae to hide in

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Minotaur

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formed from union between the bull and Pasiphae; body of man and head of a bull

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Labyrinth

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had Daedalus design the maze to imprison the Minotaur

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Scylla

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daughter of Nisus; cut off father’s hair so Minos could attack the city; left by Minos and turned into a bird

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Icarus

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son a Daedalus; prisoned by Minos in Labyrinth; Daedalus made wings to fly out but Icarus flew too close to the sun and died

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Cocalus

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Daedalus took refuge him; King of Camicus; protected Daedalus from Minos

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