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Characters Flashcards

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Zeus

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Realm: King of gods
Roman Name: Jupiter
Symbol: Lightning bolt, eagle, oak tree

Launched 1000 ships
Jason searched for Gold Fleece

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Poseidon

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Realm: God of sea, horses, earthquakes
Roman Name: Neptune
Symbol: Trident, dolphins, horses

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Hades

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Realm: God of underworld
Roman Name: Pluto
Symbol: Cypress, bident, cerberus (3 headed dog)

Seasons explained by his taking of Persephone

Ruler of dead
Charon was the ferryman of the underworld

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Hestia

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**Realm: **God of hearth and home (Zeus sister)
Roman Name: Vesta
**Symbol: **Hearth and fire

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Hera

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Realm:Queen of gods (Zeus wife)
Roman Name: Juno
**Symbol: **Peacock, pomegranite, cuckoo

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Ares

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Realm: God of war
Roman Name: Mars
Symbol:Sword, shield, dog, vultures

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Athena

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Realm: God of wisdom, war, and weaving
Roman Name: Minerva
Symbol: Owl, olive tree, shield

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Apollo

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Realm: God of sun, music, poetry
Roman Name: Apollo
Symbol: Lyre, Arrow, Sun, Chariot

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Aphrodite

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Realm: Goddess of love and beauty
Roman Name: Venus
Symbol: Doves and sparrows

Born from the foam of the sea

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Hermes

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Realm: Messenger, god of commerce, travelers, and thieves
Roman Name: Mercury
Symbol: Winged cap, winged sandals, medical symbol

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Artemis

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Realm: Goddess of moon and hunting
Roman Name: Diana
Symbol: Crescent, stag, arrow

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Hephaestus

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Realm: God of fire, forger of armor
Roman Name: Vulcan
Symbol: Anvil, forge

Volcanos named after him

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Antigone

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Burys eteocles
Daughter of Oedipus
Commits suicide after being imprisoned by Creon

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Ismene

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Antigone sister
Runs away

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Polyneices

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Takes throne after Oedipus leaves
Dies in battle with Eteocles

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Eteocles

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Fights polyneices and dies in battle with brother for throne
Buried by Antigone

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Oedipus

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Father of Antigone, Ismene, Polynieces, and Eteocles
Married Jocasta by prophecy
Killed Laius by prophecy
Gouged his eyes out after learning Jocasta was his mother, dies later.

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Jocasta

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Mother of Antigone, Ismene, Polynieces, and Eteocles
Married Oedipus by prophecy
Commits suicide after learning Oedipus is her son.

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Laius

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Father of Oedipus
Formerly married to Jocasta before Oedipus killed him by prophecy

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Creon

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King of Thebes after brothers died
Married to Eurydice
Does not want to bury Eteocles because he is a traitor
Imprisons Antigone

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Eurydice

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Mother of Haemon
Married to Creon
Kills herself after Haemon killed himself for Antigone

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Haemon

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Son of Creon and Eurydice
In love with Antigone
Kills himself after Antigone kills herself and blames his father
Tries and fails to kill his father

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Tiresias

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Prophet
Got mad at Creon for not listening
Fortold Oedipus prophecy

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