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Metaneira

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Mother of the baby Demeter tried to make immortal

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Demophoon

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The baby Demeter tried to make immortal by placing him in the fire and feeding him ambrosia

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Semele

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Mother of Dionysus, Zeus showed full glory to=death

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Ariadne

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Abandoned by Theseus, Loved by Dionysus, Crown in Stars

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Maenads/Bacchantes

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Dinoysus’s followers, tore people apart

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Pentheus

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King, Dionysus’s cousin, who didn’t believe D was a god, mom tears him apart

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Teiresias

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blind prophet of Thebes

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Gaea

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Mother Earth

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Ouranos

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Father Heaven

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Cronus (Saturn)

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Titan King, father of original 6, overthrown by Zeus

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Rhea

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Cronus’s wife

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Atlas

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Titan, holds up world, Very stupid

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Typhon

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Flaming monster with 100 heads, fought against gods, Zeus struck with bolt

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Cimmerians

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Mysterious people, unknown island filled with endless night

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Hyperboreans

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People living in remote North, give Perseus gifts

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Prometheus

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“Forethought,” Very wise, helps create mankind, gives man fire and best cuts of meat

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Epimetheus

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“Afterthought,” Scatterbrained, Originally created humans, but failed, marries Pandora

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Pandora

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“Gift of all,” first woman, opened box and released plagues on the world

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Chiron

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Centaur, immortal, died for Prometheus

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Deucalion

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Prometheus’s son, survives flood, throws rocks=stone people

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Pyrrha

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Daughter of Pandora and Epimetheus, survives flood, throws rock=stone people

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Io

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Lover of Zeus, turned into a cow, Hera forces to go mad, ancestor of Hercules

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Argus

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100 eyes, watched Io, when killed by Hermes-eyes put on peacock by Hera

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Europa

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Zeus lover, Zeus turned to bull for her, suffered none, mother of Minos and Rhadamanthus (future judges of the dead)

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Rhadamanthus

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Europa’s son, brother to Minos, judge of the dead

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Minos

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son of Europa, judge of the dead

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Odysseus

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Hero in the Odyssey, stabs out polyphemus’s eye

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Polyphemus

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Cyclops, Odysseus stabs out eye, in love with Galatea

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Galatea

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Sea nymph, loved by polyphemus

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Doris

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Galatea’s sister, loved polyphemus

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Narcissus

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Handsome, falls in love with reflection (cursed by Nemesis)=death, has a Narcissus flower

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Echo

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Beautiful nymph, fav of Artemis, cursed by Hera to only repeat, hid away in a cave

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Nemesis

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Goddess of Righteous Anger, curses Narcissus

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Hyacinthus

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Apollo’s BFF, killed by Apollo from hit in head with discus, flower Hyacinth

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Zephyr

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West Wind

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Adonis

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loved by Aphordite in spring & summer, Persephone in Fall and Winter, killed by boar, Adonis flower

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Psyche

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“Soul” boasted being prettier than Venus, falls in love with Cupid, performs tasks for Venus, marries Cupid, Mortal->Immortal

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Pyramus

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Lover of Thisbe, finds thisbe’s cloak messed by lion, kills himself, mulberry tree color

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Thisbe

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Lover of Pyramus, finds pyramus dead, kills self, mulberry color

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Orpheus

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Prince, son of a Muse, saved heroes through music, lover of Eurydice, takes her from underworld, cant look, looks, looses her, killed by Maenads

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Eurydice

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lover of Orpheus, killed by Viper, couldn’t be taken from Underworld

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Ceyx

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Lover of Alycone, killed in shipwreck, turned into birds

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Alycone

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Lover of Ceyx, Morpheus shows her Ceyx died, finds Ceyx’s body, turns into bird, nests for a week on water=ocean calm

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Morpheus

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son of God of Sleep, can take any form, tells Alcyone of Ceyx’s death

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Sommus

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God of Sleep

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Pygmalion

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scuplter, hates women, sculpts woman, falls in love with statue, prays to Venus, statue comes to life

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Galatea

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Sculpted by Pygmalion, turns to human, gives birth to Paphos

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Paphos

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Son of Galatea and Pygmalion, name of Venus’s fav city

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Baucis

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Lover of Philemon, poor, houses Jupiter and Mercury, home->temple, becomes priest of temple, becomes oak/linden tree from one stump

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Philemon

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Lover of Baucis poor, houses Jupiter and Mercury, home->temple, becomes priest of temple, becomes oak/linden tree from one stump

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Endymion

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Beautiful youth, forever asleep b/c Selene cursed him so she could always watch him (rise and set of moon)

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Selene

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The moon, loves Endymion, curses him, visits every night (rise and set of the moon)

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Daphne

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Apollo’s first love, daughter of river-god Peneus, turned into laurel tree by dad

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Peneus

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River-God, father of Daphne, turns her into laurel

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Alpheus

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Loves Arethusa, river-god, mixes with Arethusa’s spring water

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Arethusa

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follower of Artemis, loved by Alpheus, turned into water spring, brought from greece to sicily

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Athamas

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Greek King, tries to sacrifice son to stop drought –> golden ram appears

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Ino

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Second wife of King Athamas, tries to kill son of 1st wife so her son could be heir, parched seed-corn=no corn

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Nephele

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1st wife of Athamas, frightened he would sacrifice her son, prays to Hermes to help

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Phrixus

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Son of Nephele and Athamas, tried to be sacrificed, Golden ram from Hermes saves him and sis (Helle), brought to AEetes kingdom and gives him ram fleece

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Helle

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Daughter of Nephele and Athamas, sister to Phrixus, falls of golden ram over a strait –> The Sea Of Helle/ Hellespoint

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Pelias

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Took away kingdom from Phrixus’s uncle, sends Jason off to get the fleece, gets cut up by daughters hoping to restore his youth

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Jason

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Pelias’s cousin, goes to fetch fleece, liked by Hera,

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Hypsipyle

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from Lemnos, saved father the king by shipping away in a box, help argonauts

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Hylas

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Hercules’s armor bearer, drowned by a water nymph

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Harpies

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“Hounds of Zeus,” hooked beaks and claws, stank, ate Phineus’s food, killed by sons of Boreas

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Boreas

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North Wind

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Phineus

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Apollo prophet, punished by Zeus b/c Zeus likes mystery, can’t eat, tells Argonauts how to get through Clashing rocks w/ dove

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Medea

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Witch, loves Jason, venegeful, cunning, kills sons b/c she kills Jason’s wife

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King AEetes

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Medea’s dad, has Jason fight bronze bulls and fight those who rose from crops

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Apsyrtus

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Medea’s brother, lead great army, killed by Medea,

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Talus

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last man of bronze race, invulnerable except for ankle, lift pointed crag and hits ankle=death

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Phaethon

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son of the sun, drives sun chariot, lights world on fire, bolted by Zeus to protect world

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Helios

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Sun

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Heliades

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Daughters of helios

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Glaucus

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son of sisyphus, fed horses human flesh=gods throw him form chariot and horses eat him

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Bellerophon

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wanted to ride Pegasus, slayed Chimaera

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Pegasus

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Born from Medusa’s blood, winged horse,

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Polyidus

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seer of Corinth, tells bellerophon to sleep at athena’s temple

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Anteia

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wife of King Proteus, falls in love w/ bellerophon but he doesn’t love her, angry she tries to get hubby to kill bell

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Otus

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brother giant of ephialtes, son of Poseidon, arrogant, wanted to carry off hera

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Ephialtes

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bro of Otus, son of Poseidon, thought he loved Artemis

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Daedalus

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Architect, constructs labyrinth, built wings for him and son, escapes, figures out how to thread shell using an ant

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Icarus

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Daedalus’s son, flies to high with wings and melts glue=death

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Danae

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Perseus’s mom, Zeus lover, zeus appears as golden rain, cast out in crate w/son

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Perseus

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son of Danae and Zeus, slays gorgon Medusa

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Polydectes

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Ruler of island where Perseus and Danae wash up, brother of Dictys, loves Danae, convinces Perseus to slay Medusa

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Dictys

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Fisherman who found Danae and Perseus, raises as his own children

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Gray Women

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three gray ladies, one eye to share, tells Perseus where to find the Hyperboreans

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Gorgons

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great wings, bodies w/ golden scales, hair a mess of snakes, 2 immortal, 1 mortal, turn those who look into stone

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Queen Cassiopeia

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Boasted to be more beautiful than daughter of Nereus the Sea God, has daughter (Andromeda) punished for her mistake

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Andromeda

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Punished for mom (Cassiopeia) mistake, tied to rock as serpent offering, marries Perseus

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Acrisus

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Father of Danae, locks her away so her son wont kill him, dies when perseus accidently hits him with a discus

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Electryon

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Son of Perseus and Andromeda, grandpa to Hercules

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Aegus

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Athenian King, father of Theseus, killed himself in sea= Aegean Sea

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Theseus

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son of Aegus, cousin of Hercules,

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Pasiphae

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Minos’s wife, mother of Minotaur

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Aridane

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Minos’s daughter, loved theseus, gave hint from daedalus about how to escape maze, left behind

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Hippolyta

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Queen of amazons, mother of hippolytus

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Hippolytus

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Son of Hippolyta and Theseus, loved by Phaedra, cursed by Poseidon

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Pirithous

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theseus’s rash friend, adventures but not good at it

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Hercules

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strongest man on earth, rash, blunderingly stupid, quickly regretful, temper temper, son of Zeus and Alcmena, born in thebes

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Amphitryon

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Hercule’s mortal father, distinguished general,

104
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Alcmena

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Herc’s mom

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Megara

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Herc’s first wife, he killed her and their sons when he went mad b/c of hera

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Eurystheus

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Herc’s cousin, King of Mycenae, purged Herc through the 12 labors

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Achelous

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River-god, herc fought to win wife, took a horn

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Deianira

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Herc’s 2nd wife, daughter of Achelous

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Antaeus

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giant who forced visitors to wrestle

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Queen Omphale

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Had Herc as a servant for 1-3 years, made him dress like a girl

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Admetus

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King, had to have someone die for him to live, wife took his place, wife comes back thanks to herc, he dies

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Alcestis

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Admetus’s wife, died for him, brought back from underworld thanks to herc=Admetus’s death

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Iole

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daughter of king eurytus,used to trick Deianira into thinking Herc didn;t love her

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Philoctetes

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Herc’s youthful follower, set Herc on fire for death

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