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This was the greatest warrior on the Greek side of the Trojan War

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Achilles

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When he was an infant, this hero’s mother tried to make him immortal by dipping him in the River Styx

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Achilles

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During the Trojan war, this hero quarreled with Agamemnon, and sulked in his tent

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Achilles

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A tendon that runs from heel to calf is named after this Greek hero

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Achilles

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Homer refers to the “wrath of [this hero]” in the first line of the Iliad

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Achilles

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The goddess Aphrodite fell in love with this extremely beautiful boy

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Adonis

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This boy’s name is used today to describe any handsome young man.

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Adonis

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This son of Aphrodite [Venus] carried his elderly father out of the ruined Troy on his back.

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Aeneas

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This hero represents filial devotion and duty.

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Aeneas

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After the fall of Troy, this man was shipwrecked at Carthage with his father and son.

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Aeneas

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Dido committed suicide after realizing that this man could not stay with her forever

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Aeneas

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The ancient Romans believed they were descended from the followers of this hero.

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Aeneas

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This hero is the subject of an epic poem by Virgil.

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Aeneas

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According to Homer, this is the king who led the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan war

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Agamemnon

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This man was cursed after he sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to the goddess Artemis.

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Agamemnon

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This man was murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra and her lover, Aegisthus

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Agamemnon

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This daughter of King Oedipus disobeyed her father’s order and buried her traitorous brother

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Antigone

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This woman is the subject of a play by Sophocles that deals with the conflict between humans laws and the laws of the gods

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Antigone

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Greek/Roman goddess of Love and Beauty

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Aphrodite/Venus

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This goddess is the mother of Eros [Cupid] and Aeneas

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Aphrodite [Venus]

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Paris awarded this goddess the Apple of Discord over Hera and Athena

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Aphrodite [Venus]

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This goddess was born out of the foam of the sea

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Aphrodite [Venus]

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The birth of this goddess is the subject of a painting by Botticelli

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Aphrodite [Venus]

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Greek/Roman god of poetry, prophecy, medicine, and light

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Apollo

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This god represents all aspects of civilization and order

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Apollo

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This god was worshiped at the Delphic Oracle, where a priestess gave forth his predictions.

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Apollo

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This god is Artemis’s twin brother

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Apollo

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This god pulled a Sun chariot across the sky

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Apollo

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Greek/Roman god of war

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Ares/Mars

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These were the companions of Jason in the quest for the Golden Fleece

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Argonauts

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This creature from classical mythology has a hundred eyes

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Argus

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Hera sent this creature to guard over Io after Io was turned into a cow

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Argus

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After Hermes killed this creature, Hera put his eyes in the tail of the peacock

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Argus

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Greek/Roman goddess of the hunt and of the Moon

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Artemis/Diana

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This goddess was the twin sister of Apollo

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Artemis [Diana]

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Greek/Roman goddess of wisdom

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Athena/Minerva

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This goddess sprang fully grown out of the forehead of her father, Zeus.

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Athena/Minerva

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This goddess was angered by the Judgement of Paris, and chose to help on the side of the Greeks in the Trojan war.

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Athena/Minerva

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This goddess was the protector of Odessyus on his journey home.

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Athena/Minerva

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This Titan was famous for his strength.

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Atlas

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After the Titan War, Zeus condemned this Titan to support the Earth and the Sky on his shoulders for eternity

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Atlas

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This Titan’s name is used to describe someone who is incredibly strong who who carries an enormous burden

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Atlas

43
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Hercules cleaned this place by diverting the course of two rivers

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Augean Stables

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This was the location of Hercules’s fifth labor

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Augean Stables

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Eurystheus refused to count this labor towards Hercules’ debt.

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Augean Stables

Eurystheus felt as though Hercules cheated using the rivers for this labor, and thought the rivers did most of the work for him.

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Hercules killed this man after he refused to honor an agreement to give him one-tenth of his cattle

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Augeus

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Greek/Roman god of wine and revelry

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Dionysus/Bacchus

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This god is often depicted eating grapes and/or surrounded by satyrs

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Dionysus [Bacchus]

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Parties or feasts marked by unrestrained drunkenness are often described using this term, referring to the classical Roman god of wine.

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Bacchanalian

50
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Although this woman’s predictions were always true, she was cursed so that no one would believe her predictions.

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Cassandra

51
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Apollo gave this woman the gift of prophecy, but made it useless after she resisted his amorous advances

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Cassandra

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The Greeks captured this woman after their victory in Troy and sacrilegiously removed her from the Temple of Athena

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Cassandra

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This woman’s name is used to refer to someone who constantly predicts bad news.

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Cassandra

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Mythological creatures who were half-human and half-horse

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Centaurs

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This three-headed dog guards the entrance to Hades

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Cerberus

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Greek/Roman goddess of agriculture

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Demeter

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This monster had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon

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Chimera

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Odysseus’s crew fell prey to this sorceress, who turned men into swine

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Circe

59
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One-eyed giants from Classical Mythology

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Cyclops

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This mythological engineer is a symbol of inventiveness and craftsmanship

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Daedalus

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This mythological inventor designed the Labyrinth

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Daedalus

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This mythological figure was the father of Icarus

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Daedalus

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The story of this Greek/Roman goddess and her daughter, Persephone, explains the cycle of the seasons

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Demeter [Ceres]

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When this Greek/Roman goddess is separated from her daughter, she fails to tend to the crops

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Demeter [Ceres]

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