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The centrauromachy

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1st generation of people

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Ixion

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Killed his father in law and was exiled. Goes mad and was seen as unclean in the eyes of the Greeks. (He was a bad host and had bad hospitality.)

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Zeus & Ixion

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Zeus invited Ixion to dine with the Gods. Ixion decided to flirt with Hera. Zeus made a cloud form of Hera to see what Ixion would do; Ixion slept with the cloud and had a baby that is half horse, half human.

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Hera

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Goddess of Women and Marriage. Also Zeus Wife.

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Centarus

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Ixion half horse, half human baby that he made with the cloud form of Hera.

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Pirithous

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Ixion’s first son (Full human). He is the half brother of Centarus

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Pirithous’s Wedding

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He and to invite Centarus because they were half brothers. Centarus and the rest of the half horse, half humans came to wedding, drank wine for the first, and chaos was unleashed.

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The Roman Cena

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Lasted all night - 5pm to midnight
Tons of people came
Guest laid on lectus - couch
In the middle were mensae

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The Roman Marriage

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Begins with the sabine women

Romulus promises them citizenship, property, and children.

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Matrimonium

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Institution of motherhood (mater)

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