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Fan Greco-Roman Mythology Flashcards

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Who is the Greek goddess of the moon and hunting?

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Artemis

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Which nymph was cursed to only be able to say what was last said to her?

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Echo

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Who had her 14 children killed by Apollo and Artemis and turned to stone as a result of her grief?

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Niobe

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What husband of Penelope spent 10 years trying to return to Ithaca?

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Odysseus (or Ulysses)

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Which daughter of Zeus and Themis, known as “The Spinner”, controls when mortal beings live or die?

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Clotho

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Which fate, often depicted wearing white, had the Roman equivalent Decima and measured the thread of life?

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Lachesis (or “The Alloter”)

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Which fate controlled how living beings would die by cutting the thread of life?

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Atropos (or “The Inflexible” or Morta)

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Which group of heroes accompanied Jason on his quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece?

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Argonauts

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One member of this duo defeated King Amycus in a boxing match while on the quest for the Golden Fleece. They are the basis for Gemini.

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Castor and Pollux

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Which musician helped out the Argonauts by playing over the enchanting music of the villainous Sirens?

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Orpheus

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Name Heracles’ servant and lover who was abducted by the nymphs.

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Peleus

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Name five of the nine muses.

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Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomeni, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope

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Which group of warriors led by Penthesilea fought during the Trojan War and comprised solely of women?

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Amazons

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Which daughter of Menoeceus was the mother of Ismene, Antigone, and Oepidus?

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Jocasta (or Iocaste or Epicaste)

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Which participant in the Calydonian Boar Hunt lost to Hippomenes in a foot race because she was distracted by Aphrodite’s golden apples?

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Atalanta

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Which protagonist of a play by Euripides helped Jason retrieve the Golden Fleece and later married him?

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Medea

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What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hermes?

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Mercury

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What is the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Bacchus?

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Dionysus

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What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena?

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Minerva

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What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Demeter?

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Ceres

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What is the Greek equivalent of the Roman god Pluto?

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Hades

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What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Ares?

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Mars

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What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek titan Cronus?

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Saturn

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What is the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Hephaestus?

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Vulcan

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Who was forced to constantly push a rock up a hill?

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Sisyphus

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Which son of Anchises was a Trojan War hero and the namesake of a Virgil epic?

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Aeneas

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Which fruit, said to have sprung from Adonis’s blood, is often associated with Persephone?

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Pomegranate

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Which river from the underworld would cause those who drank from it to forget everything?

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Lethe

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Whose symbol, a snake curled around a rod, still represents medicine today?

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Asclepius (or Hepius)

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What name was given to the one-eyed creatures who originated from Arges, Steropes, and Brontes?

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Cyclopes (or Cyclops)

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Which poet was a major source of what we now know of Greek mythology through works like “Theogony?”

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Hesiod

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Which daughter of Aphrodite was the goddess of chance? Greek or Roman versions are acceptable.

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Tyche (or Fortuna)

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What figure has been portrayed by Paul DuBois and Caravaggio, and by Salvador Dali in a painting titled for this character’s metamorphosis?

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Narcissus

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What sculpture displayed at the Louvre depicts a goddess without arms?

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Venus de Milo

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Which French artist painted Patroclus, The Anger of Achilles, and Mars Being Disarmed by Venus?

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Jacques-Louis David

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Which ancient sculptor created the lost sculptures of Athena at the Athenian Parthenon and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia?

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Phidias

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I am the son of Zeus and grandson of Acrisius. I killed my grandfather with a discus and slew the monster Cetus. As a child, I was imprisoned in a box with my mother Danae. I married Andromeda and I killed Medusa. Who am I?

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Perseus

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Which titan gave fire to the humans?

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Prometheus

39
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Hesiod told the story of what woman created by Hephaestus to punish humans for accepting fire?

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Pandora

40
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Which hero becomes a god after being set on fire on a funeral pyre?

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Heracles (or Hercules)

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Who wrote the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series of novels?

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Rick Riordan

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Which scientist is said to be the modern Prometheus in a work by Mary Shelley?

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Victor Frankenstein

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Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C.S. Lewis tells the tale of which two lovers, who were originally written about by Apuleius in The Golden Ass?

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Cupid and Psyche

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In Greek mythology, which two beings responsible for the Earth and sky created the first sets of Titans?

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Gaia and Ouranos

45
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Some stories say Aphrodite came out of the sea after which body part of Cronus’ was thrown into it?

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genitals

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Which god was born out of Zeus’s head after he swallowed his wife and this god’s mother Metis?

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Athena

47
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What term describes the emptiness that preceded the creation of Gaia and the primordial gods?

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Chaos

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What Sony video game franchise features the character Kratos and many other character from Greek and Norse mythology?

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God of War

49
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Which musical about the underworld won 7 Tony Awards in 2019 including one for Best Musical?

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Hadestown

50
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Who had a face that launched a thousand ships?

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Helen of Troy

51
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Who was the architect of the Trojan Horse?

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Epeius of Phocis

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Who started the Trojan War by trying to win the love of Helen despite her marriage to King Menelaus?

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Paris

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Which Greek hero battled Hector, but committed suicide after losing the armour of Achilles?

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Ajax the Great (or Aias)

54
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Who flew too close to the sun?

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Icarus

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Icarus was the son of what man who designed the labyrinth for King Minos?

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Daedalus

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What part-man, part-bull creature was trapped in the labyrinth?

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Minotaur

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Who slew the Minotaur?

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Theseus

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Theseus was the founding hero of what ancient Greek city?

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Athens

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Which general led Athens and the Delian League before dying of the Plague in 429 BCE?

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Pericles

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With what animal’s help, did Bellerophon slay Chimera?

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Pegasus

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Who was the founder and first King of Thebes?

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Cadmus

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What was the food and drink of the Greek gods?

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Ambrosia

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What protagonist of a play by Euripides and Sophocles names a complex for a woman’s believed competition with her mother over her father’s attention?

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Electra

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Which hard-to-kill monster was finally slain by cutting off its many heads and burning the wounds?

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Hydra

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Which two animals form a griffin?

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Eagle and Lion

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Which monster guarded the Strait of Messina along with Charybdis?

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Scylla

67
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Born with the last name Spencer, name this first wife of Prince Charles.

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Diana

68
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Roman Mars created what weekly podcast that discusses design and architecture?

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99% Invisible

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The main character in Juno was played by what Canadian actress?

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Ellen Page

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What seven-time Grand Slam champion has 5 Olympic medals across 3 different disciplines of tennis?

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Venus Williams

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Which titan was the mother of Asteria and Leto and the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis?

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Phoebe

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Which titan, who married Theia, was the father of the sun, moon, and dawn?

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Hyperion

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Which daughter of Hyperion was the goddess of the moon?

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Selene

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I am the fourth largest moon in our solar system. I was discovered by Galileo Galilei and the most dense moon in our solar system. I am the innermost of the Galilean moons of Jupiter. I am named after the princess of Argos and one of Zeus’s mortal lovers. Who am I?

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Io

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What island was ruled by King Minos and guarded by Talos?

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Crete

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What statue of Helios was destroyed in an earthquake in 226 BCE?

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Colossus of Rhodes

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Which deity (Greek or Roman acceptable) is associated with pigs and fire?

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Hestia or Vesta

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What was the name of Zeus’s shield that prominently featured a gorgon that would roar during battle?

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Aegis

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Which son of King Atreus and brother of Menelaus was the King of Mycenae?

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Agamemnon

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Which mortal tried to steal ambrosia from the gods and was punished by standing near a fruit tree in a body of water, neither of which he could eat or drink from?

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Tantalus

81
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What region of Greece was named after the wife of Lacedaemon?

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Sparta

82
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In the song “Burn” by Philippa Soo, who is referred to as an icarus?

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Alexander Hamilton

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What anatomical term comes from the killing of a nearly indestructible Trojan War hero?

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Achilles’ Heel

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The Temple of Minerva is located in what country once led by Manuel Estrada Cabrera?

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Guatemala

85
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Whose bird was the peacock and animal was the cow? She was also the goddess of marriage.

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Hera or Juno

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What month is named for a god who sees both into the future and into the past?

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Janus

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What substance does another turn to if touched by King Midas?

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Gold

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How many gods are considered Olympians?

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