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actaeon

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saw Artemis bathing
turned into a stag
killed by his own hunting dogs

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Aeetes

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father of Medea
king of colchis
tricked Jason on his quest of golden fleece

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Aegeus

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Father of Theseus
Married to Medea
Almost killed his son under Medeas control

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Aeneas

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Son of Aphrodite
Warrior
Cousin of Priam

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Anchises

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Aphrodite fell in love with him
a boar killed him
aeneas father

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Andromeda

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Saved by Perseus
almost eaten by sea monster because her mother said she was prettier than a goddess

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Antigone

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Killed herself
buried her brother polyneices illegally
Daughter of Oedipus

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Arachne

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Best weaver
challenged Athena to a weaving constest
got turned into a spider

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Argonautica

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leader is Jason
Zeus sent a storm to them to punish them
Apollo helped them by showing them the Island

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Ariadne

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Helps Theseus find way out of Labyrinth/minotaur
stolen by Dionysus but might have died during birth
has many different stories about her

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Atreus

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father of agamemnon and menelaus
feeds thyestes his son
gives his wife the golden fleece but she gives it to someoneelse

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clytemnestra

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sister of helen
wife of agamemnon
kills her husband with her affair

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creon

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Jocastas brother
king of thebes after oedipus
banishes oedipus

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cadmus

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founder of thebes
brother of europa
oracle told him to find a new city instead of his sister

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Colchis

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aeetes rules here
golden fleece is here
phrixus sons helped argonauts find colchis

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circe

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odysseus stayed with her for a year
shes a witch
turns men into pigs

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circe

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odysseus stayed with her for a year
shes a witch
turns men into pigs

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deianeira

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kills heracles
almost kidnapped by nessa/she was given poison to keep heracles heart as a trick
wife of heracles

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Dido

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queen of carthage
practically dates aeneas for a year
kills herself when aeneas leaves her for italy

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carthage

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founded by queen dido

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electra

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daughter of agamemnon
helps orestes kill their mother
sends orestes away after fathers murder

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eumaeus

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odysseus swineherd/brother figure
helps odysseus kill the suitors after Penelope
close with odysseus and telemachus(odysseus son)

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judgement of paris

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contest between hera, athena, and aphrodite to see who is the prettiest
paris chose aphrodite because she offered helen
paris took helen, which started Trojan war

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jocasta

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wife of lauis
mother of oedipus, wife of oedipus
kills herself when she realizes she married her son

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julius caesar
highly connected to ares assasinated turned into a god after death
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lucretia
raped by sextus she killed herself when her family got vengeance, the monarchy was replaced by a republic
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medea
wife of jason helped him get golden fleece kills her children and the new bride because jason tried to remarry tried to get aegeus to poison his son theseus
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melos
friend of adonis, took his life after adonis died his son founded melon
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jason
leader of the argonauts hera and athena and aphrodite helped him/loved him married medea
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oedipus
king of thebes prophecy of killing his father and marrying his mother gouges out his eyes and exiles himself from thebes
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orestes
brother of electra kills mother and her affair to avenge his father because apollo said to went on trial versus the fates
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pandora
created by zeus to punish the humans for gaining fire a piece of her is something from a god when she opened her box, she let out all the evil things of men
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peleus and thetis
parents of achilles forced to marry by zeus because prophecy said thetis would bear a son greater than his father, so he made her have a kid with a mortal to ensure the kid would be a mortal peleus was a mortal king and thetis was a powerful sea nymph
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pentheus
didn’t beleive in dionysus power turned into a boar killed by family and maenads
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phaethon
apollos son asked apollo if he could drive the chariot killed by chariot falling apart because zeus struck it down by a lightning bolt
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perseus
saves andromeda kills medusa son of zeus
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phaeacia
island odysseus lands on after calypso nausica the daughter of the king helps odysseus get to her father they help odysseus get home safe
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polyneices
son of oedipus and jocasta traitor to the city thebes for starting a civil war with his brother antigone dies when she tries to bury him
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Polyphemus
one eyed cyclop son of poseidon in odysseus stories, odysseus was in his cave and stabbed him in the eye to escape
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prometheus
gave humans fire punished by zeus so a eagle eats him every day finally dies when he gives Heracles his immorality in exchange for his morality
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romulus ans remus
when they are babies they are first nursed by a wolf romulus kills remus romulus founds rome and becomes king
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semele
dionysus mom died by looking at zeus real form princess of thebes
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sibyl
priestess and prophet of apollo helped aeneas into underworld tells aeneas there will be a great war over territory in italy
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talthybius
trojan messenger tells the trojan women where they are going takes andromache’s son astyanax
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telemachus
son of odysseus helps odysseus kill suitors
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theseus
father was either poseidon or aegeus king of athens killed the minotaur in the labyrinth
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trojan war
war between troy and greeks started over who gets helen: melenaus or paris the greeks won using the trojan horse then setting troy on fire
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veii
temple of apollo associated with the third trial of heracles: the golden deer
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troy
in asia minor where the trojan war was ruled by priam and hecuba
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works and days
poem written by the greek: hesiod talks to his brother perses throughout
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trojan women play
aftermath of trojans losing the war talks about what is going to happen to the women/where they are going written by Euripides
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theogony
written by Hesiod orgins and genealogies of the greek gods in greek
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queens of syria play
modern adaptation of trojan women about the syrian civil war written by Syrian refugees
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ovid
roman poet wrote metamorphoses talks about roman gods/heroes
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oresteia
greek tragedies written by aeschylus follows orestes travels
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mythographers
hesiod apollodorus first writers to record greek myths
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metamorphoses
poem goes from the creation of the world to julius caesar written by ovid
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homeric hymn
34 greek poems addressed to the gods (praising) written by homer (unknown authors)
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hesiod
wrote theogony/works and days early greek poet father of greek didactic poetry
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funeral oration
celebrates athens achievement given for fallen soldiers families used to encourage people to keep fighting
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Delphi oracle
delivered prophecies from apollo considered the center of the world pythia gave the prophecies to visitors
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city dionysia
a festival for Dionysus where many tragedies and comedies were performed took place in athens
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chorus
described the play helped audience understand characters motivation moral commentary for the main characters
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antigone of syria
adaptation of antigone tragedy created by syrian refugees tells about women during syrian war
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aeneid
latin epic poem story of aeneas a trojan who fled to italy wrote by virgil
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baucis and philemon
hermes and zues go to this town, are only accepted by this couple the gods turn the town into a swamp the gods give the couple a temple and allow them to die at the same time and turn into trees
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niobe
prophecy that everyone should praise a goddess named latona apollo and diana kill her children she turns into a rock so she has to grieve forever
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zeus
appearance: beard, lightning, eagles, olives in hair stories: prometheus, Callisto, Semele, baucis and philemon care about: justice, authority, hospitality, order
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Hera
appearance: throne, scepter, headdress, lions, cloak, birds stories: Semele, Hephaestus, any zeus affair care about: jealousy, idealized womens roles
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hades
appearance: cerebos, no eye-contact, sceptre, cornucopia, pomegranate stories: persephone care about: afterlife, seasonal cycle with persephone
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poseidon
appearance: chariot, horses, trident stories: medusa care about: nature being unable to control by humans, to see it as divine
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demeter
appearance: torch, grain, crown, cornucopia stories: persephone care about: circle of life, maternal love, gender roles
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persephone
appearance: torch, grain, hades stories: kidnapping care about: transformation from a girl to queen, seasons
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apollo
appearance: tripod, lyre, bow, wreath stories: stolen cows, daphne care about: art of ancient greece, inspiration, beauty
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ares
appearance: shield, helmet, naked stories: affair with aphrodite care about: destructive nature of war, unjust violence
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hestia
appearance: tunic, head covering, flowers care about: ancient greek home balance: stability, hearth, family, community
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artemis
appearance: bow, spears, wild animals, dogs, bare knees stories: Actaeon, virgin goddess, Callisto care about: powerful woman, balance of wild nature and nurture
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athena
appearance: helmet, aegis, shield, snakes stories: Arachne, zeus head care about: just war, rationality, democracy
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Dionysus
appearance: win glass, grape vines, satyrs, maenads, wild animals, pinecone staff stories: zeus knee, pirates care about: theater is a big outcome in greece, nature, human nature
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hermes
appearance: wing shoes, hat, circle staff stories: cows, messenger of gods care about: travelling, commerce, cunning
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Hephaestus
appearance: hammer, crooked feet, tongs, donkey stories: thrown off Olympus, affair with aphrodite and ares, athena’s birth care about: labor, creation, craftsmen-ship, labor
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aphrodite
appearance: nude, pretty, eros, dove, jewelry stories: affair, adonis, trojan war paris care about: love and beauty can create or destroy, love is unpredictable
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heracles
appearance: lion hat, club, monsters stories: 12 labors care about: cultural icon in ancient greece, this was how every greek should act
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creon (corinth)
father of glauce (jason new wife) son of lycaethus killed by medea
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horatia
protected the roman bridge from Etruscans
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horatii
triplet boy wins the triplet war only survivor survivor killed his sister for mourning a curiatti who she was engaged too

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