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Gaea

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of earth, one of the primal elements who first emerged at the dawn of creation

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Uranus

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was the primal Greek god personifying the sky.

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Cronus

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was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans

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Rhea

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Titaness daughter of the sky god Uranus and the earth goddess Gaia,

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Oceanus

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as the Titan god or Protogenos (primeval deity) of the great earth-encircling river Okeanos, the font of all the earth’s fresh-water:

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Iapetus

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was a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia, and father (by an Oceanid named Clymene or Asia) of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.

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Zeus

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King of Gods

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Hera

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Wife to Zeus

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Demeter

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Mother to Persephone

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Hestia

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is a virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity

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Poseidon

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God of sea

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Hades

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god of underworld

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Ares

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God of War

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Hephaestus

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God of black smiths

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Athena

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Goddess of Wisdom

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Apollo

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God of Sun

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Artemis

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Goddess of Moon

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Hermes

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Messenger God

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Aphrodite

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Goddess of Love

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Prometheus

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is a Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure who is credited with the creation of man from clay and the theft of fire for human use, an act that enabled progress and civilization. He is known for his intelligence, and as a champion of humanity.

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Typhoeus

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The last son of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus, he was known as the “Father of All Monsters”; his wife Echidna was likewise the “Mother of All Monsters.”

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Persephone

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Daughter to Demeter

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Pytho

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always represented in Greek sculpture and vase-paintings as a serpent. He presided at the Delphic oracle,

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Electra

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was the daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra, and thus princess of Argos. She and her brother Orestes plotted revenge against their mother Clytemnestra and stepfather Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon.

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Cassandra

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was the daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy. Her beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy.

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Agenor

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history a Phoenician king of Tyre

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Europa

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Phoenician woman of high lineage, from whom the name of the continent Europe has ultimately been taken.[1] The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form of a white bull was a Cretan story

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Cadmus

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a Phoenician prince

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Harmonia

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is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. Her Roman counterpart is Concordia,

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Semele

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daughter of the Boeotian hero Cadmus and Harmonia, was the mortal mother[1] of Dionysus by Zeus in one of his many origin myths.

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Laios

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a divine hero and key personage in the Theban founding myth. Son of Labdacus, he was raised by the regent Lycus after the death of his father.

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Oedipus

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was a mythical Greek king of Thebes

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Jocasta

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a daughter of Menoeceus and Queen consort of Thebes, Greece. She was the wife of Laius, wife and mother of Oedipus by Laius,

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Eteocles

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was a king of Thebes, the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia

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Polyneices

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was the son of Oedipus and Jocasta. His wife was Argea.

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Antigone

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is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta

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Amphiaraos

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was the son of Oecles and Hypermnestra, and husband of Eriphyle.

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Eriphyle

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daughter of Talaus, was the mother of Alcmaeon and the wife of Amphiaraus. Eriphyle persuaded Amphiaraus to take part in the raid that initiated the mythic tale of the Seven Against Thebes, though she knew he would die.

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Alcmaeon

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was the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle. As one of the Epigoni, he was a leader of the Argives who attacked Thebes, taking the city in retaliation for the deaths of their fathers, the Seven Against Thebes, who died while attempting the same thing.

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Cecrops

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was a mythical king of Athens who is said to have reigned for fifty-six years.

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Theseus

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founder-king of Athens, son of Aegeus and Poseidon,

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Augeus

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was king of Elis and father of Epicaste. Some say that Augeas was one of the Argonauts.

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Ariadne

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was the daughter of Minos king of Crete,[1] and his queen Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios, the Sun-titan

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