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Gods, Titans, Muses Flashcards

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Calliope

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Epic poetry

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Euterpe

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Lyric poetry

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Erato

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Love (poetry)

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Polyhymnia

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Sacred song

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Urania

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Astronomy

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Terpsichore

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Sacred Dance

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Melpomene

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Tragedy

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Clio

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History

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Thalia

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Comedy

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Chaos children

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Had Gaia (earth) Eros (desire) Tartarus (the underworld) Erebos (the dark gloom of the underworld) and Nyx (night)

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Gaia children with herself

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Ouranos(sky) mountains and Pontus (sea)

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Erebos and Nyx had

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Day and Air

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Gaia and Ouranos had

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Cyclopes, Hecatonchires, and the Titans Cronos Rhea Hyperion Oceanus Iapetus and Mnemosyne

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Metis

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Athenas mother

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Mnemosyne

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Mother of the muses with Zeus

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Sons of Iapetus

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Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus,

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Atlas

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Sided with the Titans and was punished by holding up the earth

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Prometheus

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Sided with Zeus and taught humans different arts. He taught how to sacrifice and tried to trick Zeus. He was punished with Pandora who released all the evils into the world. He stole fire and gave it to humans. His punishment was being chained to a mountain where an eagle would come an pick out his liver.

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Hyperion children

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Helios (sun) Selene (moon) Eos (dawn)

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Phaethon son of Helios

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Asked to drive the sun chariot as a sign of his fathers love but crashed it almost setting the world ablaze but Zeus struck him down

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Maia

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Most beautiful daughter of Atlas and mother of Hermes

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