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Greek Gods Flashcards

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Zeus

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Jupiter

God of lightening and thunder

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Hera

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God of marriage
Wife of Zeus
Juno

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Poseidon

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God of sea and earthquake
Neptune

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Aphrodite

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Venus

Goddess of love and sexuality

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Eros

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Cupid

Aphrodites son who makes people fall in love

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Ares

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Mars

God of war

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Athene

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Minerva

Goddess of wisdom and skill in warfare

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Hephaestus

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Vulcan

God of metalwork

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Artemis

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Diana

Goddess of hunting and chastity

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Apollo

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God of music, prophecy, intellect

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Muses

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Nine goddesses of inspiration

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Hermes

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Mercury
Messenger god
God of travellers and thieves

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Iris

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Goddess of rainbows

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Demeter

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Ceres
Goddess of argriculture

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Dionysus

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Bacchus
God of wine

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Hades

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Pluto
God of underworld

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Amazons

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Race of female warriors

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Adonis

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Beautiful youth who fell in love with his own image

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King Midas

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King who wished everything he touched would turn to gold

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Oedipus

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Protagonist of a Greek tragedy who killed his father and married his mother

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Spartans

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Greeks known for rigid self-discipline

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Chimera

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Monster with the head of a lion the, body of a goat and the tail of a serpent

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Hercules

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Hero who performed 12 difficult tasks

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Athena

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Goddess born wearing a helmet

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Zeus (fact)

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Ruler of the gods renowned for philandering

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Cerberus

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Canine guard of the gates of Hades

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Zeus favorite animal

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Eagle

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Aphrodite (fact)

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She is born from the foam of the sea

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Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos

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The three-fates who controlled the destiny of mortals

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Styx

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The river at the entrance of Hades

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Morpheus

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He entered the dreams of mortals under any guise

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Pandora

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Her name means all gifts

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Atlas

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He was condemned to carry the heavens on his shoulders

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Adonis (other fact)

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The handsome mortal had an affair with a Venus (Aphrodite)

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Argus

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He was heras favourite Shepard

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Ceyx, Halycone

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They would transformed into Kingfisher birds when they drowned

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What poems did Homer wrote

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Odyssey
iliad

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What is the odyssey

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the journey home of the Greek God Odysseus

39
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What is iliad about

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Account of the cause of the war between the Greeks and Trojans and then deals mainly with the last few days of the Trojan war

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Agamemnon

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Leader of the expedition and described as the most kingly assassinated in the bath by his wife and his lover when you returned home

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Ajax

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The greatest warrior after Achilles

He went mad when the dead dead Archilles armour was awarded to a
Odysseus. He committed suicide

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Menelaus

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Brother of Agamemnon and husband o of Helen

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Nestor

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Oldest of the Greek who always gave wise counsel

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Aeneas

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Son of Aphrodite and mortal Anchises, He escaped the sack of troy and in the Greek myth went on to found Rome

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Hector

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Leading Trojan warrior. His death formed the climax of Iliad

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Paris

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Son of Priam
Who is abduction of Helen cause the war

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Priam

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He ransomed the the body of his son, Hector, and died when the city fell

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Cassandra

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Who predicted the Trojan war but was not believed

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