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Greek Mythology Flashcards

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Hera

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Queen of gods

Hated by the gods

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Zeus

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King of the gods

God of sky and weather ⚡️

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Poseidon (Neptune)

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God of the sea

Trident

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Hades

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God of the underworld

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Demeter

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Goddess of harvest

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Athena

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Goddess of wisdom

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Hephaestus

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God of forge

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Ares

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God of war

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Aphrodite

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Goddess of love and beauty

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Eros (Cupid)

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God of love ❤️

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Apollo

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God of sun and music

God of day

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Artemis

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Goddess of the hunt and night

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Hermes

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Messenger to the gods

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Persephone

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Goddess of season (daughter to Demeter)

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Dionysus (demigod)

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God of wine

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Muses

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9 goddesses who inspire the arts

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Fates

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3 goddesses who determine human destiny

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Cerberus

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3 headed dog who guarded the underworld

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Cyclopes

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1 eyed giants (helpers to Hephaestus)

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Centaurs

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1/2 man 1/2 horse (4 legs)

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Satyrs

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Part man part goat (2 legs) (pan)

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Sirens

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Beautiful women with enchanting voices

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Unicorn

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Pure white horse with a lions tale and a single horn

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Phoenix

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A very large bird that lived until 500 and on they’re 500th b-day they plummet to there death in a ball of fire

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Nymphs

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Goddesses who inhabit a part of nature

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Titans

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Giants who ruled the earth before the gods

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Chimera

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Fire breathing dragon that was part goat part lion and part dragon

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Furies

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3 winged ugly creatures who visit retribution on people

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Gorgons

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3 sister who had writhing snakes for hair and any one who looked at them was turned to stone

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Harpies

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Part women part bird and they carry the souls of the dead to the underworld

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Minotaur

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Head of a bull and body of a man

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Sphinx

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Intelligent creatures with a head and torso of a women and body of a dog wings of a bird and paws of a lions and would ask impossible riddles

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Hydra

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9 headed monster and when a head was cut off 2 would grow in its place

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Uranus and Gaea

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Zeus’s and his siblings grandparents

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Cronus and rhea

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Zeus’s parents

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Mount Olympus

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Home of the gods

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Prometheus

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Titan who gave man fire

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Arachne

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The mortal who was transformed into a spider because of her pride

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King admetus

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King who went from being and generous to being very selfish and cowardly

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Phaetheon

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Son of Apollo who did not listen to his father and Zeus had to kill him

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Atlas

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Titan who holds the world on his shoulders

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Theseus

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Son of Poseidon who defeated the Minotaur

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King Midas

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The king who turned everything he touched to gold

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Narcissus

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The mortal who fell in love with his own reflection

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Echo

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The nymph punished by Hera and could only speak the last word spoken

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Daedalus and Icarus

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Father and son who fashioned wings to escape the island Crete

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Psyche

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The mortal who Eros fell in love with after he pierced himself with his own arrow

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Orpheus

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Greek hero who was a musician

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Arion

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The mortal who taught people crime doesn’t pay

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Pygmalion

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Mortal who fell in love with his own statue

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Perseus

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Captures medusas head and saves his mother from marriage

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Baucis and phillimon

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Kindly couple who let Zeus and Hermes into there home

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