Illusions IV Flashcards

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Hera

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Zeuses wife and sister, protector of marriage, punished women for getting involved with Zeus

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Heracules

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associated w club and lion cape, son of Zeus and Alcmene

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Hermes

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winged sandals, messenger god, their god, guide of the dead

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Hestia

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Zeuses sister, virgin goddess, symbol of home

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Hyacinth

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Apollos favorite companion/lover?, killed during a discus throwing game and died, later hyacinthus flowers grew where his blood fell

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Hydra

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dragon monster w 9 heads, lived in lake, one immortal head, if others cut –> 2 more grow

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Icarus

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Son who flew close to sun w wax wings and fell to his death

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Iris

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Goddess of rainbow, serves Heras messages to humans

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Iphigenia

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daughter of anemone who was sacrificed to Artemis –> mother killed father

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Janus

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2 faces, god of transitions and duality

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Jocasta

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Married oedipus –> gauged eyes out

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Jason

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Leader of argonauts on trip to find Golden Fleece, on par w Hercules, king of Iolcus

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Laocoon

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Warned Trojans about Trojan horse, him and his 2 sons killed by two serpents

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Leda

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Became spartan Queen, seduces by Zeus when he turned into a swan

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Lethe River

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River of forgetfulness that runs through Hades

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Medea

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Enchantress who fell in love w Jason when he came to steal the fleece

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Lucifer

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fallen angle, light bearer

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Medusa

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gaze turned men to stone, killed by Perseus

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Menelaus

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King of Sparta, husband to Hellen who started Trojan war by getting kidnapped

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Mentor

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close friend of Odysseus, son of Alcimus –> athena in disguise