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What is Zeus’ Roman name?

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Jupiter

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What is Zeus the god of? `

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Lightning/ god of the kings

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Who are Zeus’ children

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Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia

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What is Zeus’ symbol/s

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lightning bolt

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What is Zeus’ animal

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eagle

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What does the eagle symbolize today?

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symbol of the U.S.A
symbol of power an intelegence

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What is the story of typhoeus and zeus

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A giant takes all of Zeus’ tendons and Zeus’ tricks him into falling asleep and then kills the titan

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What is the story on how Zeus is born

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Zeus was born and his mother gave his dad a rock to eat instead of Zeus, Zeus grew up and killed his dad

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What is the story about Zeus and Semele

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It is about how you can’t see a god in their true form otherwise you would die, this happened so he sewed the child of Semele into his thigh

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What is Hera the god of?

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marriage / childbirth

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what is hera Roman name

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Juno

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Relations to Hera

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  1. Zeus’ wife `
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What is Hera’s symbols

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pomegranate, scepter, and crown

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Hera’s animals

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cuckoo and cow

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modern legacy of Hera

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Feminine power, jealousy, marriage

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What is Hades the god of

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The Underworld

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Hades Roman name

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Pluto

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Hades’ relationships

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wife - persphone

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Hades’ symbol

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helmet of invisibility

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Hades’ animal

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Black sheep/ram

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Hade’s plant

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mint

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cebreus

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3 headed dog that guards the gates of hell

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what is posidon the god of

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the sea

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what is posidon’s Roman name

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neptune

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posidon’s relationships

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brother of zeus/hades

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posidon’s symbol

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trident/charriot

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Posidon’s animals

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horses, dolphins and bulls

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What is the story Hera gets a little cuckoo

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tells the story of why Hera married Zeus, how he disguised himself as a cuckoo bird with a broken wing and how Hera fell in love with the bird which was Zeus in disguise and then they got married.

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Hera and Hercules

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Zeus had another affair with a woman and she had a kid Hera saw the child and didn’t know whose kid it was, so she nursed him and accidentally sprayed her milk creating the Milkyway. (Hercules was named after Hera)

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Hera and the white cow

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Zeus is having yet another affair with a mortal woman and Hera almost catches them so Zeus turns his love into a cow and says its a present for Hera

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Hades’ birth

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Cronus and Rhea

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Hades’ wife story

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How he kidnapped Persophone.

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Who was minthe - Hades’ story

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Minthe was a nymph that fell in love with Hades and because of this, it pissed Persophone off so she turned her into a mint plant.

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What is Aphrodite the god of

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love and beauty

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Aphrodites Roman name

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venus

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Aphrodite’s symbols

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mirror / seashell

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Aphrodite’s sacred stone

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pearl

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Aphrodites animals

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dove, sparrow and fish

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Aphrodite’s plants

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rose, aneome, lettuce and myrtle

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Aphrodite’s story: sculpture pygmalion

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Created an ivory statue of Aphrodite and it came alive

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Aphrotdite’s story: Aphrodite falls in love with a mortal

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She fell in love with a mortal shepard because Zeus put her in a love trance, they got married and later she had a kid which in turn gets killed by Zeus because he tells people he is Aphrodite’s son

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Aphrodite’s story: The golden apple

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Hera, Aphrodite and Athena fights over an apple. So a mortal desires who get the golden apple.

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Posidon’s story (Athens)

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Poseidon wants Attica, competes with gifts he gives them horses and Athena gave them an olive tree and she won

44
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Posidon’s Marrige story

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Amphitrite- refused to marry Posidon has a dolphin come to convince her to marry him, Posidon say he will not limit her freedom, because of this they have an open marriage (very happy)

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What is Dionysus the god of

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wine/party

46
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What is Dionysus Roman name

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Bacchus

47
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What is dionysus known as

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the noisy one

48
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what are dionysus’ symbols

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grapes vines and chalice

49
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what are dionysus’ sacred items

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leperard, goat/ ram
bacchanal - party

50
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What is dionysus’ birth story

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semle wished to see Zeus true form and he shows her and she dies and Zeus puts the baby in his right thigh

51
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What is dionysus story about wine

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Raised by Aunt Ino
● Zeus’ daughter
● Hera attacks
● Move to Mount Nysa (Hermes-ram)
● Zeus’ son
● Silenus = foster-father
● 1st love = Ampelos
● Snake eats grape
● Dionysus gets drunk
● Cultivates grapevines
● Ampelos falls from a tree
● Dionysus vows to take the world with wine

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Dinoysus story : Piracy

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Dionysus resting by a stream
● Pirates kidnap him (foreign prince - ransom)
● Acoetes (helmsman) sees he is a god
● Acoetes rebels, but is stopped
● Dionysus = leopard, commandeers ship
● Crew = dolphins
● Dropped off on Naxos
● Meets Ariadne, marries

53
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Dionysus story: ascension

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Desire to prove divinity
● Travels to Tartarus
● Hopes to see lost loved ones
● River Styx cannot be crossed (Hades and Persephone)
● River destroys souls, loved ones are gone
● Semele never crossed over (Hermes)
● Dionysus revives her
● Conquered death
● Ascends Mount Olympus
● Hestia gives up her throne
● Dionysus = the last Olympian

54
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what is Athena the god of

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wisdom and military victory

55
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What is Athena’s Roman name?

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Minerva

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What is Athenas symbols

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Helmet, Spear, Shield, Aegis (magic cloak, or a shield)

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Sacred Items (Athena)

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Animal: owl
plant: olive tree
Place: Athens (Greece)

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Special powers (Athena)

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❏ Known as the patroness of spinning and weaving.
❏ Brains/ Strategy behind war

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Modern legacy (Athena)

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Athens, Greece

60
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Summarized story: Pallas Athena

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They were sparing partners and best friends, Zeus was worried that Pallas would beat Athena so he distracted her and Athen accidentally killed her.

61
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Who are the 3 virgin goddesses

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Hestia, Artemis, and Athena

62
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Athena’s Summarized story: Arache

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Arachne a mortal girl with a rough upbringing, challenged Athena to a weaving contest and she lost because you can’t win against a goddess because she lost she was turned into a spider after trying to commit suicide

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Athena’s summarized story: Medusa

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Medusa lived in an island temple dedicated to Athena and Poseidon had an eye for her Athena was mad that they were having an affair in her temple, so Athena cursed her turning her hair into snakes

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What is apollo the god of

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● Music
● Poetry
● Young Man
● Order
● Reason
● Prophecy
● Healing
● Plagues
● Archery
● Later on, the Sun

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What is Apollos Roman name

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sol

66
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what is the relations of Apollo

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Son of Zeus and Leto
● Twin sister is Artemis

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what are apollos symbols

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● Lyre
● Bow
● Later on, the Sun

68
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What are apollos animals

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● Snakes
● Wolves
● Swans
● Cattle
● Cicadas
● Rats

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Apollos plants

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Laurel Tree
● Hyacinth Flower
● Palm Tree

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Apollos special powers

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prophercy
eternal youth
ability to heal and cause illness

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Apollo’s summarized story: Apollos birth

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Apollo’s mother is a Titan,
named Leto, and Zeus is his
father
● Zeus promised Leto Hera would
never find out (Zeus told this lie
to many women)
● Hera (The Queen of Heaven)
found out
● Hera forbid any land with roots
in the earth to receive Leto when
it is time for her to give birth
● Hera wanted Leto in labor
forever
● Leto went into labor and found
out about her curse pretty quickly
● Python wouldn’t let her give birth
in Delphi
● Leto went to Delos
● Leto birthed two Olympian
gods(Apollo and Artemis)

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Apollos vs python

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Wanted revenge for the treatment
of his mother
● Set out to find Python
● Apollo wins the battle
● Turns the land of Pythia to the land
of Delphi (land of prophecy)

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Apollo vs marsyas

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Apollo challenged Marsyas to a
challenge(loser can demand any
price/inflict any punishment)
● Hard to tell from crowd who won first
● Apollo said, “Tiebreaker, then. Let’s see
who can do the best trick playing.”
● Apollo’s trick playing made the crowd
cheer loudly for an hour
● Marsyas suffered a grisly death(flayed
him alive)

74
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Asclepius (Apollo story)

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Apollo had a son named Asclepius
during an affair with Princess
Coronis
● Sends a white crow to watch over
him
● Finds out about an affair
● Tells Artemis to kill Coronis and
burn the crow at her funeral
● All crows are black now

75
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What is Hephaestus the god of?

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God of black smith and forgery

76
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Hephaestus life under the sea

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Thetis raises him under the ocean as
his foster mother.
● Hephaestus gets really good at
making things out of metal.
● She has him make jewelry.
● He spends 9 years underwater
● He wants revenge on Hera

77
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Heaphestus Dionysus to
the rescue

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The god of wine gets Hephaestus drunk and
convinces him to forgive Hera and free her
from her throne.
● Soon after he becomes great friends with
Dionysus.

78
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Hephaestus love for mom

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● Zeus was mad at
Hera and tied her
up and hung her
over the abyss
● Hephaestus rescues
her and Zeus flings
him off the
mountain
● He broke every
bone in his body.

79
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What is hephaetus’ roman name

A

vulcan

80
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Hephaestus Symbols

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A smith’s Hammer, Pair
of tongs, and an anvil.
His animal that was
associated with
Hephaestus was the
donkey and his plant
was a fennel.

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What is Ares the god of

A

war

82
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what is Ares Roman name

A

mars

83
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what are relations of Ares

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son of Hera and Zeus
- Siblings: Hebe and Eileithyia
Children: Phobos and Deimos(Fear and Panic)(twins)

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Ares powers

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Fighting, control of war, strength

85
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ares symbols

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Favorite weapon: bronze spear
Symbols: spear, helmet, sword
Sacred Items: Rooster, Woodpecker, Vulture, dog

86
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the oracle at delphi (Ares)

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  • The Oracle told Cadmus to
    place his city wherever a
    cow falls.
  • The cow fell by Ares cave
    which upset him. But
    Cadmus started building
    anyway
  • Cadmus married Ares
    daughter and Ares turned
    him into a snake, and his
    own daughter too
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Alodai (Ares)

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● Otis and Ephialtes, two giant
brothers, attempted to destroy the
gods
● Ares was the only god that made
any effort to try and stop them
but they captured him with
powerful chains and put him in a
jar for 13 years.
● The mother of the two brothers
became tired of the situation and
called Hermes to free Ares.

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Growing up (ares)

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  • Broke his dad zeus’s finger
    right when he came out of the
    womb.
  • Led his parents to decide to
    get a large and strong nanny
    right away.
  • Nanny’s name was Thero and
    she took Ares into the Land
    of Thrace where he grew up.
89
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What is Artemis the god of

A

the hunt

90
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What is artemis Roman name

A

diana

91
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What is Artemis’ relations

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Twin Sister to Apollo

Daughter of Zeus and

Leto

92
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What is Artemis symbols

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Sacred items: deer, bow and cypress
Powers:she was able to turn herself and
others into animals
control of nature
Modern Legacy: protector of women’s interest
Plant: Palm tree & Amaranth

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Kallisto (Artemis)

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Kallisto had sworn to remain unwed/stay a virgin Zeus had taken a liking to Kallisto and knew what he wanted, Zeus disgusted himself as Artemis and started coming on to Kallisto, Zeus had now gotten Kallisto pregnant Hera turned her into a bear

94
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Aloadai brothers-(Artemis)

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Epihaltes and Otis (Otus) were madly in love with Gaea and Artemis
They climbed Mt. Olympus every year to try and take them
Artemis challenged them to track down the ceryneian (sacred deer)
if he could she would marry him (she knew he wouldn’t be able to)
Realizing that they had been tricked they became angry
This anger lead them to throwing spears that hit and killed each
other

95
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Artemis the story of Acteaon

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he saw Artemis while she was bathing and she was embarrassed so she turned him into a deer

96
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What is Hermes the god of

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commerce,
languages, thievery,
trickery, eloquent speaking,
hospitality, guard dogs,
“birds of omen”, gymnastics
Messanger god

97
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What is Hermes Roman name

A

Mercury

98
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What is Hermes relations

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son of zeus and maia
Half siblings- Apollo,
Artemis, Athena, Ares,
Persephone and Dionysus.

99
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Hermes Symbols

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● Symbol - Herma statues
● Sacred items - herald’s
staff, winged hat, winged
boots, Special gold and
adamantite sword
● Special powers - speed,
deception, staff sleepiness, could
tell fortunes through dice
● Modern legacy-
- Symbol of speed
- Caduceus staff symbolizes
medicine
- Planet and element mercury

100
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Hermes story: Thiefing sense birth

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he stole a bunch of Apollo’s cows

101
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Hermes upcoming

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He would make stuff sense he was born

102
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Hermes saves a cow

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Hermes went to go save the cow from Hera which was a direct order from Zeus

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