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Midterm Flashcards

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α

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a:alpha

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β

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b:beta

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γ

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g:gamma

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δ

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d:delta

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ε

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e:epsilon

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ζ

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z:zeta

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η

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ē:eta

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θ

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th:theta

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ι

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i:iota

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κ

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k:kappa

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λ

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l:lambda

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μ

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m:mu

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ν

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n:nu

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ξ

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x:xi

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ο

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o:omicron

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π

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p:pi

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ρ

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r:rho

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σ,ς

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s:sigma

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τ

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t:tau

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υ

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u:upsilon

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φ

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ph:phi

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χ

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ch:chi

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ψ

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ps:psi

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ω

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ō:omega

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ars/artis

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skill

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cupido

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desire

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monere/monitus

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to warn

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nocere

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to harm

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poena

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punishment

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unda

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wave

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wave

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unda

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punishment

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poena

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to harm

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nocere

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to warn

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monere/monitus

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desire

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cupido

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skill(Latin)

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ars/artis

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άγρός

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Transliteration: agros
Definition: field

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γη

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Transliteration: gē
Definition: earth

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τέχνε

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Transliteration: technē
Definition: skill

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hudōr(couldn’t find the h mark on the keyboard.)

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water

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corpus

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body

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facere/factus

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to do or to make

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manus

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hand

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stare/status

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to stand

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tangere/tactus

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to touch

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body

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corpus

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to do or to make

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facere/factus

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hand

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manus

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to stand

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stare/status

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to touch

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tangere/tactus

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field

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άγρός/agros

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earth

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γη/gē

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skill(Greek)

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τέχνη/technē

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water

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hudōr

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γυνή

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Transliteration: gunē
Definition: woman

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λίθος

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Transliteration: lithos
Definition: stone

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woman

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γυνή/gunē

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stone

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λίθος/lithos

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cedere/cessus

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to go

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ferre/latus

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to carry

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fundere/fusus

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to pour

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mittere/missus

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to send

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movere/motus

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to move

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ponere/positus

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to put or place

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vertere/versus

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to turn

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vidēre/visus

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to see

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to go

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cedere/cessus

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to carry

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ferre/latus

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to pour

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fundere/fusus

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to send

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mittere/missus

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to put or place

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ponere/positus

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to turn

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vertere/versus

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to see

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vidēre/visus

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colere/cultus

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to worship/to till

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credere

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to believe or trust

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deus

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god

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sacer

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sacred

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to worship/to till

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colere/cultus

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to believe or trust

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credere

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god(Latin)

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deus

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sacred

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sacer

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άνθροπος

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Transliteration: anthropos
Definition: human being

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βίος

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Transliteration: bios
Definition: life

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θεός

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Transliteration: theos
Definition: god

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φόβος

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Transliteration: phobos
Definition: fear

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human being

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άνθροπος/anthropos

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life

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βίος/life

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god(Greek)

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θεος/theos

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fear

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φοβος/phobos

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culpa

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fault or blame

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hospes

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guest

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paupertas

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poverty

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vivere

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to live

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fault or blame

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culpa

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guest

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hospes

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poverty

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paupertas

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to live

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vivere

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δύναμις

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Transliteration: dunamis
Definition: power

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πολίς

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Transliteration: polis
Definition: city

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ξένος

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Transliteration: xenos
Definition: a stranger or foreigner

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power(Greek)

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δύναμις/dunamis

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city

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πολίς/polis

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a stranger or foreigner

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ξένος/xenos

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Aphrodite

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Roman Name: Venus
Domain: Love

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Venus

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Greek Name: Aphrodite
Domain: Love

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Goddess of love

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Greek Name: Aphrodite
Roman Name: Venus

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Apollo

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God of the sun
(No Roman name because he is Apollo in both languages.)

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God of the sun

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Apollo(Both of his names in both languages are Apollo)

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Ares

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Roman Name: Mars
Domain: Bloody war

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Mars

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Greek Name: Ares
Domain: Bloody war

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God of Bloody War

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Greek Name: Ares
Roman Name: Mars

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Artemis

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Roman Name: Diana
Domain: Hunting

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Diana

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Greek Name: Artemis
Domain: Hunting

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Goddess of Hunting

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Greek Name: Artemis
Roman Name: Diana

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Athena

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Roman Name: Minerva
Domain: Wisdom

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Minerva

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Greek Name: Athena
Domain: Wisdom

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Goddess of Wisdom

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Greek Name: Athena
Roman Name: Minerva

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Demeter

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Roman Name: Ceres
Domain: Grain

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Ceres

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Greek Name: Demeter
Domain: Grain

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Goddess of Grain

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Greek Name: Demeter
Roman Name: Ceres

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Dionysus

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Roman Name: Bacchus
Domain: Wine

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Bacchus

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Greek Name: Dionysus
Domain: Wine

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God of Wine

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Greek Name: Dionysus
Roman Name: Bacchus

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Hades

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Roman Name: Pluto
Domain: The Dead

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God of The Dead

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Greek Name: Hades
Roman Name: Pluto

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Hephaestus

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Roman Name: Vulcan
Domain: Metalworking

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Vulcan

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Greek Name: Hephaestus
Domain: Metalworking

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God of Metalworking

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Greek Name: Hephaestus
Roman Name: Vulcan

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Hera

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Roman Name: Juno
Domain: Marriage

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Juno

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Greek Name: Hera
Domain: Marriage

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Goddess of Marriage

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Greek Name: Hera
Roman Name: Juno

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Hermes

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Roman Name: Mercury
Domain: Zeus’s Messenger

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Mercury

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Greek Name: Hermes
Domain: Zeus’s Messenger

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Zeus’s Messenger

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Greek Name: Hermes
Roman Name: Mercury

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Hestia

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Roman Name: Vesta
Domain: The hearth(fireplace), fire

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Vesta

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Greek Name: Hestia
Domain: The hearth(fireplace), fire

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The goddess of the hearth(fireplace) and fire

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Greek Name: Hestia
Roman Name: Vesta

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Poseidon

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Roman Name: Neptune
Domain: King of the Sea

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Neptune

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Greek Name: Poseidon
Domain: King of the Sea

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The King of the Sea

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Greek Name: Poseidon
Roman Name: Neptune

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Zeus

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Roman Name: Jupiter
Domain: King of the Gods, sky

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Jupiter

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Roman Name: Zeus
Domain: King of the gods, sky

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The King of the Gods and sky

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Greek Name: Zeus
Roman Name: Jupiter

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Baucis and Philemon

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Characters: Baucis, Philemon, Jupiter, Mercury
Setting: The countryside in Turkey, a hut
Goal of the Main Character: Find hospitality to be taken in.
Main character’s problem: No one was taking them in
Events:
1. Jupiter and Mercury look for a place to stay
2. They get rejected.
3. Baucis and Philemon take them in.
4. Jupiter and Mercury get fed by Baucis and Philemon and the food keeps refilling because of the gods.
5. The hut turns into a temple and the town floods.
Conclusion: Baucis and Philemon turn from priests to trees
Moral: You must always be hospitable.

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Ixion

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Characters: Zeus, Hera, Ixion
Setting: Mount Olympus
Goal of the Main Character: To punish Ixion.
Main Characters Problem: Ixion is hitting on Hera and overstaying his welcome
Events:
1. Ixion comes to Mount Olympus and started acting like he was a god.
2. Ixion hits on Hera.
3. Hera gets mad about this and wants Ixion to be punished
4. Zeus doesn’t want Ixion to be punished because Zeus slept with Ixion’s wife and he feels guilty.
5. Zeus and Hera plan to trick Ixion by tricking him with a cloud Hera.
6. Ixion brags about being with Hera.
Conclusion: Ixion gets sent to the wheel of eternity.
Moral: Don’t lie and don’t overstay your welcome.

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Pygmalion

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Characters: Pygmalion, Venus, Galatea
Setting: Cyprus
Goal of the Main Character: To find the perfect woman like his statue.
Main Character’s Problem:
Pygmalion is a woman hater.
Events:
1. Pygmalion builds a statue.
2. Pygmalion shows love to this statue.
3. Pygmalion goes to the festival of Venus.
4. Pygmalion prays to Venus and makes an offering.
Conclusion:
Venus accept his prayer and makes the statue come to life.
Moral:
Praise the gods correctly.

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Atalanta

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Characters: Atalanta, Hippomenes, Aphrodite
Goal of the Main Character: To avoid marriage.
Main Character’s Problem: Atalanta’s father wants her to marry and men want to marry her.
Events:
1. Men have to beat Atalanta in a foot race to marry her and they can’t.
2. Hippomenes makes a prayer to Aphrodite so he can marry Atalanta.
3. Venus gives Hippomenes 3 apples to set for Atalanta to slow her down.
Conclusion:
Aphrodite turns Atalanta and Hippomenes into lions for upsetting her.
Moral: Worship properly to get what you want and if you don’t, you’re bound for consequences.

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Niobe

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Characters: Niobe, Latona, Artemis, Apollo
Goal of the Main Character:
To be worshipped like Latona or a god
Main Character’s Problem: Niobe is a mortal woman believing that she should be worshiped like a god.
Events:
1. Niobe boasts to Latona about having more children than her.
2. Latona told her children to punish Niobe.
3. Niobe’s sons get killed.
3.5 Niobe’s husband commits suicide
4. Niobe boasts again.
5. Niobe’s daughters die.
Conclusion:
Niobe turns to stone
Moral: Hubris has consequences and don’t mess with the gods.

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Icarus

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Characters: Daedalus, King Minos, Icarus
Setting: Crete
Goal of the Main Character: To escape from the island and King Minos.
Main Character’s problem: Escape options are limited because Icarus and Daedalus are on an island.
Events:
1. King Minos imprisoned Daedalus and Icarus.
2. Daedalus came up with a plan to make wings made of feathers and wax to fly off the island.
3. Daedalus tells Icarus to not fly to high because of the sun or too low because of the sea spray.
4. Icarus flies to high.
Conclusion: Icarus falls and drowns.
Moral: You don’t know better than your elders.

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Arachne

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Characters: Arachne and Athena
Goal of the Main Character: To prove that she is the best weaver.
Main Character’s Problem: Arachne has to go up against the goddess of crafts, Athena, to prove she’s the best weaver.
Events:
1. Arachne says she’s the best weaver.
2. Athena gets upset that she says this and challenges Arachne to a weaving contest.
3. Arachne accepts.
4. Arachne weaves a negative depiction of the gods.
5(Book Version). Arachne loses and commits suicide
5(Video Version). Arachne wins and Athena gets mad.
Conclusion:
Athena turns Arachne into a spider.
Moral: Don’t put yourself above the gods and don’t double down on your Hubris.

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