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Multiple Choice Flashcards

1
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Who is Typhoeus?

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Child of earth (Gea) and abyss (Tartarus)

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2
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What is the name of Hesoid’s poem that refers to creation

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Theogony

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3
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Greek name for the divine power, the sky

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Uranus

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4
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What did Cronus use to attack his father

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Sickle

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5
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Where did Cronus imprison his children

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In his stomach

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6
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What does Metis mean

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Intelligence

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7
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What role did Hephaestos play in the birth of Metis child?

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But Zeus in the head with an axe

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8
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Who is said to have created mankind

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Prometheus

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9
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What was mankinds punishment for the theft of fire

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Pandora - women

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10
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What gifts did Hermes give pandora

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A jar

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11
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What are the 5 ages described by hesoid

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1: gold: this was those who lived in the days of Cronus
2: silver: worse than first. Didn’t respect gods
3: bronze: worse than silver. Born from ash trees
4: heroes: better than bronze
5: iron: humans

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12
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Name of the Trojan prince Zeus was obsessed with

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Ganymede

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13
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Inanna in Sumerian myth has the Greek equivalent of who?

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Aphrodite, Athena

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14
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From Uranus (sky) and Gaea (earth) who were born

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The titans

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15
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The most powerful Titans being…

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Cronus and his sister/ wife Rhea

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16
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From rhea and Cronus came.

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The twelve Olympians

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17
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Battle with the Titans is known as

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Titanomachy

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18
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Who is typhoeus

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Abyss.

Fights Zeus and almost wins but instead is beaten and banished to a volcano

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19
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Prometheus is known as?

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The protector of mortals as well as the maker of mortals

Made the human ease by mixing earth and water

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20
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Apollo is in charge of..

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Known as the God of prophecy as well as God of plague

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21
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Where did apollo dwell

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Hyperboreans

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22
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Where was apollo born

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Delos

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23
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What instrument does apollo play

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Lyre

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24
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Cassandra is….

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She was given the gift of prophecy from apollo but no one believed her

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25
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Who was the son of apollo and coronis

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Asclepius

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26
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Who was the parents of apollo

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The titaness Leto and Zeus

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27
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What is a common Greek symbol for Hermes

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Small pillar or a pile of stones

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28
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Pan is half man and half what

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Goat

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29
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Children of ares

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Fear, harmony, panic and Eros

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30
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Apollos priestess is called

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Pythia

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31
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Hermes stole who’s cattle

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Apollos

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32
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Who is hermes mother

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Main

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33
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What did pan represent

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Guardian of flocks and herds but also the master of lies

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34
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Hermes’ duty was

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To help travelling merchants but almost the messenger God

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35
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Who are ares parents

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Zeus and Hera

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36
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What does ares do

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Embodiment of war and battle

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37
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Who was ares in love with

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Aphrodite

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38
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Athena is the mistress of

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War

39
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Artemis is the mistress of

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Animals

40
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Demeter is the

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Mistress of wheat but also the mother of Persephone

41
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Who revealed persephones abductor to Demeter

A

Helios

42
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Who is demophoon

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Son of Celus

43
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What happened to demophoon that his mother found distressing

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Went into fire

44
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What did Demeter do to force Zeus into discussing Persephones situation

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Stopped growing grain

45
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Persephone ate what…

A

Pomegranate seed

46
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Who is triptolemus

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Taught by Demeter, about her secrets to growing grain

47
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What does kore mean

A

Daughter

48
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What ritual practise grew out of the myth of agdestis

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Castration

49
Q

What is associate with Dionysus

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Figs, goats, dolphins, bulls, wine

50
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Name of the play that shows the best evidence of Dionysus and where is it set

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Bacchae, set in Thebes

51
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Who are the parents of Dionysus

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Semele and Zeus

52
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Followers of Dionysus are called

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Women: Bacchae
Men: satyr

53
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What is the name of the pine cone staff that is a symbol of Dionysus

A

Thyrsus

54
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Another name for Dionysus is?

A

Zagreus

55
Q

What role did Minos, rhadamanthys and aeacus play in the underworld?

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Judges of the dead. Decided if people went to heaven or hell

56
Q

What was ixion’s crime

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Tried to have sex with Hera

57
Q

What is the ivory gate and gate of horns

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Ivory: deceptive and false dreams
Horns: true dreams

58
Q

Gilgamesh was the king of which city

A

Uruk

59
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What was the response when Gilgamesh was kicked out of the city

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Aruru fashioned an enemy for Gilgamesh known as Enkidu

60
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Who was shamash and humbaba

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Shamash: sun god
Humbaba: guardian of the Forrest

61
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Who is perseus

A

In myth, Mycenae was founded by Perseus. Son of Zeus and Danae

62
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Who is io

A

Zeus lusted over her. Priestess of Hera. Turned into a cow, tied to a tree and guarded by argus

63
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Argus was killed by

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Hermes

64
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Heracles parents

A

Alcemena and amphitrgon

65
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Why did Heracles go insane and what did he do to redeem himself

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Killed his family, had to complete his 12 labours

66
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Whom did Heracles have to serve in offer to atone for his crime

A

Euryuthaus

67
Q

Which two women were turned into a nightingale and a swallow

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Procne and philomela

68
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Name of Theseus’ mother

A

Aethra

69
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Name a feat of the young thesus

A

Lift up the heavy rock

70
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Zeus came to Europa in the form of

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A bull

71
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What did Daedalus construct for pasiphae

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He created a bull suit

72
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Who are the parents of pasiphae

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She’s the daughter of helius

73
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Who was pasiphae married to

A

Minos

74
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How were minators created

A

From sex between pasiphae and the bull

75
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What did Minos throw into the sea and dare thesus to retrieve

A

A ring

76
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What architectural structure was Daedalus responsible for

A

Labyrinth

77
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What did Laius do to Oedipus’ feet

A

Nailed them together

78
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What grew from the ground after Cadmus sowed the dragons teeth

A

Sparti - grown men

79
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What prophecy did the Delphic priestess give to the young Oedipus

A

Marry his mother and kill his father

80
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What did Oedipus do when he found his mother hanging in their bedroom

A

Blinded himself

81
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How did eteocles die

A

His brother, polynice killed him in the battle of Thebes

82
Q

Who was rescued by the magic ram

A

Helle and phyxes

83
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What was Jason’s recognition symbol?

A

One sandal

84
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What task supposedly lead Jason to his death

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Obtaining the Golden Fleece

85
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Name of Jason’s ship

A

Argo

86
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Argonauts include

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Heracles and Orpheus and castor

87
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Zeus appeared to lead in what form

A

Swan

88
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Who is Medea

A

Witch who marries Jason

89
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What did eris do at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis

A

Threw in the golden apple. Who was wanted by Athena, Aphrodite and Hera

90
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Who are the Eumenides

A

Furies turned good

91
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Why did Ajax kill himself

A

Because he didn’t get archillies armour

92
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Who is polyphemus

A

A cyclops from the odyssey

93
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Who’s Circe

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Daughter of helius, enchantress who entertained Odysseus for years on her island

94
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Asclepius was the god of what

A

Medicine

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