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1
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Promethean

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relating to Promethean who helped humans by stealing fire.

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Elysian Fields

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heaven or paradise.

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Nemesis

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long-term rival or something you compete with.

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Psyche (prefix)

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Soul or consciousness

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Achilles’ heel

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a weakness or point of vulnerability

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arachnid

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There was an arachnid on the ground and it was big. Such as spiders.

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harp

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To talk in a negative way

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gorgon

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a fierce, frighting, or repulsive woman

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narcissistic

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extremely self centered, cocky, Vain

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Titanic

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having a great magnitude of force and power.

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Midas touch

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the ability to make money and to turn all things gold

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tantalize

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To make something out of there reach.

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Sisyphean

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A never ending event of action

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Herculean

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with great strength and effort

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labyrinth

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Its a maze

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Pandora

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Pandora was created by the Gods they made pandora very curious and gave her a box and told her not to open it

17
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Did Zeus stop the miseries?

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Yes he stopped them with a flood

18
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Was Pandora scared to open the box?

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She was not all she wanted to do is open the box.

19
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Apollo and Daphne

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  • Apollo falls in love with Daphne
  • She wishes to remain a maiden
    -Gets turned into a laural tree
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Prometheus

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  • Steals fire from the Gods
  • He is captured and totured
  • each night his liver gets teared away
21
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Hades Demeter and Persephone

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kidnapped by Hades
- Demeter made the earth cold and barren
- Persephone was released but had to go back for one month per year

22
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Cupid and Psyche

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  • Cupid and Psyche fell in love
    -But they could only see each other at night
    -she drips candle wax on him then Psyche is sent away
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Theseus and the Minotaur

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Theseus wanted to prove himself to hid dad s he fought Minotaur

He kills it with Ariadne
forgets to hoist the white sail and father kills himself

24
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Daedalus and the fight of Icarus

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  • try to escape the labyrinth
    they made wings of feathers and wax to escape
    flies to close to the sun and melts
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Echo and narcissus

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Echo is nymph that can only repeat the words someone utters
-Echo falls in love with narcissus who falls in love with himself
Narcissus stares at the lake and turns into a flower

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King Midas

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Was given a wish and granted to make everything he touches gold
-He regrets it after not being able to eat sleep or even hug hid daughter

  • ask for forgiveness and wanted the person to take the midas touch away
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Pyramus and Thisbe

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  • Neighbors who are deeply in love and plan to run away together
  • there secret meet up at night goes wrong and Pyramids sees blood then murders himself
28
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Medusa and Perseus

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Athena transforms medusa to a gorgon lady with snakes on her head
- If men look they would be turned into stone
- medusa was killed by Perseus

29
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Death of Achilles

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Achilles mother dipped her baby into the waters of immortality
- held him by the heal
no weapon can harm him unless Paris shoots him in his heal

30
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Orpheus and Eurydice

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Orpheus was the son of Apollo went down to the kingdom to retrieve his wife.

Hades would free orpheus in one condition if he had never see his wife again

He looked back on the way and lost his wife forever

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Sisyphus

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Was known for being a trickster liar he was summoned by death to the underworld he chained up so he wont have to leave as his punishment he had to push a rock for eternity.

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Athena and Arachne

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Athena was a goddess of war and handicrafts.
- she was chalanced by Archne and turned her into a spider because of jealousy

33
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12 Labors of Hercules

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Hera did not like Hercules because he was Zeus son
-Hera made Zeus go mad and he killed his wife and children
-to atone for the sin he had to complete 12 labors
- Slay the nemean lion
-slay 9 headed hydra
clean the Augean stables in one day
capture the Cretan bull
- this was also the reason why Zeus was very respected and disrespected at the same time. Hated by many loved by some

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