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Myth Flashcards

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Poseidon

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Neptune

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Dionysus

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Bacchus

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Zeus

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Jupiter

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Hades

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Pluto

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Persephone

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Proserpina

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Hestia

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Vesta

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Hera

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Juno

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Hermes

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Mercury

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Who are the 9muses

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Clio
Thalia
Erato
Euterpe
Polyhymnia
Calliope
Terpsichore
Urania
Melpomene
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9
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Prometheus gave people:

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Fire

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Ceto

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Deity of large marine beasts

Married Phorcys

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The graeae

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3 daughters

“Old women”

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Dieno

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Graeae

Dread

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Enyo

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Graeae

Horror

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Pemphredo

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Graeae

Alarm

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Helios

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Sol

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Selene

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Luna

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Eros

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Cupid

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Eos

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“The dawn”

Mother of the winds

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Boreas/Acquilo

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North wind

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20
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Notus/Auster

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South wind

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Zephyrus/Favonius

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West wind

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Eosphorus

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The morning star

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Gorgons

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Monsters with snake hair, tusks, bronze claws, wings.

-some versions they turn people to stone (mostly just medusa)

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Euryale

Sthenno

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Gorgon sisters

Immortals

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25
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Hesperides

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Nymphs
(Number and parents vary with myth) usually 3
Protected the golden apples
Beautiful and gift of song

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Aegle

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Hesperide

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Erythia

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Hesperide

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28
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Hesperarethusa

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Hesperide

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29
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Ladon

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Snake-like dragon
(In some myths he had 100 heads)
Lived with his sisters in the garden of the Hesperides. He coiled around the tree to keep the apples safe.
After death he was turned into a constellation.

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30
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Echidna

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Body and face of a beautiful woman
Serpent’s tail for legs
Have birth to Cerberus, the Sphinx, Chimaera, the Hydra, and the Nemean lion.

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31
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Eurybia

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Daughter of Gaia and Pontus

Mother of three Titan sons: Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses

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Astraeus

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fathered the winds and stars

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Pallas

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Father of victory, valor, and strength

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Perses

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Father of Hecate

35
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Nereus

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Marine deity
“Old man of the sea”
God of the ocean before Poseidon was born
Shapeshifter

36
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Phorcys

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Sea deity: Brother of Nereus
In art- fish tail, crab claws for legs, spiky red skin
Many children with his sister Ceto
Father of Scylla and (some myths) the sirens

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Hecatoncheires

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"Hundred-handed ones" 
100 hands 50 heads 
Cottus
Briareus (Aegaeon) 
Gyges (Gyes) 
Uranus had them imprisoned in Tartarus because of their outrageous strength
38
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Cyclopes

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Parents: Gaia and Uranus 
Giants in stature 
One eye
Uuuugly
First blacksmiths 
Later in myths were man-eating monsters
39
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Coeus

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Father of Leto

40
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Cronus

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Youngest Titan 
Overthrows father (Uranus) 
Father of Greek Gods: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hecate, Demeter, Hera
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Hyperion

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First God of the sun

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Iapetus

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Father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas

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Oceanus

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Titan of the ocean and rivers

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Mnemosyne

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Personification of memory gave birth to the muses

45
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Brontes

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Cyclopes

-Uranus and Gaia

46
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Streopes

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Cyclopes

-Uranus and Gaia

47
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Arges

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Cyclopes

-Uranus and Gaia

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Calliope

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Muse of epic poetry

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Clio

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Muse of History

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Thalia

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Muse of Comedy

51
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Euterpe

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Muse of Lyric poetry

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Erato

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Muse of Love Poetry

53
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Urania

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Mus of Astronomy

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Terpsichore

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Muse of Dance

55
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Polyhymnia

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Muse of Choral Worship

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Melpomene

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Muse of Tragedy

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Eurus/Vulturnus

58
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7 Daughters of Niobe

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Ethodea (or Neaera)
Cleodoxa
Astyoche
Phthia
Pelopia
Astycratia
59
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Kaikias/Caecius

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North East wind

60
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Apeliotes/Subsolanus

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South East wind

61
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Sk(e)iron/Caurus

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North West wind

62
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Lips (Livos)/ Africus

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South West wind

63
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3 Judges of the Underworld

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Rhadamanthy(s)
Minos
Aeacus

64
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3 Charities/ Graces

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Thalia
Aglaea
Euphrosyne

65
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Thalia

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Good Cheer

66
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Aglaea

67
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Euphrosyne

68
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Eunomia/ Thallo

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Eunomia- discipline
Thallo- Budding
One of the seasons/ horae
(Zues + Themis)

69
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Dike/ Auxo

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Dike- Justice
Auxo- Growth
One of the seasons/ horae
(Zues + Themis)

70
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Eirene/ Carpo

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Eirene- Peace
Carpo- Ripening
One of the seasons/ horae
(Zues + Themis)

71
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5 Spartoi

A 
Echion
Oudaios
Chthonios
Hyperenor
Pelorus
72
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7 Sons of Niobe

A 
Sipylus
Eupinytus
Ismenus
Damasicthon
Agenor
Phaednus
Tantalus
73
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7 Pleiades

Zeus + Pleione

A 
Taygate
Electra
(H) Alcyone 
Asterope
Caleno
Maia
Merope
74
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5 Rivers of the Underworld

A 
Styx
Ascheron
Phlegethon
Lethe
Cocytus
75
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River Styx

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Hate

Unbreakable oath

76
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Ascheron

77
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Phlegethon

78
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Lethe

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Forgetfulness

79
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Cocytus

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