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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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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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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
Gorgon sisters | Immortals
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Hesperides
Nymphs (Number and parents vary with myth) usually 3 Protected the golden apples Beautiful and gift of song
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Aegle
Hesperide
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Erythia
Hesperide
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Hesperarethusa
Hesperide
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Ladon
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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Echidna
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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Eurybia
Daughter of Gaia and Pontus | Mother of three Titan sons: Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses
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Astraeus
fathered the winds and stars
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Pallas
Father of victory, valor, and strength
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Perses
Father of Hecate
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Nereus
Marine deity "Old man of the sea" God of the ocean before Poseidon was born Shapeshifter
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Phorcys
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
``` "Hundred-handed ones" 100 hands 50 heads Cottus Briareus (Aegaeon) Gyges (Gyes) Uranus had them imprisoned in Tartarus because of their outrageous strength ```
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Cyclopes
``` Parents: Gaia and Uranus Giants in stature One eye Uuuugly First blacksmiths Later in myths were man-eating monsters ```
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Coeus
Father of Leto
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Cronus
``` Youngest Titan Overthrows father (Uranus) Father of Greek Gods: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hecate, Demeter, Hera ```
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Hyperion
First God of the sun
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Iapetus
Father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas
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Oceanus
Titan of the ocean and rivers
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Mnemosyne
Personification of memory gave birth to the muses
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Brontes
Cyclopes | -Uranus and Gaia
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Streopes
Cyclopes | -Uranus and Gaia
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Arges
Cyclopes | -Uranus and Gaia
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Calliope
Muse of epic poetry
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Clio
Muse of History
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Thalia
Muse of Comedy
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Euterpe
Muse of Lyric poetry
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Erato
Muse of Love Poetry
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Urania
Mus of Astronomy
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Terpsichore
Muse of Dance
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Polyhymnia
Muse of Choral Worship
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Melpomene
Muse of Tragedy
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Eurus/Vulturnus
East wind
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7 Daughters of Niobe
``` Ethodea (or Neaera) Cleodoxa Astyoche Phthia Pelopia Astycratia ```
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Kaikias/Caecius
North East wind
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Apeliotes/Subsolanus
South East wind
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Sk(e)iron/Caurus
North West wind
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Lips (Livos)/ Africus
South West wind
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3 Judges of the Underworld
Rhadamanthy(s) Minos Aeacus
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3 Charities/ Graces
Thalia Aglaea Euphrosyne
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Thalia
Good Cheer
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Aglaea
Splendor
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Euphrosyne
Mirth
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Eunomia/ Thallo
Eunomia- discipline Thallo- Budding One of the seasons/ horae (Zues + Themis)
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Dike/ Auxo
Dike- Justice Auxo- Growth One of the seasons/ horae (Zues + Themis)
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Eirene/ Carpo
Eirene- Peace Carpo- Ripening One of the seasons/ horae (Zues + Themis)
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5 Spartoi
``` Echion Oudaios Chthonios Hyperenor Pelorus ```
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7 Sons of Niobe
``` Sipylus Eupinytus Ismenus Damasicthon Agenor Phaednus Tantalus ```
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7 Pleiades | Zeus + Pleione
``` Taygate Electra (H) Alcyone Asterope Caleno Maia Merope ```
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5 Rivers of the Underworld
``` Styx Ascheron Phlegethon Lethe Cocytus ```
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River Styx
Hate | Unbreakable oath
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Ascheron
Woe
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Phlegethon
Fire
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Lethe
Forgetfulness
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Cocytus
Wailing

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