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Athena

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Goddess of war

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Perseus

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Beheaded medusa

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Aphrodite

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Goddess of beauty, competion for the most beautiful

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Panic

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Pan, half man half goat, he chased things through the woods

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Pandora

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Opened a box and let out evil spirits

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Helen

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She fled to Troy with Paris

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Thesus

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He defeated the Minotaur in the labrynth

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Atlanta

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Raised by hunters and was the fastest and strongest of the moral women

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Menelaus

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King of Sparta Helens husband

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Poseidon

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God of the sea

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Hercules

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Completed the 12 labors

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Hades

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God of underworld

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Hera

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Zeus wife competed in pretty competition

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Cronus

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Husband of rhea father of the three brothers a Titan

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Apollo

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God of music poetry and the sun

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Priam

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King of Troy during the Trojan war

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Persephone

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Goddess of the underworld and springtime

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Ares

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God of war

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Dionysus

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God of wine

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Tantalus

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Stand in a pool of water and food over head but could not eat or drink it

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Artemis

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Goddess of the hunt

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Agamemnon

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Brother of Menelaus. Stole Achilles woman

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Hector

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Killed by Achilles body was dragged around

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Paris

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Took Helen

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Achilles

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(Heel) shot in foot died. Dipped in the river of styx

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Prometheus

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Brought fire to mankind

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Demeter

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Goddess of harvest

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Cupid

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God of love, son of Aphrodite, loved a kings daughter could only go to her at night, put her through trials

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Circe

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Witch that transformed Odysseus men to swine

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Odysseus

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Fought in Trojan war, husband of Penelope, 10 year journey home

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Eurylochus

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Faithful shipmate to odysseus. Helped steal the cattle

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Alcinous

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The king Odysseus is telling his story to

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Ogygia

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An island where calypso lives

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Calypso

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A witch who kept Odysseus for several years

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Charybdis

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A whirlpool

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Antinous

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The best suitor for Penelope

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Thrinacia

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An island of the sung of with the cattle

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Teiresias

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A blind prophet

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Penelope

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Odysseus wife

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Epic hero

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A brave and noble character in an epic poem

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Epic poem

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Long narrative poem usually about heroic deeds

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Polyphemus

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Cyclops

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Helios

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Sun King

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