Mythology Groups Flashcards

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The Graces

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Aglaia- Splendor
Euphrosyne- Mirth
Thalia- Good cheer

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The Muses

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Calliope- Epic Poetry
Clio- History
Euterpe- Lyric Poetry 
Thalia- Comedy
Melpomene- Tragedy
Terpsichore- Dance
Erato- Love Poetry
Polyhymnia- Hymns, Sacred Poetry
Urania- Astronomy
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The Fates

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Atropos- Cutter
Clotho- Spinner
Lachesis- Alloter

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The Furies

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Allecto
Tisiphone
Megaera

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The Graiae

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Enyo- Horror
Deino- Dread
Pemphredo- Alarm

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Pleiades

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Maia- the eldest; mother of Hermes
Electra- mother of Dardanus and Iasion
Taygete- mother of Lacedaemon
Alcyione- mother of Hyrieus, Hyperenor, Aethusa
Calaeno- mother of Lycus, Eurypylus and Nycteus by Poseidon;
Sterope/Asterope- mother of Oenomaus by Ares
Merope- wooed by Orion; in other stories she married Sisyphus; youngest

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Hekatonkheires

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Briareos, Cottus, Gyges/Gyes

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The Seven Against Thebes

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Tydeus, Capaneus, Eteocles, Hippomedon, Parthenopeus, Amphiaraus, Polyneices

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