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Pallas Definition? Who does this refer to?

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“Virgin” or “Maiden”, refers to Athena

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Who Was Cupid’s Love?

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Psyche

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Who Were Pyramus and Thisbe?

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Lovers of Babylon separated by a wall

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Who Fell in Love With His Own Statue?

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Pygmalion

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Galatea?

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Statue that Pygmalion fell in love with. Means “Milk White”

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God of Games of Chance?

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Hermes

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Pan?

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Deity with goat horns and body from waist down. Aka “The Feeder”.

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When Created Moved From Cythera to Cyprus

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Aphrodite

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Athena’s Weaving Wrath?

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Changed Arachne into a spider

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Twins Which Sent Plaques and Death Among Men and Animals?

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Castor and Polydeuces (Dioscuri)

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Actaeon?

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Changed by Artemis into a deer and eaten by his own hounds

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Ares?

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God of War-Frenzy

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Who Was Anchesis? Wife? and Child?

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Trojan shepherd(MORTAL), married Venus (Aphrodite), child Aeneas

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3 Judges of the Underworld?

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Rhadamanthys (Asia), Aecus (York), and Minos (Court of Appeals)

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Formed From the Blood Drops of Medusa?

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Corals of the red sea (seaweed and blood)

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Io

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Changed into a white Heifer to escape Hera’s anger

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Orpheus

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Famous mortal musician

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Lethe

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Drinking from this river caused forgetfulness. Drink if you wished to be reincarnated

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Fell in Love with Himself?

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Narcissus

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Echo?

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Nymph who fell in love with Narcissus

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Name of Wide Brimmed Hat? Who Wore It?

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Petasus worn by Hermes

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Animals Tongue Was Sacrificed to This God to Become a Skillful Speaker?

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Hermes

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Ixion Crime and Punishment?

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First man to kill another man and was placed on a fiery wheel in the underworld

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Sisyphus Crime and Punishment?

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Trickster; Haunts wife for not burying him. His punishment is that he pushes boulder up hill and as soon as it reaches the top it rolls back down

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Tantalus Crime and Punishment?

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Pranked Zeus, stole nectar and ambrosia, and chopped up son. He eternally became himself

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Tityus Crime and Punishment?

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Great sinner assaulted Apollo and Leto. His body was stretched and liver was eaten by vultures

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Bisexual Divinity?

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Hermaphroditus

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Goddess of Justice?

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Nemesis

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“Hellmouth?”

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Avernus

30
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River Styx Boat Man?

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Charon

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Figure of Death?

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Thanatos

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Symbolizes Good Luck?

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Hermes

33
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Symbolizes Wealth?

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Dis

34
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Name of Hades Hat?

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Cap of invisibility

35
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Why was Hermes called Psychopompos?

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Lead souls of the dead to the underworld

36
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What did Iris and Hermes Have in Common?

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Both messengers and carried caduceus

37
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Killed Themselves in Babylon at King Ninus’s Tomb?

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Pyramus

38
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Swam Across Hellespont Every Night to See his “Lighthouse” Love?

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Leander to see Hero (woman)

39
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Daughter of Aphrodite and Ares?

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Harmonia

40
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Child of Pygmalion and Galatea?

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Paphos

41
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Child of Zeus and Maia?

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Hermes

42
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Child of Aphrodite and Anchises?

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Aeneas

43
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Children of Rhea Silvia and Mars?

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Romulus and Remus

44
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Child of Aeneas and Creusa?

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Iulus (Troy)

45
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Hephaestus ~ ?

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? ~ Aphrodite

46
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Ares ~ ? = Child?

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? ~ Aphrodite= Harmonia (Child)

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Aphrodite ~ ? (Mortal) = Child?

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? ~ Anchises (Mortal)= Aeneas

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Cupid ~ ?

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? ~ Psyche

49
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Pygmalion ~ ?

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? ~ Galatea

50
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Hero ~ ?

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? ~ Leander

51
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Pyramus ~ ?

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? ~ Thisbe

52
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Pan ~ ?

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? ~ Syrinx

53
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Echo ~ ?

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? ~ Narcissus

54
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Maia ~ ? = Child?

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? ~ Zeus= Hermes (Child). Maia daughter of Atlas

55
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Orpheus ~ ?

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? ~ Eurydice

56
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Hermaphroditus Parents?

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Hermes and Aphrodite

57
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Parents of Heracles?

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Alemene and Zeus

58
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Parents of Iphicles?

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Alemene and Zeus as Amphityron

59
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Parents of Centars?

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Ixion and Hera as Phantom

60
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Hercules Three Wives?

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Megara, Delanira, and Omphale

61
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Haemon’s Fiance?

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Antigone

62
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Parents of Oedipus?

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Laius and Jocasta

63
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Oedipus Wife and Children?

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Married mother, Jocasta. Had four children: Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismene

64
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For What King Did Heracles Kill First Lion?

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Eurystheus

65
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Amphitryon

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Hercules Step Father

66
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First Six Labors of Hercules?

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  1. Nemean Lion; Choked lion to death
  2. Lernean Hydra; Bashed the hydras heads and held torch to tendons of neck
  3. The Hind of Ceryneia; Golden hooves and antlers. Brought it back alive.
  4. The Erymanthian Boar; Trapped boar in a net
  5. The Augean Stables;
67
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Drives Golden Chariot with Black Horses?

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Hades

68
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Two Headed God of Beginnings and Doorways?

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Janus

69
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Patron Goddess of Pompeii?

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Venus

70
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Meaning of the Name Heracles?

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The Glory of Hera

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