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Mythology Test Study Guide Flashcards

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1
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a hero, the leader of the Argonauts, who at the request of his uncle Pelias retrieved the Golden Fleece from King Aeëtes of Colchis with the help of Medea.

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Jason

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a king of Ithaca and Greek leader in the Trojan War who after the war wanders 10 years before reaching home

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Odysseus

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a son of Zeus and Danaë and slayer of Medusa

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Perseus

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a king of Athens in Greek mythology who kills Procrustes and the Minotaur before defeating the Amazons and marrying their queen

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Theseus

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a mythical Greek hero renowned for his great strength and especially for performing 12 labors imposed on him by Hera

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Heracles

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capitol of Greece near Saronic Gulf

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Athens

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island Greece in the E Mediterranean

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Crete

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Sanctuary dedicated to Apollo

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Delphi

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9
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Odysseus’ home

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Ithaca

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10
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Underground maze

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Labyrinth

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Home of the 12 main gods

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Mount Olympus

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12
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One of the underworld’s rivers

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Styx

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13
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The underworld

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Hades/Tartarus

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14
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City destroyed by Greeks in Iliad

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Troy

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a king of Mycenae and leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War, brother of Menelaus

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Agamemnon

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16
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Icarus’ father

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Daedalus

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17
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Wife of Menelaus, abducted by Paris causing Trojan war

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Helen

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18
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King of Sparta, started Trojan war

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Menelaus

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19
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Got a golden touch from Apollo

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Midas

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20
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First woman, got a box that once opened released all evil into the world

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Pandora

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21
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Queen of underworld abducted by Hades

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Persephone

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22
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Saved by Perseus when she was going to be eaten by a sea monster

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Andromeda

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Odysseus’ son

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Telemachus

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24
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Made a statue, fell in love with it so Aphrodite made it into a person

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Pygmalion

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25
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Perseus’ mother

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Danae

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26
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Nymph who could only repeat what others said

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Echo

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27
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Turned into a spider by Athena

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Arachne

28
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Escaped from Crete using wings that melted

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Icarus

29
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Looked at a river and was frozen, later turned into a narcissus flower

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Narcissus

30
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Sent to the underworld to eternally roll a boulder up a hill

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Sisyphus

31
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Sent to the underworld to be deprived of food and water

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Tantalus

32
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Odysseus’ wife

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Penelope

33
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Race of female warriors

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Amazon

34
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Kidnapped Helen, started Trojan war

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Paris

35
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Has to carry the world on his shoulders

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Atlas

36
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Supreme god until overthrown by Zeus

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Cronus

37
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Sun Titan

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Helios

38
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Gave fire to people

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Prometheus

39
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Cronus’ wife

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Rhea

40
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Titan of wisdom

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Metis

41
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Titan that helped overthrow Uranus and Gaia

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Hyperion

42
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Titan of the sky

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Uranus

43
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Titaness of earth

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Gaea

44
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Three headed dog that guards the underworld

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Cerberus

45
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Goddess that turned some of Odysseus’ men into pigs, but also let them stay with her for a year

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Circe

46
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Spirits of punishment in the underworld

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Furies

47
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Winged horse that came from Medusa’s blood

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Pegasus

48
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Nymph who kept Odysseus on her island for 7 years

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Calypso

49
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Gorgon killed by Perseus

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Medusa

50
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Spirits of inspiration

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Muses

51
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Prophet who told Odysseus about his homecoming

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Teiresias

52
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Goddesses that personify charm, grace and beauty

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Graces

53
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Three goddesses that are in charge of a person’s life

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Fates

54
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Person that ferried souls across Styx into the underworld

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Charon

55
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Cyclops, son of Poseidon, blinded by Odysseus

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Polyphemus

56
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Animal with lion’s head, serpent tail and a goat’s body

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Chimaeras

57
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Had snakes for hair and could to people to stone

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Gorgons

58
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Bird body woman’s head, evil

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Harpies

59
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A multi headed snake that could regrow lost heads, killed by Heracles

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Hydra

60
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6 headed sea monster that killed 6 of Odysseus’ men

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Scylla

61
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Whirlpool monster

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Charybdis

62
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Half man half bull, put in Crete killed by Theseus

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Minotaur

63
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One eyed giant

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Cyclopes

64
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Half man half horse

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Centaurs

65
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Creatures that would sing to lure sailors to their deaths

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Sirens

66
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the greatest Greek warrior in the Trojan War and hero of Homer’s Iliad. He killed Hector and was killed when Paris wounded him in the heel, his one vulnerable spot, with an arrow.

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Achilles

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