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NLE Mythology Flashcards

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Theseus

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Prince who freed Athens from its obligations to Crete

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Aeneas

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Trojan survivor of the Trojan War claimed as an ancestor by the Romans

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Medusa

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A Gorgon whose head was covered with snakes

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Circe

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Enchantress who turned men into pigs

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Agamemnon

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Leader of the Greek forces during the Trojan War

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Homer

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Author of The Illiad and The Odyssey

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Jason

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The leader of the Argonauts

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Golden Fleece

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The goal of the Argonauts

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Amazons

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Warrior women who lived near the Black Sea

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Minotaur

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Half-bull, half-man monster that lived in the labyrinth

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11
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Virgil

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Author of The Aeneid

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12
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Romulus

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Founder of Rome

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Atlas

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The giant who carried the world on his shoulders, he was often tricked by the heroes

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Minos

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King of Crete who demanded sacrificial victims from Athenians

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Helen

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Queen of Sparta, whose abduction led to the Trojan War

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Ariadne

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Cretan princess who provided a hero with the secret to the labyrinth

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Dido

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Queen of Carthage who fell in love with a hero who later deserted her

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Polyphemus

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One-eyed cannibalistic Cyclops

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Hercules

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Hero required to perform 12 dangerous tasks before being granted immortality

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Perseus

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He conquered a hideous monster by looking at a reflection of her face

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Penelope

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Hero’s wife who waited 20 years while he fought Trojan War and tried to get home

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Odysseus

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King of Ithaca who underwent many trials on his journey home from Troy

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Daedalus

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The builder-inventor who created the labyrinth and later flew away from Crete

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Achilles

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Hero of the Trojan War who was killed when struck by an arrow in his heel

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Pegasus

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A winged horse often associated with the Muses

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Bellerophone

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Tamed & rode the winged horse

27
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Roman household gods

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Lares, Penates

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Medea

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a witch who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece

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God who wears winged sandals

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Mercury

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Goddess of the hunt & the moon

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Diana

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Looks backwards and forwards

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Janus

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Crippled god of the forge

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Hephaistos

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Half horse, half man

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centaur

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Half man, half goat

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satyr

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Half man, half bull

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minotaur

36
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messenger goddess of the rainbow

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Iris

37
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Goddess of wisdom & the arts

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Athena

38
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Nymph who fell in love with Zeus and was changed into a cow

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Io

39
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Cupid fell in love with her

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Psyche

40
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Grain goddess, mother of persephone

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Demeter

41
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Twin brother of Diana

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Apollo

42
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Horses, dolphins, a trident

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Poseidon

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Cleaned the Augean stables

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Hercules

44
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Helmets, spears, vultures, & dogs

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Mars

45
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King of wealth and lower world

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Hades

46
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Goddess of the dawn

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Aurora

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Goddess of the hearth

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Vesta

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A queen & jealous wife

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Hera

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Goddess of magic, witchcraft, and the night

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Hecate

50
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Gratiae

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The three goddesses of graces, charm and beauty

51
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of Muses

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52
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Who remained after Jupiter and Neptune ______ all of humanity?

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Deucalion and Pyrrha, drowned

53
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Apollo attempted to rape _______, a nymph who was transformed into a __________

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Daphne, laurel tree

54
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Which 3 nymphs did Zeus rape?

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Callisto, Europa, Io

55
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Whose chariot ride almost destroyed the whole world?

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Phaethon

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