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Review 2 Facts To Know Flashcards

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Who is Eurystheus

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King if Mycenae; cousin of Hercules

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Who is Hercules

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Greatest if Greek Heros, mortal son of Zeus

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Who is Atlas

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Held up the sky; father of Hesperides

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Who are Admetus and Alcetis

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King and queen of Thessaly

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Who is omphale

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Queen of Lydia

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Who is Deianira

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Wife of Hercules

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Who is Nessus

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Centaur, tried to abduct Deianira

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Who is Pelias

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King of Iolcus; took throne from his older brother AEson

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Who is Jason

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Son of AEson

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Who is Chiron

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Centaur; most famous teacher in Greece; raised Jason

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Who is Phrixus

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Nailed Golden Fleece on a tree sacred to Ares

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Who is Helle

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Sister of Phrixus

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Who is AEetes

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King of Colchis

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What is the Argo

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Jason’s ship

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Who are the Argonauts

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Sailors on Jason’s expedition

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Who is Orpheus

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Greatest musician of mythological Greece

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Who are Castor and Pollux

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Twins; sailed with Jason

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Who is Lynceus

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Lynx-eyed; sailed with Jason

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Who is Medea

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Daughter of AEetes; fell in love with Jason and helped him

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Who are the sirens

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Beautiful maidens; lured sailors to crash on the rocks

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Who is Cecrops

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Wise Greek kings; founder of Athens

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Who is Theseus

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Noted king if Athens

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Who is AEthra

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Mother of Theseus

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Who is Minos

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King of Crete; keeper of the Minotaur

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Labyrinth

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Winding maze where Minotaur was kept

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Ariadne

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Daughter of Minos; took pity on Theseus

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Agamemnon

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King of Mycenae during Trojan war

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Peleus

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King of Thessaly

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Thetis

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Wife of Peleus

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Paris

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Shepherd appointed by Zeus to judge the most beautiful goddess

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Priam

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Father of Paris; king of Troy

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Menelaus

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King of Sparta; brother of Agamemnon

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Helen

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Wife of Menelaus; her abduction set off Trojan war

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Calchas

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Agamemnon’s soothsayer

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Iphigenia

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Agamemnon’s daughter; Artemis demanded her as a sacrifice but then saved her

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Achilles

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Bravest of the Greek warriors in the Trojan war; son of Peleus and Thetis

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Styx

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River around the underworld

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Odysseus

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Greek chief went to find Achilles

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Chryses

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Father of Agamemnon’s slave girl; priest of Apollo

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Priam

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King of Troy

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Hector

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Son of Priam

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Patroclus

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Fought in Achilles armor, killed by Hector

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Thetis

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Mother of Achilles, sea nymph

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Palladium

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Temple of Athena at Troy

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Pallas

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Another name for Athena

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Andromache

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Wife of Hector, given to son of Achilles as captive

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Odysseus

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King of Ithaca; hero of Trojan war

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Telemachus

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Son of Odysseus

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Cyclops

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Race of one eyed giants

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AEolus

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God of the winds

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Eurylochus

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Odysseus’ captain

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Circe

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Sorceress; turned men into animals

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Scylla and Charybdis

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Monster of the Strait of Messina; deadly whirlpool

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Calypso

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Sea nymph; cared for Odysseus for 7 years

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Nausicaa

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Island princess; rescued Odysseus

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Penelope

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Wife of Odysseus

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