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The Titans And The Twelve Great Olympians Flashcards

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Elder Gods, supreme in universe, enormous in size, incredible in strength

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Titans

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Ruled over the titans until his son Zeus dethroned him, he fled to Italy

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Cronus

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the river that was supposed to encircle the earth

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Ocean

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Ocean’s wife

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Tethys

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father of the sun, moon, and dawn

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Hyperion

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Memory

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MNEMOSYNE

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Justice

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Themis

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Father of Atlas

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Iapetus

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Bore the world on his shoulders, father us Iapetus

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Atlas

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Savior of mankind

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Prometheus

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Gods that lived in Mt. Olympus

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Olympians

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What kept the gate of clouds in the entrance of olympus?

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Seasons

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Place where gods dwelled, lived, slept, feasted on ambrosia and nectar while listening to Apollo’ lyre

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Mt. Olympus

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Most powerful supreme ruler
Known as the Lord of Sky, the Rain God, Cloud gatherer
Wielded the awful thunderbolt
Is not omnipotent/omniscient, could be opposed and deceived, descends to all manners and tricks to hide infidelity from his wife

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Zeus Jupiter

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Breastplate, bird, tree, and oracle of Zeus

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Aegis, eagle, oak, Dodona

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Zeus’ wife and sister, Ilithyis is her daughter, Ocean and Tethys raised her
Known for protector of marriage, married women were her peculiar care, married women turned for her help
Engages in punishing the women in Zeus’ affairs, prolonged the Trojan war because of a Trojan that called another goddess prettier than her, destroyed Troy

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Hera Juno

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Hera’s Mythology- gracious protector of heroes and inspirer of heroic deeds, animals, and her favorite city

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Quest of the Golden Fleece, Cow and peacock, Argos

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Zeus’ brother second to him, Amphitrite’s (granddaughter of Ocean) husband
Ruler of Sea, often found in Olympus than in his Sea, Storm and calm were under his control— drove his golden car over the water, he will still the ocean

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Poseidon Neptune

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Gave an animal to man, also called?, carried what?

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Horse, Earth Shaker, Trident

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Zeus’ sister
Virgin Goddess, Goddess of Hearth, symbol of home, newborns must be carried before accepted, every meal begins and ends with an offering to her, every city must have a public Hearth dedicated to her where fire was not allowed to go out

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Hestia

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Son of Zeus and Hera or Hera alone, wife of Aglaia in Hesiod, wife of Aphrodite in Odyssey, casted out by Hera or Zeus

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Vulcan and Mulciber

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God of fire, honored in olympics, work man of immortals, makes weapons, swellings, furniture
Forged handmaidens out of gold
Forge under volcano

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Vulcan and Mulciber Hephaestus

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Third brother of Zeus, Wife is Persephone, ‘Dis’- Latin for rich, over over the dead and wealth.
Unpitying, inexorable, terrible

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Pluto Hades

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Rarely leaves underworld, wore capped helmet that made him invisible

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Pluto Hades

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Son of Zeus and Hera— detested by both
God of War, murderous, bloodstained, curse of mortals, coward
Whinning diety, Goddess Enyo walks beside him

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Mars Ares

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Magnificent in shining armor, redoubtable and invincible, what is his bird, his animal?

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Pluto Ares, Vulture, Dog

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Daughter of Zeus alone, sprang full grown, grey eyed, fierce and ruthless, defends only.
Goddess of the City, protector of civilized life, handicrafts, agriculture, tamed horses, chief of the virgin goddesses, embodiment of wisdom reason and purity

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Minerva Athena

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What was Athena’s city, tree, bird

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Athens, olive, owl

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Son of Zeus and Maia, wore winged sandals, wings on his low crowned hat, graceful, swift, shrewd, cunning, Zeus’ messenger, Protector of traders, Guide of dead, Divine Herald that leads souls, invented lyre out of tortoise shell

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Mercury Hermes

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Apollo’s twin, Daughter of Zeus and Leto,
Lady of Wild things,
Hunstman chief to gods,
protectress of dewy youth, Moon,
fierce and revengeful, silver arrows kill swiftly and painlessly, Selene in sky and Hecate in underworld.
Goddess of Dark Moon and Crossways

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Diana Artemis

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Tree sacred to artemis? The specially sacred animal?

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Cypress, Deer

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Daughter of Zeus and Dione, wife of Hephaestus, Goddess of Love and Beauty
Sprung from sea, Cythera to Cyprus
Laughter loving goddess, stole the wits of the wise

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Venus Aphrodite

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Weak and soft, treacherous, malicious, power over men. What was her tree? What were her three birds?

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Venus Aphrodite, Myrtle, Dove Sparrow Swan

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Son of Zeus and Leto, born in Delos, “Most Greek of gods,”

Beautiful figure, master musician, golden lyre, Lord of Silver bow, Archer-god, Healer, God of Truth and Light

Delin, Pythian (killed pythos), Lycian, Sminthian (Mouse god)

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Pheobus Apollo

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Name means brilliant or shining, direct links between god and men, pitiless and cruel, primitive, beautiful, poetic

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Pheobus Apollo

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What was Apollo’s tree, his animals?

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Laurel, Dolphin and crow

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