UNIT 10: Stages 19-20 Myths and Culture Flashcards
1
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Isis
A
Egyptian Goddess who had the power to restore life
2
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Osiris
A
Brother and husband of Isis whose body she reassembled after he was murdered by Seth
3
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Asclepius
A
Greek God who would heal people in their dreams
4
Q
Votive offering
A
an object dedicated to a God in connection with a prayer
5
Q
Aegeus
A
father of Theseus, who threw himself into the “Aegean” sea after Theseus forgot to change his sails from black to white
6
Q
Crete
A
island home of the Minotaur
7
Q
Theseus
A
Athenian hero who killed the minotaur
8
Q
Minos
A
king of Crete whose wife had given birth to the minotaur
9
Q
Minotaur
A
half-man, half-bull son of Pasiphaë and the Cretan bull
10
Q
Ariadne
A
daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë who helped Theseus but was later abandoned on the island of Naxos
11
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Dionysus
A
God who made Ariadne his wife
