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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Deucalion | only man not evil |
| Hermes | brought Pandora to earth |
| Aphrodite | goddess Pandora resembled |
| Epimetheus | Pandora's Titan husband |
| Curiosity | Pandora's quality |
| Hephaestus | god who created Pandora |
| sinews and bones | under which Prometheus hid roasts |
| marble | material used to make Pandora |
| Prometheus | warned brother not to accept Zeus' gift |
| fennel | stalk used to hide fire |
| stones | were mother's bones |
| hope | left over when miseries flew out |
| nine | number of rainy days/nights |
| ark | boat that Deucalion built |
| Caucasus Mountains | where Prometheus was chained |
| liver | what bird ate of Prometheus |
| Zeus | gave Pandora sealed jar |
| vulture/eagle | bird that attacked Prometheus |
| Athena | goddess who breathed life into Pandora |
| Pyrrha | Deucalion's wife, only woman saved from flood |
| Hercules | freed Prometheus |
| Mt. Parnassus | mountaintop not covered by flood |
| Delphi | Mt. Parnassus shrine said cast behind mother's bones |
| Aeolus | god and keeper of the winds |
| The winds | Aeolus' noisy, rowdy sons kept in a cave and let out singly |
| Boreas | stormy, cold, north wind, brought snow |
| Eurus | east wind |
| Notus | south wind, brought rain and fog |
| Zephyrus | gentle, warm, west wind, brought flowers |
| Rhea | Cronus' wife |
| Amaltheia | had horns of ambrosia and nectar |
| Cyclopes | had one eye, Uranus and Gaea's 2nd set of children |
| invisibility cap | Cyclopes' gift to Hades |
| Pontus | Gaea's 2nd husband |
| Tartarus | where Uranus flung Cyclopes |
| flint | Gaea's sickle material |
| lightning | Cyclopes' weapon for Zeus |
| Cronus | Titan ruler after Uranus |
| Prometheus | Titan ally of Zeus |
| stone | Cronus thought was a baby |
| Metis | Zeus' 1st wife |
| Titanesses | 6 giant daughters of Uranus and Gaea |
| aegis | Zeus' breastplate |
| Echidna | mother of Cerberus and Hydra |
| Titans | 6 giant sons of Uranus and Gaea |
| Typhon | pinned under Mt. Aetna |
| Uranus | 1st lord of universe |
| Gaea | came from darkness and lonely |
| Chaos | reigned over shapeless universe |
| Nyx/Nox | goddess of Night and Chaos' wife |
| Erebus | Darkness, son of Chaos and Nyx |
| Aether and Hemera | light and day, Erebus and Nyx children |
| Eros | love, Aether and Hemera's child |
| Brontes, Steropes, Arges | names of 3 Cyclopes |
| Gyes, Briareus, Cottus | 3 Centimani or Hecatoncheires |
| Cybele/Ops | Rhea's other names |
| Crete | island of Zeus' childhood |
| Mt. Ida | mountain of Zeus' childhood |
| Iris | rainbow messenger |
| Seasons | goddesses who rolled back clouds by Mt. Olympus |
| Curetes/Corybantes | sprites who shouted over baby Zeus' cries |
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