Set: Heroes, gods, and monsters of Greek Mythology
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All 26 Terms
| | Term | Definition |
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Zeus | Leader of the gods (Dad was Cronus). Killed father, became king. Married Hera. Known for lightning Bolt. |
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Hera | Married Zeus, queen of gods, jealous. |
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Athene | Daughter of Metis, born through Zeus' head, grey eyes, defeats Arachne in a weaving competetion. |
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Poseidon | god of seas, loved Demeter, made her horses |
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Hades | God of underworld, married Persephone. |
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Demeter | Wife of Poseidon, had Persephone, goddess of planting, harvesting, and growing. |
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The twins | Their names were Artemis and Apollo, children of Zeus and Leto |
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Artemis | Goddess of moon, maiden of the silver bow, lady of wild things, huntress. Killed Actaeon |
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Apollo | God of the sun, patron of music, poetry, math , and medicine. Gold hair, stormy blue eyes, golden bow & arrows |
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Sons of Apollo | Names were Corybantes, Aristeuss, Amphissus, Asclepius. Asclepius was a great doctor, killed by Hades. Apollo fell in love with Daphne |
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Hermes | Messenger god. Adventured 5 mins after birth. Invented alphabet, astronomy, cards. wore winged sandals, engaged with humans |
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Hephaestus | Ugly, rejected by mother. Raised by Thetis. Smith god |
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Aphrodite | Goddess of love and beauty. took Hephaestus as husband |
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Prometheus | Gave man fire, zeus was upset, he was killed by Vultures |
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Pandora | Opened box of curses |
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Phaethon | raced Epaphus, boasted and lied, swore by river styx, died from riding in his chariot too close to the sun. |
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Orpheus | Son of Calliope and the Thracian King.Poet and musician. Bought Eurydice's life back from hades with music, but looked back and lost her |
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Narcissus and Echo | Most beautiful boy, and most beloved nymph. One was cursed with repetition and the other fell in love with themself |
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Eros and Psyche | Fell in love. One was invisible. One couldn't bear to have an invisible husband, looked at him when he was sleeping, then they could no longer be together. |
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Arion | Son of Poseidon, helped by dolphin, called 2nd Orpheus, constellation named after him |
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Perseus | Ventured to get head of Medusa |
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Daedalus | Great inventor. invented Labyrinth, invented wings. son died from being too close to sun |
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Theseus | Defeated the Minotaur in the Labyrinth. forgot to raise white sails, became king of Athens |
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Atalanta | Raised by Bears, lost husband Meleagar. Lost a race to Hippomenes |
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Midas | Loved gold. Turned daughter to Gold |
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Pygmalion | wanted to marry Aphrodite, yet married her statue |
Set Information
| Terms | 26 |
| Creator | ibchupp |
| Created | April 8, 2008 |
| Groups | super epic legendary spellers, Quinton Ryannus, Pre-IB 9 World History, Alucards PIB Study Group |
| Tags | None |
| Access | Anyone |
| Edit | Creator Only |
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ibchupp : Changed Eros and Phsyche → Fell in love. One was invisible. One couldn't bear to have an invisible husband, looked at him when he was sleeping, then they could no longer be together. to Eros and Psyche → Fell in love. One was invisible. One couldn't bear to have an invisible husband, looked at him when he was sleeping, then they could no longer be together.
quizie : This is a great set. I wish I had it when I was in English.
famOso_1056140 : chupp, why do u have this in a group that's supposed to be 4 was's class????
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