| Term | Definition |
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aphrodite |
goddess of love |
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dionysus |
god of wine revelry and wild things |
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hera |
messenger of gods |
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athena |
goddess of wisdom and war |
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hestia |
goddess of hearth and home |
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apollo |
god of sun, muscis, poetry, and medicine |
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ares |
god of war |
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poseidon |
god of ocean and seas |
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zues |
god of gods |
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eros |
archer god, rain god, supreme ruler |
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demeter |
goddes of rain and agriculture |
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hephaestus |
god of fire and blacksmiths |
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hades |
ruler of underworld and dead |
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hera |
goddess of women, children, and marriage |
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artemis |
goddess of hunting, moon goddess, twin of apollo |
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icarus |
boy that learned to fly |
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cerberus |
the three headed dog |
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alcestis |
she died in place of her husband |
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talus |
talented nephew of daedalus |
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phaethon |
was killed by zues's thunderbolt |
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theseus |
the son of king ageus |
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heracles |
went to the underworld to get eurydice |
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king aegeus |
the ruler of athens |
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daedulus |
the builder of the labryingth |
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eurydice |
died from a snake bite |
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admetus |
tried to find someone to die in his place |
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eurydice |
wife of orpheus |
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persephone |
wife of hades |
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heracles |
went to the underworld to get alcestis |
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orpheus |
talented musician and poet |
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heracles |
mortal son of zues, strength. hero |
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king minos |
ruler of crete, father of ariadne |
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phaethon |
his sisters were turned into popular trees |
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persephone |
daughter of demeter |
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phaethon |
son of helios |
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icarus |
disobeyed father and flew too close to the sun |
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king aegeus |
killed himself because the sails were black |
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ariadne |
made sure that Theseus would not get lost in the labryinth |
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admetus |
apollo was his chief herdsmen |
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theseus |
killed the minotaur |
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he is strong enought to lift the heavy rock |
theseus may goto his father when. . . |
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travel to Athens by sea |
Theseus' grandfather suggest he |
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change the sails if victorious |
theseus promise his father he will |
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theseus was devoured by the minotaur |
king aegeus goes to his death believing.... |
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clymene |
phaethons mother |
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ask for anything he wants |
upon meeting phaethon the sun tells him to |
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styx |
the_____is called to witness the Sun's promise |
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greatly |
it is carved in phaethons grave that he failed_____ |