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olympian gods
12 major gods
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mount olympus
N greece mountain that looks like a throne
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pandora
curiosity makes her her open the box and there are bad things that come out but hope is left
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midas
king who wished to have a gold touch and turned daughter to gold
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daphne
Apallo falls for this nymph and she turns into a loral tree
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romulus and remus
- twins of Mars
- fought over roman rule so one brother killed the other
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phiemon and baucis
jupiter and mercury disguised as beggars and this couple were nice to them. A flood came to punish mankind but this couple survived. They wished to be together forever and then turned into trees
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arachne
- weaver who boasts and minerva challenges her
- turned into a spider
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daedalus and icarus
- father and son who created wings out of wax and feathers
- son died because he didnt listen to dad
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orpheus and eurydice
couple- wife dies so husband plays lyre in underworld but he looks behind and loses her
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proserpina
- kidnapped by pluto
- ate pomegranate seeds
- cause of seasons
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pyramus and thisbe
- lovers who kill each other becaue of love
- romeo and juliet
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janus
- god of beginnings and endings
- two faced
- doorway
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jason
sent too get the golden fleece
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hercules
went through 12 labors
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aeneas
- ancestor of rome
- prince of troy
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theseus
- used ball of string to kill the minator and get out of labirinth
- dad killed himeslf because he forgot to change the sails
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bellerophon
killed chimaera with help of pegasus
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cerberus
3 headed dog in underworld
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centaur
half man half horse
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minotaur
- part bull part man
- belonged to king midas
- kept in labirith
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nymph
beautiful young women who live for 100yrs without getting old
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medusa
- snake haired gorgan
- turned people to stone
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beauty contest
- involved venus minerva and juno
- judged by prince of troy
- started trojan war
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trojan war
greece (achilles, agamemnon, ulysses, menelaus) vs troy (aneas, paris, hector)
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jupiter/jove
- king of gods
- rain, weather
- lightning, thunder
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juno
- god of married women
- peacock
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minerva
- god of wisdom, war strategy, domestic arts
- owl, shield
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apollo
- god of prophecy, poetry, music, healing/sickness
- sun
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diana
- god of wild animals/hunting
- moon
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pluto
king of underworld, worshiped by the dead, wealth from the earth
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mercury
- god of messengers, merchants, thieves, travelers, good luck
- wing sandals and cap
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proserpina
- daughter of ceres and wife of pulto
- associated with change of seasons
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neptune
- god of sea, horses, earthquakes
- trident
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vulcan
god of craftsman god, volcanoes, makes weapons for other gods
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bacchus
god of wine, saytrs
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vesta
god of hearth (fireplace) symbol of home/state
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ceres
god of grain, agriculture
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venus
- god of love, sex, beauty
- dove
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mars
god of war, agriculture
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iris
god of rainbow, colors
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asculapius
god of healing and deification
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prometheus
- giver of fire to mankind
- bird eats liver every day
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tartarus
place for punished people in the underworld
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elysian fields
good part of underworld for heroes
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river styx
river surounding underworld
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charon
operated ferry to go across river in underworld
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