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name given to Diana because she ruled over places where three roads meet
Trivia
half man, half fish called a merman and lived with parents in a golden palace at the bottom of the sea
Triton
Athenian hero sometimes called "The Attic Hercules", accomplishes 6 labors and is the husband of Hippolyta
Theseus
Odysseus and Penelope's son who is reunited with his father and helps kill the mothers suitors
Telemachus
Theban seer who is blinded by Hera or Athena for telling Oedipus of his fate
Teirisias
punished for cutting up Pelpos by being put in water that receded when he wanted to drink and under fruit he could never reach
Tantalus
Aeolus' son who was punished for revealing that Zeus abducted Aegina by having to roll a stone up a hill only to have it roll down
Sisyphus
prophetess who Apollo revealed her future and she refused to accept it so she continued to age and shriveled inside a bottle
Sibyl
famous priestess who delivered Apollo's answers tto who came to see him
Pythia
sculptor and king of Cyprus who gets a wife that changed from a statue
Pygmalion
beautiful princess who was forbidden to look at Cupid and when she did he fled by they later got married
Psyche
titan who stole fire from the gods, gave it to humans and was punished by Zeus
Prometheus
minor sea god who could change shape at will and also known as "Old Man of the Sea"
Proteus
Attican giant whose limbs were cut off by Theseus so that he would fit in an iron torture bed
Procrustes
king of Troy killed when Greeks sacked the city during the Trojan War
Priam
cyclops who killed and ate several of Odysseus men and was blinded so they could escape
Polyphemus
Helios' son who was granted his wish of driving the chariot of the sun and nearly destroyed the Earth
Phaethon
Minos and Pasiphae's daughter who married Theseus and then tried to seduce her stepeon
Phaedra
killed Medusa by cutting her head off with a sword, rescued Andromeda from a sea monster
and won her hand in marriage
Perseus
Odysseus' long and faithful wife
Penelope
Achilles' close friend who takes his armor and is killed by Hector
Patroclus
Minos' wife who had a lustful union with the great white bull of Poseidon and birth to the Minotaur
Pasiphae
handsome prince of Troy who fled to Greece with Helen and was the judge in a beauty contest
Paris
greek god of the fields and forest who was famous for the music he played on his reed pipes
Pan
great mortal musician who played the lyre so well that he charmed the deities of the Underworld to release his wife
Orpheus
famous giant and handsome hunter whom Artemis killed and place among the stars
Orion
greek hero who fought in the Trojan War for 10 years and then took a 10 year voyage home
Odysseus
Greek goddess of victory
Nike
Tantalus' daughter who mourned the death of her children after bragging about them
Niobe
wise old Greek counselor during the Trojan War
Nestor
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