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| Born to a mortal and Zeus; mother dipped him in the river Styx to give him immortality but forgot to include the heel she held him by. Eventually, during the Trojan War, he was shot in that spot and killed. An Achilles heel is the one vulnerable spot on an otherwise invulnerable thing or person. |
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| A mortal youth who was loved by Aphrodite for his beauty an killed by a wild boar. |
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| Warrior on the Trojan side in the Trojan War. Is symbol of devotion to father because he carried his father out of Troy on his back. |
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| Greek kind who led his men in the Trojan War. Led tragic life and was finally murdered by his wife. |
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| Female warriors in Greek mythology who were extra strong, large, and ferocious fighters. |
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| Slave from ___ and the Lion legend. ___ took a thorn out of a lion's foot and later, when he was "thrown to the lions" as punishment, he faced the very same lion who, of course, helped him. |
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| Daughter of Oedipus. Disobeyed the king's orders (not to bury her brother because he was considered a traitor) and was out to death. |
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| Goddess of love and beauty (and spring and bloom). |
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| God of the sun; patron of healing; drove a chariot that pulled the sun, so it rose and crossed the sky each day. |
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| A mortal who was a great weaver and very proud (arrogant) of her ability. She challenged Athena to a weaving contest and won. Athena was mad and turned her into a spider so she could weave and spin non-stop. This is where arachnids get their name. She is a symbol of the problems of arrogance can cause |
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| Jason's comrades in his search for the Golden Fleece. |
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| A creature with m any eyes who was supposed to watch over lo. He finally closed all his eyes when music was played to put him to sleep, and his eyes were put in the tail of the peacock. |
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| Swift-running maiden who outran all her suiters until Hippomenes (helped by Venus) tricked her with the distraction of three golden apples. |
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| Goddess of wisdom and warfare; was "born" full-grown and wearing armor, by springing from the head of Zeus. Her symbol is the owl. She was a great weaver and spinner; in charge of arts and crafts. |
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| A giant who had to hold the earth and sky on his shoulders forever because he rebelled against the gods. |
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| God of wine and revelry. Wild feasts were held in his honor, which usually turned into drunken orgies, since that was what he was in charge of. |
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| Germanic mythological servant who fell in love with Siegfried but had him killed when she found out he deceived her. Committed suicide. |
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| Prophet in Troy during the Trojan War whom nobody believed. |
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| A race of beings, half man (front) and half horse, known for fighting and lustiness (but sometimes for great wisdom!) |
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| A dog with three heads who stood at the gates of the underworld and let dead souls in but not out. |
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| Boatman who took the souls of the dead across the river Styx into the underworld. |
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| A monster who had a lion head, goat body, and a dragon tail. |
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| Sorceress who turned men into swine if they looked at her. |
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| God of love. Often pictured as a winged boy. |
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| A race of one-eyed giants of whom the most famous is Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon. He was blinded by Odysseus. |
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| ___ was a great inventor who killed a rival in jealousy and fled to Crete (from Greece) where King Minos gave him refuge and put him to work. The king's wife lusted after a gorgeous bull; she conceived and bore the Minotaur from this union. He had to be kept in the Labyrinth, which ___ designed. Eventually, ___ and his son, ___, were also imprisoned in the Labyrinth, from which they escaped by ___ building them wings from wax and feathers on which they flew away from Crete. ___ warned ___ not to fly too high because the sun would melt the wax, but ___ ignored his father. His wings melted, he fell and drowned. ___ escaped safely. |
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| Greek legendary figure extraordinarily devoted to his friend, Pythias. Agreed to die in his place. |
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| Sister of Apollo; drives a chariot that carries the moon; goddess of the hunt and patron of virgins. Seen as a huntress. |
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| Queen of Carthage, Africa, who loved Aeneas. Committed suicide because she could not be forever with Aeneas. |
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| Agamemnon's daughter who helped kill her mother and her lover. |
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| A princess whom Zeus abducted and raped, when he was in the form of a bull. |
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| Female monsters having tusks, claws, and hair of snakes. Perseus was successful in cutting off one of their heads and used it to turn his enemies into stone. |
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| Three Greek goddesses of fertility: Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia. |
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| God of the underworld (sort of like hell but not so awful): the place itself is called Hades. Also, god of wealth (gold and silver came from the earth, which he ruled.) |
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| Ferocious winged creatures with women's faces. |
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| Trojan warrior and Prince of Troy. |
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| A beautiful Greek woman, daughter of Zeus and Leda, who was kidnapped by Paris of Troy. The Trojan War began when the Greeks tried to get her back. |
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| A son of Zeus and a mortal, he was famous for his great strength and endurance; he performed twelve amazing feats of strength called the "labors of ___." |
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| English and Irish legendary lover of Tristan. |
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| Greek mythological hero who sailed in his ship, the Argo, with the Argonauts, and found the famous "golden fleece" of a magical ram. |
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| Hero of legends about ancient England. Head of the Knights of the Round Table. |
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| Knights of the Round Table |
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| About knights who sat around a round table designed by Merlin so that no one had the most prestigious place in the stories of King Arthur. |
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| Legendary English lady who rode nude on horseback through Coventry, England, covered by her long, flowing hair. Her husband agreed to annul the taxes he had imposed on the city if she did this. |
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| Supernatural lady from Malory's Morte d'Arthur who raises Lancelot and gives King Arthur the sword, Excalibur. |
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| Priest in Troy during the Trojan War who warned of Greeks bearing gifts. |
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| Irish legendary elves who can disclose a treasure's location, if someone is smart enough to catch them. |
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| One of Robin Hood's merry men. He wasn't little, but brawny and big. |
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| Sorceress who fell in love with Jason. Murdered his bride and others when Jason left her. |
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| A female monster with snakes for hair (Gorgon. When people looked at her, they turned to stone. Perseus killed her by using the reflection in his shield to aim his sword so he didn't have to look at her directly |
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| The messenger of the gods; wears shoes and hat with wings so he can fly very quickly. Known for living by his wits and cleverness |
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| Magician and advisor to King Arthur |
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| Was given his wish that everything he touched would turn to gold but rethought this idea when he killed his daughter by touching her and was near starvation because all the food he touched turned to gold. He had the spell removed eventually |
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| Monstrous half man and half bull, wild and violent, demanded sacrifices of Greek youths and maidens. Imprisoned in the Labyrinth. Eventually slain by Theseus with the help of the King's daughter, who gave him a ball of string so he could find his way out of the Labyrinth |
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| King Artur's antagonist who caused his downfall |
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| Nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, each representing a different art, such as music, astronomy, and so forth |
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| He was a gorgeous male who admired himself enormously. She loved him but he ignored her. Eventually, she was cursed with not being able to speak her own thought but only repeat what others said. This bothered him even more and he taunted her and she eventually wasted away so that just her voice, repeating others' words, remained. He became so enamored with himself that he got stuck peering into a pond, admiring his reflection, and became a flower that grows there. |
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| The goddess of retributive justice or vengeance |
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| God of the sea; often pictures with his three-pronged scepter, the trident; has a son named Triton |
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| Sea nymphs who cane to the assistance of sailors in Greek mythological tales |
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| Greek who fought in the Trojan War. His ten years of escapades are told in the Odyssey, an epic poem by Homer |
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| Abandoned at birth by his parents, who were trying to avoid a horrible prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Raised in Corinth, he eventually fled when he heard the same prophecy. On the road, he met and killed his father, solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and then went to Thebes and married his mother, with whom he had three children. When he learned the truth, he blinded himself and went into exile. Later, he died at Colonus |
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| Son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon |
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| Musician who got the ruler of the underworld to let his wife, Eurydice, out. But, because he broke his promise not to look at her until he got back to Earth, she disappeared forever |
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| He is one of the group of satyrs, which are half man half goat, with goat's legs, a tail, pointy ears, and a wanton nature, who live in the woods. He is the god of forests, flocks, and shepherds. He usually plays a pipe (a flute) |
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| The first mortal woman, sent to Earth as a punishment to man for Prometheus' theft of fire. She brought with her a box containing all human ills, which escaped into the world when she opened the box. Only hope was left at the bottom |
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| Son of the last king of Troy (Priam), he is forced to award a golden apple to either Aphrodite, who promises him the love of the most beautiful woman in the world; Hera, who offers him great wealth; or Athena, who offers him wisdom. He chooses Aphrodite, who helps him steal Helen, who's married to Menelaus of Sparta. He takes her to Troy and the Greeks come after and we have the Trojan War |
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| Winged horse that flew above the earth |
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| Wife of Odysseus; symbol of wifely fidelity |
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| ___ is the goddess of agriculture and fruitfulness (fertility): guardian of marriage. ___ is her daughter whom Hades marries and takes to Hades to live. ___ is so unhappy without her beloved daughter that nothing can grow. A compromise is reached and ___ spends six months on Earth, with ___, and six months down below, with Hades. This is the explanation why he have seasons (winter is when ___ is gone and ___ is too unhappy to make things grow) |
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| Killed Medusa and turned Phineas, his rival, to stone |
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| A bird that is immortal but dies in a self-built pyre every few years and is then reborn; a symbol of rebirth and/or immortality |
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| Sprites in English folklore that play pranks on people and lead them astray |
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| King of Troy. Killed at the end of the Trojan War |
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| Mean giant who stretched people or cut off their legs to make them fit into a bed |
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| A Titan who was said to have given mankind the gift of fire and who had his liver eaten out every day by an eagle as his punishment. The liver grew back each night, only to be eaten out the next day. Eventually, he was rescued by Hercules |
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| A great mortal beauty, whom Venus was very jealous of, because of her beauty. Cupid loved her but didn't want her to know who he was, so he visited her only in the dark. She was curious and eventually snuk a light into their meeting place and shone it suddenly in his face, He was angry for a while but eventually forgave her and had her made immortal. She became the goddess of emotion |
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| English puppet characters. ___, who continually beat his wife and baby with a stick, is humped over and has a crooked nose |
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| Mythological sculptor who fell in love with his statue (which later came to life) of an ideal woman |
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| Greek character who was very loyal to his friend, Damon |
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| Legendary English hero/rogue who, with his merry band of men, stole from the rich and gave to the poor |
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| Twin boys who were raised by a mother wolf. ___ founded Rome |
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| Father of Jupiter in Roman Mythology |
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| Monster with six heads who devoured sailors caught between her and whirlpool named Charybdis |
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| Antagonist in Robin Hood legends |
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| One of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table; illegitimate son of Sir Lancelot and Princess Elaine |
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| One of the most courteous of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table |
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| One of the bravest of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table |
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| King who had to roll a big boulder uphill forever as his punishment for cheating death |
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| Female monster with body of a lion and a woman's head who asked a famous riddle and destroyed anyone who could not answer it correctly. Oedipus solved it and she killed herself |
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| The river that divides the land of the living from Hades, the land of the dead |
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| Three women who had the power to decide how long people would live and what happened to them. Life was represented by a thread, and one Fate spun the thread, another measured it, and the third cut it when a person died |
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| A group of nymphs who lived on an island and lured men to their destruction with their sweet singing |
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| Athenian hero who marries Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons |
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| Any of a group of giants who ruled the universe at one time. Zeus and some other gods finally ousted them |
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| Lover of Iseult in British and Irish legends. Both died tragically |
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| Mythical Norse dwarf who lived in caves, under bridges, and other hidden places |
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| Mythological horse-like animal with a horn projecting from its forehead |
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| Living corpse who needs human blood to live |
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| God of fire; a blacksmith; the only god who is deformed |
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| Man changed into wolf who prowls around at night doing dastardly things such as killing babies and digging up dead bodies under the light of the full moon |
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| Legendary Swiss archer who was forced to shoot an apple off the head of his son |
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| The west wind, which is known for being warm and soft |
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