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| the first kings of Athens, part snake |
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| product of Hephaestus cum on Athena, second king of Athens |
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| temple on the Acropolis, which the daughters of Cecrops threw themselves off when they saw Erichthonius |
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| Story of Procne and Philomela |
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| Procne married evil king, Tiresias. Cuts off Philomela's tongue and imprisons her. Weaves tapestry to tell her story. Is rescued by Procne after killing Tiresias son and feeding it to him. Procne - nightingale Philomela - tongueless swallow |
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| son of Aegeus, born not knowing who his father is. when he is old enough and strong enough he is to lift a boulder hiding a sword and sandals which Aegeus will recognize him with later after 6 labors |
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| Theseus kills the bull and sacrifices it |
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| THe king of Crete (Minos) asks for a bull to sacrifice and receives one but doesn't kill it. Wife then falls in love with bull and births Minotaur. Requires a yearly sacrifice which Theseus volunteers for and then kills it after proving he was the son of Poseidon with a rose wreath. Helped by Ariadne who gives him a ball of yarn to get out |
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| Try to escape from Crete by making wings out of wax and feathers. Icarus flies too close to the sun and the wax melts and he falls to his death. Daedelus invents saw looking at fish |
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| After going with Theseus from Crete he leaves her sleeping on Naxos, She curses him with forgetfulness leading to the death of Aegeus Theseus' father |
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| Theseus is supposed to fly a white sail when returning to Athens to say that everything went well but because he is cursed with forgetfulness by Ariadne he doesn't change the sails and his father, Aegeus kills himself |
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| the wife of Theseus, mother of Hippolytus who is non-interested in women because of Ariadne's curse. Tries to seduce him but is turned down and kills herself out of humiliation |
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| The son of Theseus and Phaedra, non-interested in women. Phaedra attempts to seduce him but is unsuccessful, killed after Phaedra writes a note saying he tried to rape her |
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| Pirithous and Theseus vow to help each other get wives, Pirithous wants Persephone and Theseus wants Helen, so he and Theseus go to the underworld to get her, but become bound in chairs, Theseus is freed by Heracles |
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| Given to Chiron to be educated after father's thrown taken over by Pelias. Returns to gain thrown with Hera's help after helping an old man (Hera) across a river. Must get the golden fleece and he will become king |
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| Takes the thrown from Jason's father, later consults the pythia who tells him to beware a man with on sandal |
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| Deployed in search of the Golden Fleece. Heracles, Orpheus, Peleus, Castor and Polydeuces |
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| has the power to bring people back from the dead, requested by Pelias |
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1. Hypsipyle and the Lemnian women
2. Cyzicus and Cios - where Hylas is abducted by water nymphs, Heracles leaves
3. Phineas and the Harpies: Clashing rocks
At Colchis:
1. Aeetes - Medea falls in love with Jason
2. Fire breathing bull - given potion by Medea to protect against fire
3. Defeat of dragon and gets fleece
4. Aeetes goes back on promise, chop up his son and throw him overboard
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1. Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis
2. Circe's island - Medea purified of bloodguilt
3. Talus on Crete - giant, opening in heel
4. Home to greece - accidentally boil Pelias alive |
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| Phineas and the Harpies: clashing rocks |
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| Phineas has the ability to prophecy but gets too smart and is blinded by Zeus. Given food everyday but has it stolen by Harpies, Phineas tells them to get through crashing rocks by releasing a bird and following it through |
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| Jason's father becomes old and near death, boil him to restore his youth. Try it with Pelias' father and boil him alive |
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| Have two children together but then Jason gets unfaithful. Makes a cloak for Jason's new bride who puts it on and bursts into flames. |
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| Hypsipyle and the Lemnian women |
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| Men are cursed and don't love their wives, wives then kill every man on the island. |
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| 15 stories about heroines and their absent lovers |
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| one of the festivals and customs of the Roman calendar, one book for each month |
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| 15 books on mythology; one of the most popular and thorough sources of mythology |
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| 3 books on the art of love, sex, and seduction |
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| every night Leander swims the Hellespont, storm one night and torch goes out. finds out he drowned and Hero jumps off city walls |
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| goddess of flowers and fertility, given a garden for her festival by Zephyrus |
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| goddess of fruit trees, makes a vow that she will marry Vertumnus who is in the form of an old man |
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| abandoned by her father and has a foot race to see who she will marry, loses to Milanion who dropped an apple. later have sex on sacred ground and turned into lions |
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| elderly couple who take in Zeus and Hermes in disguise, protected during great flood. Become the priest and priestess and want to die at the same time. Turned into trees |
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| Siblings, Byblis falls in love with Calmus. writes him a note and he flees the city, she chases him til she dies and becomes a spring |
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| (Romeo and Juliet) Believes lion has killed Thisbe, kills himself then she kills herself. Reason berries are purple |
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| Supreme god, Optimus Maximus |
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| Goddess of women, associated with marriage and children "Juno Regina" Juno the Queen |
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| Associated with mental skill |
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| Guardian of the eternal flame and hearth, vestal virgins |
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| god of fire, lives in volcano |
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| agricultural god, oldest temple in Rome |
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| goddess of love, sex, fertility and mother of Roman people |
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| god associated with gardens and fertility |
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