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| reciever of many; epithet for Hades |
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| host to many; epithet for Hades |
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| 'breath' associate with soul |
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| Famous seer who visits Odysseus from the Underworld; warns of dangers ahead and the nature of death |
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| tested the gods omniscience by serving them his own son; punishment in Tartarus: stands in a lake but can never drink, tree above but can never eat the fruit |
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| Tricked death by capturing him and then escaping to the world of living; punishment in Tartarus: push boulder over a hill but always rolls down again |
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| Afterlife on Earth for a blessed few aristocrats |
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| Went to retrieve his love, Eurydice, in the underworld. Hades allowed her to leave as long as he did not look back. He did and she remained dead. invented homosexuality |
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| bride of Orpheus, killed by a serpant, remained in Underworld |
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| 6th c. teaching about nature and desting; hope for salvation in afterlife; reincarnation of the soul though austerity, knowledge, and effort |
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| Made philosophical claim that the essence of reality resides in mystical relation among numbers, proportions, and measures |
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| ferryman to the underworld |
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| King who lusted after Hera, for fun Zeus made a cloud in Hera's image; Ixion pounced but seed feel to the ground creating Centaurus (father of centaurs) |
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| son of Poseidon and Jason's grandmother; arrogant and intolerant; sends Jason to recover the golden fleece |
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| Jason's father; imprisoned and eventually killed by his half brother, Pelias |
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| Jason and the Argonauts' ship: largest ship ever made, fits 50 men, magic speaking beam cut from Zeus' oak tree |
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| Island populated by women who had all killed their husbands; Jason and argonauts delay for 1 year on the island |
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| King who was plagued by harpies that continuously stole his food; in payment for Jason killing the Harpies he reveals the future course of their adventure |
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| 'crashing rocks' which barred access to the Black Sea; release a dove, if it could get through then so could the Argo |
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| Island home to Medea and Aeetes, location of the golden fleece |
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| sorceress and daughter of King Aeetes, falls in love with Jason, helps him steal the golden fleece |
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| Medea's half brother, Medea cuts him into pieces and throws them into the sea |
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| Bronze giant given to Europa from Zeus, had a single vein of ichor replenished in heel. Crashing boluders on Crete, Medea uses evil eye causing Talus to strike his ankle and divine blood flows out |
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| prince of Aetolia, Calydonian Boar Hunt |
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| famous female athlete from Arcadia, raised by hunters |
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| Son of Tantalus; who cut him up and shoulder eaten by Demeter, marries Hippodamia |
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| King and father of Hippodamia, in love with his daughter kills all suitors but killed by Pelops |
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