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| trojan horse invades Troy |
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| Old wooden ship used in the Civil War era |
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| Latin epic poem by Virgil. Tells how Aeneas traveled to Italy to become the ancestor of the Romans. |
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| Argus Panoptes. Monster with 100 eyes. |
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| Diana. Twin sister of Apollo. Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women. |
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| the dark, silent abyss from which all things came into existence |
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| oceanid. wife of Iapetus, and mother of Atlas, Epimetheus, Prometheus, and Menoetius |
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| scientific theory concerning the origin of either the universe (cosmos), or the "reality" of conscious beings |
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| study of the origins and eventual fate of the universe. |
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| Kronos. Saturn. leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans. Overthrown by his son, Zeus. |
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| mythological hero specific to some group who changes the world through invention or discovery. |
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| race of giants with a single eye on the forehead |
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| nymph who was turned into a laurel tree to escape Apollo |
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| son of Prometheus and Clymene. Built a wood box to escape Zeus' flood. |
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| Titaness and goddess of the dawn. Rose each morning from her home at Oceanus. |
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| son of Zeus and Lo. Born from Zeus' touch. |
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| represents the personification of darkness. Born from Chaos, one of the first 5 beings on existence |
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| Cupid. Amor. God of love. Son of Aphrodite. |
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| etiological myth that explains the origins of a ritual or the founding of a city. |
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| Ge. Earth goddess. Great mother of ALL: Tians, gods, giants, sea-gods. |
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| Sons of Gaia and Uranus. Huge human-like creatures. |
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| struggle between the Olympians and forces of Chaos. Olympians prevail with the help of Heracles, as Hera predicted. |
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| Helios. God of the Sun. Drove the chariot of the sun across the sky each day. |
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| Juno. Wife and sister of Zeus. Goddess of women and marriage. Daughter of Rhea and Cronus. |
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| Greek oral poet 750-650BC. Credited with establishing Greek religious customs. |
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| sexual ritual that plays out a marriage between a god and a goddess. Harmonization of opposites. |
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| author of the Illiad and the Odyssey. revered as the greatest of ancient Greek epic poets. ~850BC |
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| Hundred handed ones. Three giants of incredible strength who overthrew the Titans. |
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| 1 of 12 Titans. Brother of Cronus. Lord of the light and Titan of the East. |
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| Epic poem by Homer. During the Trojan War, tells of the quarrels between Agamemnon and Achilles. |
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| priestess of Hera, nymph seduced by Zeus and turned into a heifer. Sent away and protected by Argus, who was defeated by Hermes and she was set free |
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| King of Arcadia. Tricked Zeus and was turned into a wolf and activated Deucalion's flood. |
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| Latin narrative poem by Ovid. 15 books and 250 myths. |
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| Home of the 12 Olympian gods.formed after the gods defeated the Titans in the Titan War |
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| Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Known for their song which brings joy to all who hear it. Judged music contest between Apollo and Marsyas. |
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| three thousand daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. Each was the patroness of a particular spring, river, sea, lake, pond, pasture, flower or cloud. |
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| Epic poem written by Homer. Centered around Odysseus and his journey home after the fall of Troy. |
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| 12 gods who live on Mt. Olympus. |
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| first human woman. opened a jar releasing all of the evils of humanity. |
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| son of Apollo and Clymene. Takes Helios' chariot and nearly burns the Earth before Zeus kills him with a thunderbolt. |
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| Titan who is credited with the creation of man from clay and the theft of fire that allowed for advances in civilization. |
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| wife of Deucalion. Only two survivors of Zeus' flood. Repopulated the Earth by throwing rocks over there shoulders. |
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| Earth dragon of Delphi. Slayed by Apollo, who made his home at Pytho. |
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| Daughter of Uranus and Gaia. Mother of the Olympians. |
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| goddess of the moon. Daughter of Hyperion and Theia. |
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| deep abyss used as a dungeon for the wicked. Part of Hades where souls are judged. |
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| aquatic sea goddess. Mother of rivers. |
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| goddess of divine order, law and customs. One of the oracles at Delphi |
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| poem by Hesiod. describing the origins and genealogies of Greek polytheism |
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| systematic and rational study of concepts of gods and their influences and of the nature of religious truths |
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| War of the Titans. 10 year series of battles between the Titans and the olympians, who won and took Mt Olympus. |
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| Desecendants of Gaia and Uranus who ruled the Golden Age. immortal huge beings of incredible strength and stamina |
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| lover of Eos, Titan of the dawn. Eos asked Zeus to make him immortal but forgot to ask for eternal youth. |
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| War of Trojans vs Achaeans after Paris of Troy took Helen from Menelaus, king of Sparta. Won by the Greeks with the Trojan horse. |
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| Typhaon. Typhon. "Father of all monsters" Huge beast with dragon heads and viper coils and wings. Eventually defeated by Zeus. |
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| God of the sky. Husband of Gaia and father of the Titans. |
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| ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. Author of the Aeneid. |
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