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myth test vocab ms. Dunay

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Perseus    
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Chaos   existed before all else  
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Cronus   Defeated Chaos. swallowed his children  
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Rhea   Cronus' wife  
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Gaea   Earth Goddess; Mother Earth  
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Uranus   One of the original children. Sky god  
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Cronus   Swallowed his children whole because he heard that one of his children would replace him  
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Cyclops   one eyed giants, they were good craftsmen  
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Gods   The Immortals  
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Titans    
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heroes   mortals who have super human qualities. [birth, destiny, quest, journey, romance, journey home, fatal flaw,  
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Eros   God of love, who hit mortals with the "love" arrow  
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Zeus   King of the Gods  
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Poseidon   God of the Sea  
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Ares   he was a bully and a coward. God of War  
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Persephone   queen of the Underworld for 6 months of the year  
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Demeter   God of all living things who got very upset when her daughter, Persephone was taken from her to the Underworld  
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Artemis   Daughter of Leto; twin to Apollo  
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Aphrodite   Goddess of love  
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Athena   Born from Zeus' brain  
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Graces   x  
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Muses   x  
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Fates   x  
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Charon   The ferryman who gets people across the River Styx  
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Cerberus   The three headed dog who guards the gates to the Underworld  
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Styx   The River in the Underworld  
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Tartarus   The opening in Asia Minor that leads to the Underworld  
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Prometheus   Brought fire to mankind  
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Hephaestus   Smith god. He could make anything. Thought too lame to reside on Mt. Olympus his mother, Hera welcomed him back after he gave beautiful gifts to all the gods.  
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Epimetheus   x  
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Echo   x  
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Minotaur   half man half bull who lived in the Labyrinth under the palace of Minos  
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labyrinth   the dungeon where the minotaur was kept  
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ate   state of temporary madness  
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arete   striving for excellence  
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hubris   excessive pride  
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anthropromorphic   Gods can change into mortals (disguises) at any time. that's why you should be nice to them  
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nemesis   x  
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ambrosia   x  
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Atlas   x  
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Medusa   x  
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Pandora   First woman on earth who can be blamed for all the troubles of mankind b/c she was too curious  
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The Sacred King   x  
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destiny (heroes)   x  
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quest (heroes)   x  
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myths as moral directives   x  
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myths as explanations of natural phenomena   x  
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the ages of man   x  
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the dangers of hubris   x  
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myth concepts of crime and punishment   x  
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why mythology failed as a religion   x  
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Apollo   Artemis's brother, Great archer  
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Hades   God of the Underworld. He stole Persephone to the Underworld  
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Hera   Queen of Mt. Olympus; Wife of Zeus; Scorned by her husband many times over  
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Arachne   the boastful women who was an excellent weaver who was turned into a spider by a vengeful Athena  
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