Greek Mythology and Roman Emperors by Tony D.
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| Titan - Zeus’ Father; husband of Rhea, slain by Zeus | show 🗑
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| show | Gaia
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| show | Oranos
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| Titan – wife of Kronos, birthed the six main Olympian gods and goddesses, including Zeus. | show 🗑
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| Ruler of the Gods, god of the sky; known for his lightning bolt, as well as numerous liaisons with mortal women, including Io and Leta. Husband and brother of Hera. | show 🗑
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| God of the sea and earthquakes, also patron god of horses. Known for trident and chariots. Famous offspring : Polyphemus, Bellerophon, and Theseus | show 🗑
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| God of the Underworld, husband of Persephone. Also patron god of funeral rites, mining, and riches. Known for the pomegranate. | show 🗑
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| Queen of the Gods; goddess of marriage, known for extreme jealousy and revenge, especially upon Zeus’ mortal lovers. Wife and sister of Zeus, mother of Hephaestus | show 🗑
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| Goddess of beauty and love; known for the dove, apple, scallop shell, and mirror. Unwilling wife of Hephaestus; had affairs with Ares. Born of sea foam. | show 🗑
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| show | Athena
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| show | Hermes
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| God of war, battle-lust and manly courage; known for spear, armor, and the snake. | show 🗑
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| God of the forge and fire; known for hammer and tongs and the donkey. Husband of Aphrodite and forged Zeus’ lightning bolts. | show 🗑
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| Goddess of the hearth; patron goddess of the home, sacrificial flame, and family meal. Tended the fire in the Hall of Olympus. A virgin goddess. | show 🗑
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| God of music, healing, prophecy, and oracles. Known for the laurel wreath, raven, and lyre. Son of Leto and Zeus; twin of Artemis. Slew the serpent python at the Oracle of Delphi. | show 🗑
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| Goddess of the hunt and wilderness; known for (with Apollo) bringing disease and plague, as well as the bow-and quiver. A virgin goddess; turned Acteon into a stag for viewing her bathing. | show 🗑
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| God of wine and revelry; known for the thyrsos ( a pine-cone tipped staff), the leopard, and the fruit vine. Rituals often orgiastic and wild in nature. | show 🗑
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| Goddess of seasons and the harvest; Mother of Persephone. Reason for summer and winter being the abduction of Persephone. | show 🗑
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| Daughter of Demeter; Wife of Hades. Ate pomegranate and must remain in the Underworld six months of every year. | show 🗑
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| of shepherds and flocks; appears as a satyr. Known for chasing nymphs and playing his namesake pipes. | show 🗑
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| show | Helios
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| Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel; crafted man and stole fire for them. Bound to a rock where a vulture would eat his liver each day as punishment. | show 🗑
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| show | Selene
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| God of love and eroticism; Son of Aphrodite; lover of Psyche. | show 🗑
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| show | Nike
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| Titan Goddess of Chaos | show 🗑
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| show | The Muses
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| Muse of Epic Poetry | show 🗑
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| show | Clio
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| show | Ourania
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| show | Thaleia
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| show | Melpomene
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| Muse of Religious Hymns | show 🗑
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| show | Erato
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| show | Euterpe
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| Muse of Choral Song and Dance | show 🗑
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| show | Achilles
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| Cousin of Achilles; dresses as Achilles in order to fight in Trojan War, mistakenly killed by Hector. | show 🗑
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| Brother of Menelaus; king of Mycenae, assemples one thousand ships for his brother to retrieve Helen. Killed by his wife Clymenestra upon his return. | show 🗑
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| Brother of Agamemnon; king of Sparta. Paris stole his wife Helen to Troy, begins the Trojan War. | show 🗑
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| Hero of the Trojans; killed by Achilles nearing the end of the Trojan War. | show 🗑
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| show | King Priam
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| Prince of Troy, stole Helen from Menelaus; chose Aphrodite as the most beautiful of the three goddesses; Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite and in turn she granted him the most beautiful woman in the world. | show 🗑
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| Hero committed by Hera to completing the Twelve Labors after killing his wife and children in a fit of rage. Trials included killing the Nemean Lion, the Hydra, the Stymphalion Birds, retrieving Cerberus, the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, and others. | show 🗑
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| Hero of the Trojan War; invented the idea of the Trojan Horse, responsible for the victory of the siege of Troy. Incurred Poseidon’s wrath after blinding Polyphemus, leading to a twenty year voyage home in The Odyssey, by Homer. | show 🗑
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| Famous lyre-player and singer; journeyed to the Underworld to retrieve his wife from Hades. | show 🗑
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| show | Jason
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| show | Theseus
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| Son of Danae and Zeus; killed Medusa. | show 🗑
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| show | Bellerophon
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| famous huntress; slew the Calydonian Boar. | show 🗑
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| Queen of the Amazonians; gave Hercules her belt for one of his labors. | show 🗑
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| Man who fell in love with his reflection; leads to the term Narcissism. | show 🗑
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| show | Pygmalion
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| show | Tantalus
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| A famous centaur who taught many heroes, including Hercules. Sentenced to immortality, but at the cost of constant agony. | show 🗑
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| show | Sisyphus
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| show | Centaurs
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| show | Satyr
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| Creature with the body of a lion, face of a man, and a spiked tail | show 🗑
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| Creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle | show 🗑
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| show | Sphinx
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| with the body and head of a lion, a second goat’s head, and a serpentine tail; killed by Bellerophon. The word chimerical stems from this creature. | show 🗑
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| A giant boar sent by Artemis that ravaged Calydonia until Atalanta killed it. | show 🗑
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| A giant lion that ravaged Nemea until Hercules killed it for his first Labor. | show 🗑
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| A serpentine, multi-headed creature that lived in the swamps of Lerna; killed by Hercules for his second Labor | show 🗑
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| Guard to the Underworld; a giant dog with three heads. Hercules had to retrieve it for another Labor. | show 🗑
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| Creature with 100 eyes, set as a guard by Hera to watch over Io the cow/woman. Killed by Hermes. | show 🗑
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| show | Pegasus
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| First Triumvirate | show 🗑
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| show | Octavian (Augustus), Lepidus, and Mark Antony
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| Attempted to make horse a senator; sexual deviancy. | show 🗑
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| show | Claudius
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| show | Nero
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| show | Galba, Otho, Vitellius, and Vespasian
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| show | Vespasian
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| show | Titus
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| Trajan’s Column; expanded Empire to largest ever | show 🗑
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| show | Hadrian
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| Joint-emperorship with Verus | show 🗑
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| Personally fought in the Coliseum. | show 🗑
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| show | Caracalla
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| Diocletian Persecution of Christians | show 🗑
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| Created Constantinople; converted to Christianity | show 🗑
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| Reunited Roman Empire after Gothic attack | show 🗑
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| show | Augustus
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