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1st Semester Eng Mythology
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9th Grade
12/15/2012
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Beautiful Greek Boy
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Adonis
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God of light/poetry/prophecy
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Apollo
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Had a band of merry men
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Robin Hood
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Daughter of Oedipus
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Antigone
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Goddess of love and beauty
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Aphrodite
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Greek leader in Trojan War
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Agamemnon
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Roman name is Venus
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Aphrodite
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Any handsome young man
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Adonis
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Drove chariot across sky
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Apollo
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Dido fell in love with him
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Aeneas
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Sherriff of Nottingham was his enemy
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Robin Hood
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Boy loved by Aphrodite
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Adonis
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Murdered by wife Clytemnestra
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Agamemnon
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Didn't know whether to bury brother
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Antigone
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Robbed rich to give to poor
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Robin Hood
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Carried the world on his shoulders
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Atlas
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Goddess of Argiculture
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Ceres
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Three-headed dog that guarded Hades
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Cerberus
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Boatman who channeled dead souls across the river Styx
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Charon
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Half man, half horse
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Centaur
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City swallowed by an earthquake
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Atlantis
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Oedipus answered his riddle
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Sphinx
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Born fully grown from Zeus' head
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Athena
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Cup sought in quest by Knights of Round Table
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Holy Grail
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One-eyed giant
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Cyclops
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Greek god of war
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Ares
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Creature with 100 eyes
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Argus
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Hero of Trojan War
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Odysseus
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Name of Arthur's sword
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Excalibur
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Known for his integrity
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Sir Gawain
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Greek Poseidon
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Neptune
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Any transforming journey
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Odyssey
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Greek goddess of vengeance
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Nemesis
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In love with King Arthur's wife Guinevere
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Sir Lancelot
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Women warriors
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Amazon
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Head/torso of man; fish body
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Neptune
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Greek god of forest/meadows
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Odyssey
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Mythological birds w/ women's faces
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Harpies
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Sources of artistic inspiration
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Muses
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Killed by Theseus
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Minotaur
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Surprising transformation
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Cinderella
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Killed her own children
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Medea
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Turkey
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Troy
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Nine Goddesses
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Muses
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Greeks vs. Trojans
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Trojan War
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Designed by Odysseus
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Trojan horse
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Creature housed in Labyrinth
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Minataur
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Sorceress who helped Jason w/ Golden Fleece
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Medea
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Greek Dionysus
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Bacchus
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Housed Greek Soldiers
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Trojan horse
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Kidnapped by Paris
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Helen
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Stole from Phineas before he would eat
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Harpies
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