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| Son of Zeus and Callisto. Grandson of Lycaon. Was the first great king of Arcadia and brought agriculture and weaving, introducing true civilization. Was a great hunter and unknowingly ran into Callisto, who had been turned into a bear through Hera's jealousy. Zeus put them in the heavens to prevent him from killing her. Ursa major and minor, together for ever. |
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| Hera's servant commanded to guard the nymph Io Zeus had turned into a cow to hide their affair. He was all seeing with many eyes. Zeus ordered him to be killed to free Io. Hermes lulls him into sleep with music and kills him freeing her. |
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| Daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin of Apollo. Goddess of hunting, virginity and birth. Became associated with the moon. |
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| God of medicine and healing. Mother was burned for being unfaithful to Apollo (Father) while pregnant, Apollo saved him. Taught by Chiron. Was killed by Zeus for resurrecting Hippolytus for money starting a feud between Apollo and Zeus. Was made a god by Zeus to end the fight. |
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| Titan who holds the celestial sphere (Uranos) on his shoulders. Was condemned to this eternal fate by Zeus for fighting against the Olympians in the Titanomegaly and losing. |
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| Daughter of Lycaon. Was a nymph of Artemis and had an affair with Zeus. For breaking her chastity, was kicked out of Artemis' entourage and gave birth to Arcas. Ursa Major. |
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| Ruling Titan before Olympians during the Golden Age. Castrated his father Uranos to gain power. Married to Rhea. Were the parents of the first Olympians. Was banished to Tartarus along with other defeated Titans. |
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| Son of Aphrodite, god of erotic and romantic love. Represented by his bow and arrow. |
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| King of Liguria, was a good musician and friend of Phaethon. When Phaethon died, he mourned his death by the river until the gods turned him into a swan to relieve him of his pity. |
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| Nature nymph chased by Apollo due to an arrow by Eros. Fearful she prayed to the gods for help and was transformed into a laurel. The laurel became sacred to Apollo due to his strong love for her and became the prize for the victors of the Pythian Games. |
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| Site of the Oracle of Delphi and worship of the god Apollo. Here apollo slayed the dragon Python. In his honor this is the sacred where the Pythian games would be held by the Greeks every four years. |
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| Chosen male survivor of the great flood. Son of prometheus. Married to Pyrrha. Very pious and easily overcomes animalistic nature. With Pyrrha repopulated the Earth with humanity by throwing rocks over their shoulders. However not the biological ancestors of humans. |
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| Son of Zeus and Io. Name means touch. Became king of Egypt. Responsible for taunting Phaethon to take his fathers Chariot of the Sun for a ride. |
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Gold: Age of Cronos. Perfect world. No war and no need for agriculture.
Silver: Zeus rules. Creation of seasons, need for shelter. Beginning of agriculture. Introduction of time and mortality.
Bronze: Very war like. Age of demi-gods. Strong fear from the gods.
Iron: Lawlessness, deceit and crime at its peak. Today's world. |
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| Sisters of Phaethon. Mourned their brothers death so much that they were turned into poplar trees and their tears in amber. |
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| Son of Hyperion, was the god of the Sun. Father of Phaethon. Drove the chariot of the sun across the sky. |
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| Daughter of Cronos and Rhea and wife/sister of Zeus. Supreme goddess and goddess of women and marriage. Very jealous and vengeful in nature, particularly for love interests of Zeus and his offspring. |
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| A nymph having an affair with Zeus. Was transformed into a white cow to hide the affair from Hera. Seeing through this Hera demanded the cow as a gift, to which Zeus could not refuse. She was placed under the guard of Argos, who was killed by Hermes. Eventually returned to human form and gave birth to Epaphos, ancestor of Heracles. |
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| Symbol of Apollo. Object of male desire and the prize for winning the Pythenian Games. Was originally the nymph Daphne whom Apollo lusted after. |
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| King of Arcadia. Established the rudiments of Greek civilization. Committed the crime of feeding human flesh to Zeus. As punishment he was turned into a wolf (first werewolf) and was condemned to live in the wilderness with the promise of regaining human form could he avoid eating human flesh for 10 years. |
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| Daughter of Zeus (and Metis). Virgin goddess of reason, intellect and wisdom. Also very warlike so fierce and brave. Was born by springing out of Zeus head in full armor after Zeus swallowed Metis. |
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| God of the wild and shepherds and music. Fell in love with the river nymph Syrinx and pursued her. Her sisters turned her into a reed to hide her from him, and the air flowing through them made beautiful sounds. So he cut 7 (9) reeds forming tubes not knowing which one was her forming his flute bearing her name. |
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| Son of Helios. Sought to know the truth if he was really the son of Helios. His mother sent him to Helios where the god granted him one wish to prove it. He asked to drive his fathers sun chariot despite Helios' warnings. Lost control of the chariot scorching both the Earth and the heavens. He was struck down by a thunderbolt thrown by Zeus to prevent the destruction o the world. |
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| Son of Zeus and Leto. Twins with Artemis. God of music, archery, healing, light, truth and oracles. Killed the dragon Python at Delphi, and sought the affections of Daphne. Archetype of unemotional perfection |
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| Wisest Titan, name means forethought. Fought on the Olympian side in the Titanomegaly. He is known as the protector and benifactor of mankind. He stole fire and gave it to humans and tricked Zeus into allowing men to keep the best part of the animal and sacrifice the unwanted part to the gods instead. Was therefore punished by Zeus into being chained to a rock and having an eagle tear out his ever regenerating liver for eternity. Was promised release if he revealed to Zeus which one of his sons would overthrow him. Was eventually saved by Heracles instead. |
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| Wife of Deucalion. Repopulated earth with Deucalion by throwing rocks "bones of your mother" over their shoulders without looking back. |
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| One of the 4 most important athletic games. Was in honor of Apollo slaying the dragon Python at Delphi. Winner of the games received a Laurel, sacred symbol of Apollo. |
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| Earth-dragon at Delphi represented as a serpent. Python guarded the Oracle at Delphi which was the Oracle of Gaia at the time. Apollo killed Python and made the oracle his own. The Pythian games were then started to honor the death of Python, over which Apollo presided as penance for the sacrilege of killing Python. |
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| River nymph, was being chased by Pan and was turned into a reed to hide from him by her sisters. |
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| Titan goddess of justice and order. Mother of the Fates and Seasons. Told Deucalion to throw rocks over his shoulders to create new race of mankind at Delphi. |
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| Sea nymph and mother of Achilles through Zeus. Married Peleus and raised Achilles. Sought to give Achilles immortality by dipping him in the river Stix by holding him by the ankle. |
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| God of sky and ruler of the Olympians. Has thunderbolts made by cyclops as a weapon. Married to Hera but has many affairs. |
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| King of Argos. Father Danae, locked her away because prophecy said her son, Perseus, would kill him. When she gave birth to the son of Zeus, he tossed them into the sea in a chest. Years later Perseus killed him accidently. |
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| Locked away by her father Acrisius because prophecy said her son Perseus would kill him. Was impregnated by Zeus via golden shower and was cast away into the sea after giving birth. Survives and ends up on Saraphos. Rescued by Dictys. |
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| Sister of Cadmus. Zeus was in love with Europa and changed into a bull and carried her off to Crete. |
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| Was sent to find Europa unsuccessfully. Oracle at Delphi sent him to found Thebes. Inside a cave they found the Serpent of Ares who killed Cadmus' men. Cadmus tried to kill it with rocks but it didn't work. Pierced the serpents heart with a spear. Primitive vs civilized weapons. Warned he would become the beast he killed. Planted the teeth of serpent per Athena's request, sprouting a race of warriors. |
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| Warriors that sprouted from serpents teeth planted by Cadmus. Emerged ready to fight, and the 5 remaining survivors founded Thebes with Cadmus. |
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| Son of Zeus and Hera. Disliked by both parents. God of war. Violent and murderous but also a coward. Always seems to be on the losing side of things, eternal loser. |
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| Son of Cadmus and Harmonia. While hunting saw Artemis naked bathing. She felt so violated the she turned him into a stag. And his own hunting dogs tore him to shreds not recognizing him. |
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| Daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia. Zeus appears to her in his true form. This divine sight overwhelmed her and resulted in her death while she was pregnant with Dionysus. Zeus did this because Hera tricked him due to her jealousy. |
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| Son of Zeus and Semele. Was ripped out of Semeles womb when she died and implanted in Zeus' thigh until he was ready to be born. God of wine, partying and transformation. Raised by Ino (mortal aunt). |
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First king of Athens
Half serpent/half man
Sprung from Attica
Autochtonous- born from the soil |
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Wants to rape arethusa
Turns himself into a river
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He pursues her but is stopped by Artemis |
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Ino's husband
Infected by the Furry's madness due to Hera
Bashes his sons head to death
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