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large peninsula in Southern Greece |
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Eastern part of Pelopennesus |
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son of Ocean and Tethys, father of Io |
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Daughter of Inachus, mother of Epaphus |
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hundred eyed beast that watched over Io |
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originally an egyptian deity, later worshipped by some greeks |
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daughter of Io and Zeus, mother of Libya |
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daughter of Epaphus, mother of Belus |
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daughter of Libya, mother of Danaus |
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Semitic god later worshipped by Mycenaeans, Semitic root of Belus |
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Asiatic people who took over the northern nile delta region |
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son of Belus, twin brother of Danaus, Egyptian king |
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son of Belus, father of the Danaids, brother of Aegyptus |
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daughters of Danaus who all kill husbands on their wedding night (except for Hypermnestra) |
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grandson of Hypermnestra, grandfather of Perseus, killed by discus Perseus throws in a contest |
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daughter of Danaus, grandmother of Acrisius, Danaid who didn't kill husband |
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mother of Perseus, impregnated when Zeus disguised himself as a golden shower |
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HERO son of Danae and Zeus, kills Medusa, rescues Andromeda from the Cetus |
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Scythian witches, three sister of fate, have one eye between the three of them |
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serpent like females, Medusa is one |
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Gorgon, killed by Perseus, her stare turns people to stone |
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sprouts from Medusa's blood, offspring of Medusa and Zeus, winged horse |
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daughter of Casseiopeia and Cepheus, saved from Cetus by Perseus |
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mother of Andromeda, declares herself and her daughter more beautiful than sea nymphs |
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charm or trinket that wards off evil |
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apotropaic pendant with Gorgon's head on it |
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city founded by Perseus in N.E. Peloponnese |
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region of ancient Greece, Thebe's located in this region |
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brother of Europa, goes to find Europa and slays serpent of Ares along the way, founds Thebes after killing serpent |
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Zeus abducted her and took her to Crete from Phoenicia |
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slayed by Cadmus, teeth are sowed to create Spartoi |
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armed men created from the teeth of serpent of Ares, help Cadmus found Thebes |
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killed with a bull's horns |
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killed by Oepidus when he solves its riddle on the way to Thebes |
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HERO kills sphinx and father, marries mother, blinds and exiles self |
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son of Oedipus, killed by brother when they fight for control of Thebes, brother of Antigone |
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sister of Polynices, daughter of Oedipus, killed after burying Polynice's body against Creon's orders |
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wrote Oedipus and Antigone tragedies |
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prophet of Thebes, advised Cadmus and Oedipus |
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HERO son of Alceme and Zeus (disguised as Amphitryon) 12 Labors, Deianeria |
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husband of Alcmene, also who Zeus pretended to be when he fathered Hercules, Amphitryon is the father of Iphicles |
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daughter of Creon, had two kids w/ Hercules, but he killed them when Hera temporarily mad him go mad |
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killed Creon to seize power of Thebes, killed by Hercules |
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king who had Hercules do the 12 labors to make up for killing his own family |
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Hercules' nephew, helped Hercules with some labors, son of Iphicles |
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horn of Amalthea, has unending nourishment |
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Hercules' wife, gives him the shirt of Nessus, which causes Hercules to be burned alive |
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centaur who tricked Deianeira into spreading his blood on Hercules' shirt, effectively killing him |
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nymph who was Hercules' master for a year |
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virgin aspect of Hera, had two kids with Hercules |
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glorification of a subject on the divine level |
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archaeologist, unearthed Palace of Knossos in Crete |
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son of Zeus and Europa, king of Crete, picked seven men and women to go in to the labyrinth every year |
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Greek civ from the island of Crete |
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brother of Minos, judge in the afterlife with him |
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raised Minos and Rhadamanthys though he wasn't their biological father (Zeus) |
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bronze giant, protects Europa while she is in Crete |
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dog in Minos' possession, always catches his prey |
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daughter of Helios, wife of Minos, wanted to mate with bull after being cursed by Poseidon, gave birth to minotaur |
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craftsman, created labyrinth, father of Icarus |
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son of Pasiphae and Poseidon's bull, kept in labyrinth, killed by Theseus |
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maze created by Daedalus to hold the Minotaur |
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HERO killed minotaur, from Athens, killed son, husband of Phaedra |
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daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, helped Theseus kill the minotaur |
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son of Daedalus, flew too close to sun |
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indigenous to a certain place |
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Athena vs. Poseidon's fight over who would be the patron god of Athens |
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born from Hephaestus' semen and the Earth, King of Athens |
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father of Procne and Philomela, King of Athens |
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husband of Procris, kills her on accident |
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wife of Tereus, daughter of Pandion, eventually has her tongue ripped out |
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involved in Athens founding myths, one of Theseus' fathers |
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rips travelers apart with trees, killed by Theseus |
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cared for travelers then pushed them off of cliff, killed by Theseus |
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has perfect bed, cuts off parts of body that dont fit, killed by Theseus |
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bull captured by Hercules, eventually killed by Theseus |
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made into a single Athenian city state when Theseus ruled Thebes |
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Theseus' son, killed when stepmom Phaedra accused him of raping her |
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