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Myth II Buzay,A.
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11th Grade
12/09/2009
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What is Chaos?
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Shapless mass that contains seeds of things to come
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Who are Gaia and Uranus?
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Mother Earth and Father Sky

 

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What are Titans?
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Race of Giants, Crones and Rhia

 

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who is Prometheus?
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He gave fire to man; and hes a titan

 

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What is the Golden Age?
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Perpetual spring, necessessities for humans
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What is the Iron age?
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War, people get aggressive in nature
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Where did the Gods go to live?
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Mount Olympus

 

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Zeus
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Jupiter

 

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Zeus/Jupiter
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Thunderbolt, eagle, sky, all

 

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Hera

 

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Juno

 

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Hera/Juno
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peacock, iris=messanger, rainbow, wife of zeus, queen of gods

 

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ares
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mars

 

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ares/mars
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war, violence
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Hebe
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Juventas

 

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Hebe/Juventas
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youth, cup bearer, wife of hercules
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Athena
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Minerva
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Athena/minerva
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Wisdom, owl, olive tree, athens city, godess of tactical soins and weaves
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apollo
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god of the sun, archery, music w/lyre
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Artemis
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Diana
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artemis/diana
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goddes of moon, virgin huntress
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Hermes
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mercury
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hermes/mercury
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messenger of gods, winged hat shoes, gymnastics/wrestling
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dionysus
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bacchus
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dionysus/bacchus
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made wine, half mortal
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aphrodite
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venus
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aphrodite/ venus
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goddess of love+beauty doves+swans, rose
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eros
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cupid
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eros/cupid
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god of love, heart and desire, bow and arrows
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The graces
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Dance, Social arts, Banquet
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the fates
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human destiny threads
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the muses
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art+history
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Poseidon
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neptune
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poseidon/neptune
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ruler of sea, trident, creator of horse
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hades
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pluto

 

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hades/pluto
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ruler of underworld
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Demeter
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Ceres

 

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Demeter/Ceres
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sister of zeus, looked after fertile fields
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Persephone
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Demeters daughter, wife of Hades, The flowers

 

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Hestia

 

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Vesta
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Hestia/Vesta
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hearth and home
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Romulous
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Quirnius
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Romulous/Quirinus
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war god
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Janus
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goddess of gates and door
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Flora
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goddess of flowers
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Pamona
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goddess of fruit trees
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Pales
 Definition
cattle and pastures
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Satyrs
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feet like goats, short horns, woods and  fields
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Pan
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god of flocks and shepards
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Dryads
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wood nymphs, died with trees

 

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Naiads
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springs and brooks

 

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Neriads
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sea nymphs, dolphins

 

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Boreas
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north cold wind

 

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zephyrus
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west wind, loved flora

 

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Auster
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south wind, heat

 

 
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eurus
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east wind

 
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what does Aurora bring?
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the dawn
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What does hesperus bring?
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