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Mythology And Folklore
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12th Grade
04/18/2012

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Achilles
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Adonis
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a beautiful young boy who was loved by Aphrodite, goddess of love, the word Adonis refers to any young handsome man
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Aeneas
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Famous warrior, leader in trojan war on trojan side, fled with father and son later shipwrecked in Carthage, made queen of Carthage fall in love him and she killed herself cause he could not stay with her, carried father out of troy on his back, represents someone who is devoted to duty
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Agamemnon
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king of greeks who led siege on troy, to gain favorable winds to troy he sacraficed daughter; iphigenia to goddess Artemis, when he returned home, he was murdered by wife; Clytemnestra, and her lover; Aegisthus
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Amazons
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Nation of women warriors, cut off right breast to use bow more efficiently(WTF)? Term amazon represents a large, strong, aggressive woman
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Ambrosia
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Antigone
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daughter of King Oedipus, was condemned to death because she buried one of her brothers who was killed by her other brother who also died in combat, and the reason it was a crime to bury one of the brothers is because he was labeled a "traitor"
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Aphrodite
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Goddess of love and beauty, was awarded the (apple of discord) in the first beauty contest by Paris chosen over Hera and Athena, Aphro thought to be born out of the foam of the sea, pictured rising from the water
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Apollo
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God of poetry, prophecy, medicine, and light, represents all aspects of civilization/order, Zeus is father, and brother to Artemis, sometimes symbolized as the sun when he rides his chariot through the sky
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Apple of Discord
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Argonauts
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Companionsof Jason in quest for golden fleece, their ship was the Argo
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Argus
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Creature who had a hundred eyes, Hera sent it to watch Io who was seduced by Zeus and turned into a cow, Hermes played music to put Argus to sleep and killed it, Hera put the eyes of Argus on the tailfeathers of peacocks, Argus is a common name for any newspapers on alert
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Artemis
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Greek name of Diana, virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon, daughter of Zeus and sister to Apollo, Artemis also called Cynthia
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King Arthur
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Legendary king of England, story of him regaining throne by pulling sword of exalibur from stone, downfalled by enemy; Modred, legends say Arthur sailed to mysterious island; avalon, at end of his life, he is sometimes called "the once and future king"
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Astrology
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Study of positions and relationships of the sun, moon, stars, and planets, in order to judge human actions, astrology unlike astronomy is not a scientific study
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Athena
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goddess of wisdom, born out of Zeus's forehead, pissed by Paris's judgement during the beauty contest, so Athena helped the greeks beat troy, became a protector of Odysseus during his journey home
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Atlantis
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kingdom in Atlantic ocean that was swallowed up by a earthquake and is now covered by the sea
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Augean Stables
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Stables owned by King Augeus, housed a large herd of cattle which had not been cleaned for years, Hercules was ordered to clean it out, smart as he was he diverted 2 rivers to course through the stables, to "clean the augean stables" is to clean a large amount of physical filth or moral corruption OR to accomplish any large, distasteful, and arduous job
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Bacchus
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God of Wine and revelry,
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Beauty and the Beast
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Boy who cried wolf
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Camelot
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Cassandra
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Cerberus
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Ceres
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Charon
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Chimera
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Cinderella
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Circe
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Cupid
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Cyclops
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Daedalus
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Sword of Damocles
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Delphic Oracle
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Demeter
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Diana
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Dido
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Dionysus
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Electra
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Elysian Fields
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Emperor's New Clothes
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Eros
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Excalibur
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Fauns
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Fountain of Youth
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Fox and the Grapes
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Furies
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Sir Galahad
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Sir Gawain
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Lady Godiva
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Golden Fleece
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Gordian Knot
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Graces
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Holy Grail
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Grim Reaper
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Guinevere
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Hades
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Hansel and Gretel
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Harpies
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Hector
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Helen of Troy
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Hephaestus
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Hera
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Hercules
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Hermes
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Hymen
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Icarus
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Iphigenia
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Iseult
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Janus
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Jason
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Judgement of Paris
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Juno
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Jupiter
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Labyrinth
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Sir Lancelot
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Damon and Pythias
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Ares
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God of war(yeaaaaa), son of zeus and hera, father to amazons
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