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Mythology & Art, Midterm
Merlin, Hums1090 UNO Fall 2012
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Undergraduate 2
10/07/2012

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Cosmogony
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Any theory concerning the origin of the universe
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Theogony
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Story about the birth of the gods
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Cosmos
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The existing "order" that was determined by forces joining together and then separating,bringing about divine marriages and births
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Hesiod
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wrote two poems: Works & Days, and the Theogony
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The Theogony
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1022-line epic poem written by Hesiod; begins with Chaos and ends with Zeus's reign
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Chaos
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a rough unordered mass of things, also called a void
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Nomos
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law and order and rationalism
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Physis
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nature
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Eros
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the Protogenos, the Primordial deity of sexual desire; emerged at the very creation of the universe
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coniunctio
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The archetype of the sacred marrige; refers to the union of divine spirit with the soul, and finally with the body
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Hieros Gamos
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type of coniunctio; the union of divine or spiritual energies with earthly energies
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Gaea
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the eldest of all buildings; Mother Earth; doesn't need males to help her give birth
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Uranus
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The sky; task was to surround and cover Gaea; first divine couple in the world
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Erotes
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the winged gods of love; represent the different aspects of love (Eros, Himeros)
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Anteros
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The god of mutual love, or love returned; sometimes also avenged unrequited love
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Hedylogos
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The god of sweet-talk and flattery
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Hermaphroditos
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Hermaphroditic god
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Himeros
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The god of sexual desire who accompanied Aphrodite from the moment of her birth
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Hymenaios
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The god of the wedding ceremony
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Pothos
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The god of passionate longing
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Erebos
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Darkness under the earth, including Tartarus
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Nyx
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Darkness over the earth (night); mother of Hypnos, Thanatos, and Moros
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Aither
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Light of heaven, the bright upper atmosphere
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Day
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light of earth
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Eris
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daughter of Nyx; goddess of discord
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Hypnos
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Sleep
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Thanatos
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Death
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Moros
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Doom
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The Fates
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The Moirae; the goddesses of fate who personified inescapable destiny; supposed to appear three nights after a child's birth to determine the course of its life
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Clotho
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One of the Fates; spun the thread of life; represented the present
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Lachesis
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one of the Fates; measured the thread of life; represented the future
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Atropos
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one of the Fates; cut the thread of life; represented the past
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Ichor
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the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods; contained the substance which made them immortal
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Paion
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the physician of the Olympian gods; healed their wounds when they were injured in battle
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Momus
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the God of Blame, Mockery, Laughter and Criticism; found fault with everything and censured, ridiculed and satirized everyone; kicked out of Olympus for mocking Zeus
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Cronus
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brightest, strongest, and most courageous of the Titans; given an adamantine sickle by Gaia and castrated Uranus
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Adamantine
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having the hardness or luster of a diamond
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