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Name means "forethought"
Brother of Epimetheus
Made humans in a way that they were superior to animals (gave them the gift of fire" |
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Before anything was created their was only chaos:
darkness, nothingness, and confusion |
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created from night and erebus |
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No explanation was given, but according to the text, "it just happened..." "with the coming together of love and light." |
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created the same time as earth |
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No way inferior to the cyclops
Not purely destructive |
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Creatures with many hands, heads
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Had one hundred hands, fifty heads
Hated by their father (heaven)
Were imprisoned after they were born |
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The Roman name for Cronus |
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A titan that challenged his father (Heaven) over the mistreatment of the imprisoned children.
He slayed him and a 4th race of monsters was born from his blood (Erinyes), also called Furies.
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Furies, the 4th race of monsters born from Heaven's blood. Their goal was to punish sinners. They were called "those who walk in darkness." They had snakes for hair and blood for tears. |
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Sister-Queen with Cronus, ruling the universe. |
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Son of Cronus and Rhea. Called "Jupiter" by the Romans. Rebels against his father. |
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Why did Zeus rebel against Cronus? |
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Cronus , knowing that one of his children would rebel against him, attempted to eat them when they were born. Rhea tricked Cronus into eating a rock instead, while Zeus was hidden |
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How is Zeus able to fight against Cronus with the help of his siblings? |
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He forces Cronus to vomit up the siblings. They fight together against the Titans. |
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Who wins the battle between Cronus and his children?
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The children, led by Zeus, defeat Cronus. They have the help of Promoetheus, a sympathetic titan. As a punishment, the titans are chained for eternity. |
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Prometheus' brother. Punished to bear the weight of the world as punishment. |
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Earth's last child.
A flaming moster with 100 heads who rose up against all the gods.
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What happened in the battle between Zeus and Typhon? |
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Typhon was struck down with a lightning bolt |
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Were the giants victorious in their battle against Zeus? |
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No, even though they were helped by Hercules, Zeus' son.
"From then on, Zeus and his brothers and sisters ruled." |
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How was the earth described by the Greeks? |
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It was a round disc
The sea (Mediterranean) was divided into two parts: Axine (Unfriendly) and Euxine (Friendly)
The "great river" was referred to as the "Ocean."
A people called the Cimmerians lived on the other side. |
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Lived in the great north. Were rarely visited by others. |
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Didn't live far from Hyperboreans. Danced, played flutes |
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Lived to the south, were favored by the gods. Enjoyed banquets. |
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What was the land of the "blessed dead" like? |
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no snowfall
little or no rain |
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Prometheus' brother
Name means "afterthought"
Created animals with gifts that would create challenges to humans (horns, shells), etc. |
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What were the races of humans? |
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First gold- When they dies, their spirits lived on
Then silver (inferior to the first)- Not intelligent, continuously injured one another. When they died, their spirits did not live on
Brass- Described as "horrible," "violent," destroyed one another
(no name)- "a splendid race of godlike heroes who fought glorious wars and went on great adventures which men have talked and sung of through all the ages since." "they departed finally to the isles of the blessed, where they lived in perfect bliss forever."
Iron-Nature is too evil..live in "toil" and "sorrow." The become more inferior with each generation. |
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"For a long time, there were only men on the earth, no women." Zeus created them later. |
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Why was Zeus upset with Prometheus over animal sacrifice? |
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Humans would get the best part of any humans sacrified. The gods would get the worst. |
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Who is the first woman? Who created her? |
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Describe the story of Pandora's box |
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The gods presented a box to Pandora with something harmful in it. They told her to never open it. She opened it and saw the mischief of mankind. The only good thing in the box was hope. |
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How did Zeus ultimately punish Prometheus? |
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He had him seized and took had him chained to a rock in the Caucus mountains. Zeus wanted to force Prometheus to disclose secrets. He refused to speak. He was freed "generations" later. He is known for standing up to tyranny and injustice. |
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A flood ordered by Zeus. There were two humans that were covered by a wooden chest. They were Deucalion and Pyrrha- Prometheus' son and niece. |
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Who were the stone people? |
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After the deluge (flood), stones fell and took human shape. The Stone People were a "hard enduring race" |
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God of Love (cupid in latin)
young and attractive
gives gifts to men
cannot do wrong or allow it
some said aphrodites companion some said her son
later it was said that he was mischevious naughty or worse
often blindfolded |
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Goddess of youth
daughter of zues and hera
she married hercules
cup bearer
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goddess of the rainbow
messenger of the gods (in the illiad only messanger)
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Aglaia (splendor), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia (Good Cheer) were the three graces
daughters of zeus and Eurynome
treated as one- incarnation of grace and beauty
The graces were queens of song |
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There were nine
The daughters of zeus and mnenosyne(memory)
Also the queens of song
Helicon, pierus (they were born), parnassus, olympus were the mountains of the muses
They were companions of apollo and the graces
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Themis is the right or defined justice
Dike is human justice |
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nemesis translated as rightous anger
aidos translated as the shame that holds men back from wrongdoing and translated as the feeling a rich man has in front of someone less fortunate (of how the less fortunate person doesn't deserve it)
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lord and ruler of the sea (mediterranian) and the friendly sea (euxine/ the black sea) and underground rivers |
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Ocean and Tethys and Oceanids |
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Ocean: A male titan that is the lord of the river ocean (a great river encircling the earth)
Tethys: Oceans wife who was also a titan
Oceanids: Their daughters and nymphs of the great river
The gods of all the rivers on earth were their sons |
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Pontus (means deep sea) was son of mother earth and the father of Nereus
Nereus was a sea god called the old man of the sea (trusty and gentle)(never lies)
Nereus and his wife doris (a daughter of Ocean) had 50 daughters who were the nymphs of the sea called Nereids |
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The trumpeter of the sea
his trumpet was a great shell
he was the son of poseidon and amphitrite |
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Poseidons son or Poseidons attendant
Had the power of both fortelling the future and shapeshifting |
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These were water nymphs that dwelt in brooks springs and fountains |
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Hades (pluto) and persephone |
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hades was the ruler of the underworld and kingdom of dead |
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Tartarus: The prisons of the sons of earth
Erebus: Where the dead pass as soon as they die |
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The three headed dragon tailed dog who permits all spirits to enter but none to return |
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Rhadamanthus, minos, aecus |
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Three judges who pass sentence and send the wicked to everlastin torment and the good to elysian field |
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Punish evildoers in the underworld or pursued sinners on earth
usually represented as three tisiphone, megaera, alecto |
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Godess of corn
daughter of cronus and rhea
a supreme deity of earth
The first cornfield was at the beginning of settled life on earth
her festival was in september every five years and lasted for nine days
worshiped with dionysus they were sad in winter
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The god of the vine
a supreme deity of earth |
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The chief
Hermes son
merry and noist
had goat horns and hooves
friends with the nymphs
the god of the goat herds and shepherds |
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Sometimes said to be pans son sometimes his brother
A jovial fat drunk old man who road a donkey |
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Lived half their time on earth half on heaven
they were brothers
sons of leda
special protectors of sailors
two stars were said to be theirs the gemini twins
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wife of king tyndareus of sparta
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Part horse part man
walked on two legs
they had horse hoofs, ears, and tails |
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goatmen like pan
their home was the wildplaces of earth |
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oreads, dryads (Hamadryads) |
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oreads: nymphs of mountains
dryads:nymphs of trees |
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king of the winds lived on earth on the island aeolia
north, south, east, west winds |
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Half man Half horse
Savage creatures more beast than man |
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A centaur known for his goodness and wisdom |
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Dragon like creatures with wings whos look turned men to stone |
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The gorgons sisters???
three grey women who had one eye between then |
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Lived on an island in the seas
lured sailors to their death with their enchanting singing |
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