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06/17/2009

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Europa
Definition
Seduced by Bull (Zeus)
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Persephone
Definition
Taken by Hades into underworld
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Uranus
Definition
Castrated by Zeus, inseparable with Gaea
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Actaeon
Definition
Transformed into stag by Artemis, sought by own Hounds
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Hippolytus
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Follower of Artemis, Refused Aphrodite
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Ares
Definition
Caught in bed with Aphrodite
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Io
Definition
Lover of Zeus, turned into Cow by Hera
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Leto
Definition
Barred from birth on any Greek land, settled on Delphi
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Niobe
Definition
Boasted about children greater than Leto.
7 sons/daughters.
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Cyparissus
Definition
Love of Apollo who mourned stag
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Cumaean Sybil
Definition
Prophetess of Apollo, no ageless Youth
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Ganymede
Definition
Male Cup barer of Zeus
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Hermes
Definition
Messenger of gods, led dead to Hades
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Aphrodite
Definition
Born from aphros
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Typhon
Definition
Slain by Zeus for control of heavens.
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Cassandra
Definition
Nobody believes, prophetess Apollo
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Ericthoneus
Definition
Ejaculation from Hephaestus onto Athena
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Poseidon
Definition
Lost contest for patronage of Athens
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Arachne
Definition
Lost weaving contest to Athena
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Psychopompus
Definition
Hermes
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Insewn
Definition
Dionyssus
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Artemis
Definition
Goddess of Childbirth
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Themis
Definition
Justice and Divine Law
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Oedipus
Definition
Son of Jocasta and Laius
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Jocasta
Definition
Married Laius then Oedipus
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Graiae
Definition
Sisters of the gorgons, Parts shared between them
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Theseus
Definition
Defeated Corynetes, 'club-swinger' and kept his club, Slew Minotaur with help of Ariadne
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Sporagmos
Definition
Ritual sacrifice for Dionysus, typically torn limb from limb
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Tiresias
Definition
Blind prophet, switched genders.
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Corynetes
Definition
Club Swinger
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Medea
Definition
Tries to make Aegeus kill Perseus, foiled. Cut up brother to aid fleeing Argonauts.
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Iphigenia
Definition
Agamemnon sacrificed to cast off
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Deianira
Definition
Slew Herakles with a garment doused in Nessus' blood
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Eurystheus
Definition
Cowardly king compelled Herakles to perform 12 feats
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Megara
Definition
In a fit of madness, Herakles killed her and their children
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Pegasus
Definition
Born from blood dropped from Medusa's head
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Amphion
Definition
His lyre playing helped build Thebe's walls
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Alcestis
Definition
Agrees to die in husband's place, risen by Herakles.
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Polyneices
Definition
Exiled brother who lead the 7 against Thebes.
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Phrixus
Definition
Saved by golden ram
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Laius
Definition
Killed at crossroads by own son.
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Hesperides
Definition
Guardians of Golden apples.
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Iole
Definition
Herakles sends warprize/concubine to his wife
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Dirce
Definition
Dragged to death for meanness to Antigone
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Atlas
Definition
Retrieves golden apples from his daughters
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Theseus
Definition
Killed Minotaur, abandoned a Cretan princess.
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Pentheus
Definition
Torn Apart by his mother, the Bacchant Agave
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Spartoi
Definition
Sown men, defeated by Jason and Cadmus
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Andromeda
Definition
Saved from the sea monster Ceto by Perseus
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Cadmus
Definition
Exiled brother of Europa who founded Thebes
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Amphale
Definition
Herakles was this queen's slave, she liked to wear his lion skin.
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Danea
Definition
Experienced a golden shower, mother of perseus
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Hyppolyta
Definition
Amazon Queen whose belt Herakles had to sieze
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Medea
Definition
Slaughtered children to take vengeance against father
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Harmonia
Definition
Wife of Cadmus, Given Necklace by gods
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Phaedra
Definition
Sister of Ariadne fell in love with her stepson
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Pasiphae
Definition
Conceived a passion for a bull; mom of the minotaur
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Ariadne
Definition
Abandoned by Theseus, wed by Dionyssus
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Antigone
Definition
Sprinkled a handful of dirt over her brother's corpse
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Ismene
Definition
Advised her sister not to defy Creon's edict
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Scylla
Definition
Cut off her father's purple lock for minos.
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Medusa
Definition
A gorgon, turned men to stone
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