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37 Cards in this Set
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things we inherited from ancient Greek and Roman societies
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astronomy
math medicine philosophy monetary system architecture systems of government |
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the earliest collectors of myths
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homer
hesiod |
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two famous Roman myth-makers
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ovid
aenied |
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six uses of mythology
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to explain the creation of the world
to explain natural phenomena to give story form to ancient religious practices to teach moral lessons to explain history to express the deepest fears and hopes of the human race |
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patriarchal
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male dominated
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chaos
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nothingness
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uranus
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father god
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gaia
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mother earth
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Her daughter only visits once a year, because she lives underground most of the time.
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Demeter
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She only fights when she has to, and when she does, she always wins.
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Athena
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He likes fighting for its own sake, he is handsome, cruel, and crude
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Ares
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he is angry because he lost the competition to be chief god. his weapon is a trident. his brother is Zeus
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Poseidon
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He is the god of music and medicine, but he pretends to be the god of the sun
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Apollo
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She is so modest that she gave up her seat in the council to a newcomer
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Hestia
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She refused her husbands proposals for 300 years
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Hera
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He invented the alphabet, he is also the messenger of the gods
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Hermes
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She can make any man she desires fall in love with her
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aphrodite
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Although she has sworn never to marry, she protects women who are having babies.
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artemis
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he could kill his enemies by throwing a thunderbolt at them
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zeus
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He is the god of goldsmiths, jewelers, blacksmiths, masons, and carpenters.
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Hephaestus
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god of the underworld
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hades
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why would hera be mad at Zeus
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zeus cheated on her with other women
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why would apollo be mad at zeus
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he tried to rebel but zeus punished him
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why would hephaestus be mad at zeus
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zeus thought he was scrawny and couldnt be his son so he threw him off a cliff and left him crippled
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why would aphrodite be mad at zeus
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he made her marry hephaestus
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the mother of the Four winds
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Eos
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this titan holds up the sky
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Atlas
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the wisest of the titans
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Prometheus
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he wounded his father and swalloed his own children
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Cronus
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the mother of the gods
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Rhea
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the god who escaped being swallowed by his father Cronus
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zeus
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a huge creature with only one eye
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cyclops
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this god received a helmet of invisibility
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Hades
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only he knows how to use the thunderbolt
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zeus
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gyges, cottus, and briareos
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had 50 heads and 100 hands
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artemis's roman name and area of power
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diana
hunt/moon |
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hestia's roman name and area of power
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vesta
hearth and home |
