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myth
marc and tyler
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11th Grade
12/09/2009
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Zeus

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god of lighting, sky, eagle, king of the gods

 
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Hera

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goddess of marriage, queen of the gods
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Chaos

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a shapeless mass with the seeds of the future to come
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Gaia

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mother earth
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Uranus

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father sky
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Titans

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rose from gaia and uranus
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Prometheus

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provided humans with fire
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Golden age

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the earth supplied the goods
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Silver age
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Zeus overthrew cronos. the seasons and aggriculture
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Brass and Iron Age

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wars broke out
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Ares

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mars, god of war
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Hephaestus [image]
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vulcan, god of the forge and volcanos
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Hebe

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jeuvantis, goddes of youth
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Athena

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minerva, goddess of wisdom and war
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Apollo

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apollo, the god of the sun and music
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Artimis

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goddess of the moon and the hunt, diana
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Hermes

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mercury, messanger of the gods
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Dionysis

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bacchus, god of party and wine
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Poseidon

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neptune, sea god, triton
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Aphrodite

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Venus, godess of Love & Beauty
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Eros

 

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Cupid, God of Love, has bow
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The Graces

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3 of them, Dancing
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The Fates

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3 of them, spun the threads of fate "The thread won't cut!"
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The Muses

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Pertain to Art and history
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Hades

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God of the Underworld
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Demeter

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Ceres, Agriculture
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Persephone

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NOT PERSE-A-PHONE! Flowers, married to Hades
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Hestia

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Vesta, the hearth
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Quirinus

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War god
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Janus

 

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Doors & Gates
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Flora

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Flowers
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Pamona

 

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Fruit
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Pales

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Cattle, pastures
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Satyrs

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Woods & fields
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Pan

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Flocks and Shepards
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