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Classical Mythology
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Undergraduate 2
03/25/2006

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Aphrodite
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Daughter of Uranus alone or daughter of Zeus and Dione, Goddess of love and beauty
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Hermaphroditus
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Became one with Salmais and turned into a hermaphrodite
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Priapus
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Phallic god of gardens, son of Aphrodite
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Pygmalion
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Brother of Dido and Anna, Killed Dido's husband, Fell in love with his statue of Galatea (which Aphrodite brought to life)
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Adonis
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Son of Cinyras and Myrrha and Aphrodite's beloved, Fatally wounded by a boar's tusk, Resurrection god, From whose blood sprang the anemone
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Cybele
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Phrygian mother goddess, Sprung from the earth, who loved Attis and with him was associated with a mystery religion; called Magna Mater (Great Mother)
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Anchises
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A Trojan prince, seduced by Aphrodite, Father of Aeneas
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Psyche
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Wife of Eros
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Artemis
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Daughter of Zeus and Leto, Virgin goddess of chastity, the hunt, childbirth, and the moon
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Niobe
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Amphion's wife; hubris against Leto caused Apollo and Artemis to kill her 7 sons and 7 daughters
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Acteon
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Son of Aristaeus and Autonoe whom Artemis turned into a stag because he saw her naked.
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Callisto
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Daughter of Lycaon and Artemis follower who mated with Zeus, bore Arcas, was turned into a bear and became the constellation Great Bear.
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Orion
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A hunter and lover who was turned into a constellation with his dog - Sirius.
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Selene and Hecate
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Both moon Goddesses
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Hippolytus
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Follower of Artemis, Son of Theseus and Antiope; He rejected Aphrodite and the love of his stepmother-Phaedra and was killed
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Phaedra
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Daughter of Minos, Wife of Theseus and stepmother of Hippolytus with whom she falls in love.
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Leto
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Mother of Apollo and Artemis
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Delos
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Island in the Aegean, Birthplace of Apollo, Center for games and contests and his oracle
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Pythian Apollo
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Prophetess of Apollo at Delphi
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Cumaean Sibyl
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Prophetic priestess of Apollo and Aeneas guide in the underworld
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Sibylline Books
Definition
Collections of Sibyls' prophecies
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Cassandra
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Daughter of Priam and Hecuba and Apollo's beloved, whose true prophecies were never believed; Raped by Ajax the less and murdered
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Marpessa
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Evenus' daughter who preferred Idas to Apollo.
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Daphne
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Peneus' daughter who rejected Apollos's advances and was turned into his sacred laurel tree.
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Hyacinthus
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Spartan youth, Loved and accidentally killed by Apollo
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Coronis
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Daughter of Phlegyas and unfaithful beloved of Apollo and mother of Asclepius.
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Asclepius
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Son of Apollo and Coronis and Grek god of medicine.
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Alcestis
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Wife of Admetus who offered to die in his place
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Marsyas
Definition
Satyr who took Athena's flute and losing in a contest with Apollo was skinned alive and turned into a river.
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