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Sons locked underground (Titans)
-Ouarnos=sky
-Gaia=earth
-"Gaia had her bravest son Chronos ambush his father Ouarnos and cut off his member with a great sickle" |
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-Chronos=time
-Chronos son of Gaia and Ouarnos
-Zeus, poseidon, Hades
-Chronos tried to eat his children (Children cannibalized)
-Zeus was nurtured by bears
-war between Titans and Olympians
-Zeus frees Cyclopes and Hundred handed Giants |
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Eurydice died by snakebite
Orpheus charms Hades with his lyre
the only rule to get her back was to not look at her..he does. He then swears off women and was torn limb to limb by frenzied women. |
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-Son of Apollo
-Raised by Centaur
-Healer
-Learned of life-restoring herb
-Killed by Zeus for raising dead |
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daughter of Agenor, King of phoenicia
-Zeus, as white bull (Taurus) carried her to Crete
-2-3 sons, including Minos
-Searching brothers, including Cadmus, never returned |
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Wife of Tyndareus, King of Sparta
-Seduced by Zeus as Swan
-Laid 2 eggs
*Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra
*Castor and Pollux, Dioscuri
*Adventures, including Jason and Argonauts |
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-Prince of Troy
-As eagle (Aquila), Zeus carried off
-Olympian Cup-bearer: Aquarius
-Father given divine horses |
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Met in Bithynia
-Antinous drowns in Nile
-Hadrian devastated, promotes cult |
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Giant, Hunter
Son of Poseidon
Assaulted daughter of Oinopion, King of Chios
Blinded by Oinopion
Sight restored by Helios
Killed by Artemis |
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Uncle, King pelias usurped throne of Thessaly from dad
-Jason arrives at lolkos, demands throne; Pelias agrees if Jason brings golden fleece of winged ram (Aries)
-Argo built,
-Dioscuri (twins) defeat king amycus and Bebrycians
-Zeus blows Argo off-course for murder of Madea's brother
*wander the world
*argo speaks: get purified by nymph Circe
*pass sirens thanks to Orpheus' singing
-Return to lolkos, Argo left at Corinth
-Medea shows Pelias' daughters she can rejuvenate a chopped sheep, offers same to their dad
-they flee to Corinth, have 2 sons
-Jason betrays Medea, engaged to Glauke
-Medea kills Glauke w/burning dress, kills sons, flees
-Jason devastated, later killed by rotting Argo's keel |
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