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Mythology
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Literature
9th Grade
12/02/2008

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Gaea & Uranus
Definition
first gods; mother earth and father of heavens
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rhea
Definition
chronus's wife
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____ beat chronus and became leader
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zeus
Term
zues- sky
poseiden- ocean
hades- underworld
Definition
3 sons of chronus and what they chose
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marraige
Definition
what is hera the goddess of?
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thetius & amphritrite
Definition
who were poseidon's wives?
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athena
Definition
who did poseidon quarrell with?
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persephone
Definition
hades wife
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charon-ferry
cerberus-gate
Definition
who operated the ferry and who gaurded the gates to the underworld?
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Elysium fields
Definition
similar to heaven
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tartarus
Definition
similar to hell
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acheron
Definition
similar to purgatory
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tantalus
Definition
can't quench thirst
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sisyphus
Definition
rolls ball up hill repeatedly
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demeter
Definition
mother of persephone and goddess of corn/barley/spring

also goes by ceres
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artemis
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goddess of silver, wanted many names, huntress, godess of the moon
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apollo
Definition
most beautiful of all gods
god of gold
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