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| Son of Cadmus; hunter; turned into a stag because he saw Diana; eaten by his doggies |
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| Lover of Venus; warned not to hunt any animals but did and was gored by a wild boar; turned into a flower |
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| hundred-eyed servant of Juno; set to watch Io; killed by Hermes |
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| Beautiful runner; married Hippomenes after being tricked with golden apples; turned into a lion after forgetting to thank Venus |
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| brother of Europa; son of Agenor; settled Thebes on Mt. Cithaeron; killed a snake, etc etc |
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| brother of Byblis; rejected her love |
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| nymph loved by Apollo; daughter of Peneus; turned into a laurel tree |
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| daughter of Agenor; sister of Cadmus; kidnapped by Zeus; birthed Minos |
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| Beautiful water nymph; loved both by Acis and and Polyphemus |
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| Won a race against Atalanta (through trickery) and married her; turned into a lion when besieged with lust (punishment for not worshipping Venus) |
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| Son of Procne and Tereus; killed by mama |
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| maiden in love with her brother; wrote him a love letter but was rejected |
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| King of Thebes; fought with Bacchus |
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| Raped by her brother-in-law, Tereus, then had her tounge cut out |
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| Wife of Tereus; mother of Itys; sister of Philomela |
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| Lonely sculptor who creates the perfect woman, Venus brings her to life |
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| lover of Thisbe; case of mistaken death; basically Romeo and Juliet |
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| spring that makes men weak; turned Hermaphrodite into a half-man, half-woman |
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| daughter of Cadmus; mother of Bacchus; lover of Zeus |
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| husband of Procne and rapist of Philomela |
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| Man was walking along and breaks apart two sexy snakes; is turned into a woman; 7 years later does the same thing and is turned back into a man; Juno and Jove consult him on a disagreement about sexual pleasure and he agrees with Jove so Juno strikes him blind, but Jove gives him the gift of prophecy |
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