Set: Greek Mythology Introduction
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All 34 Terms
| | Term | Definition |
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Greeks created gods... | in their own image |
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beauty | value held dear by greeks |
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mythology | an attempt to provide answers to ?'s ab the world |
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270 | number of flood stories and historic records in the world |
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Fuhi | father of Chinese civilizations |
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Manabozho | grandfather of all men saved by riding on the back of a great turtle |
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Chaos | in the beginning... meaning confusion |
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Gaea | mother earth |
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Uranus | married Gaea and fathered the 12 titans |
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male Titans | Oceanus, Coeus, Hyperion, Crius, Iapetus, Cronos |
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female Titans | theia, rhea, mnemosyne, phoebe, tethys, and themis |
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cyclopes | birthed by gaea and uranus/ only one eye (birarus, cottus, and gyges) and grew limbs at alarming rate |
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uranus | gaea and cronos killed him |
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aphrodite | arose from uranus' body in the sea |
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tethys | oceanus' wife, birthed rivers |
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theia | married hyperion, birthed helios(sun), selene(moon), and eos(dawn) |
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clymene | married iapetus, produced atlas, prometheus, epimetheus, and menoctius |
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rhea | cronos married her, birthed 1st 6 gods |
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zeus | killed cronos |
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prudence | zeus married metis, goddess of this... |
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Oceanus, Epimetheus, and Prometheus | 3 titans who fought WITH zeus |
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cyclopes | gave zeus his 1st thunderbold |
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atlas | holds up sky |
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hera | patron goddess of family and marriage |
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demeter | goddess who helped crops grow |
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hestia | virgin goddess, given chastity(purity) |
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ares and hephaestus | hera mothered these 2 gods |
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athene | arose from zeus' head after he swallowed metis |
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leto | bore apollo and artemis |
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maia | mothered hermes |
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dione | bore aphrodite |
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tyhpon and echidna | created by gaea to defeat zeus for confining titans in tartarus |
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typhon | causes volcanoes under mt etna |
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echidna | mothered nemean lion, cerberus, ladon, chimera, sphinx, and hydra |
Set Information
| Terms | 34 |
| Creator | wsorrell |
| Created | August 26, 2008 |
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Most Missed Words
- tethys → oceanus' wife, birthed rivers - 2 misses
- Oceanus, Epimetheus, and Prometheus → 3 titans who fought WITH zeus - 2 misses
- ares and hephaestus → hera mothered these 2 gods - 2 misses
- Fuhi → father of Chinese civilizations - 1 miss
- Manabozho → grandfather of all men saved by riding on the back of a great turtle - 1 miss
- male Titans → Oceanus, Coeus, Hyperion, Crius, Iapetus, Cronos - 1 miss
- uranus → gaea and cronos killed him - 1 miss