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Flashcards by Riley Babuik, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Riley Babuik
about 5 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Maxims | Statements to live by |
| The Three Greek Maxims | - Know yourself - Nothing in excess - An Oath sworn will be your ruin(don't make promises you can't keep) |
| Hubris | Excessive pride. The greatest sin to the Gods and Greeks |
| Chaos | Was the beginning of everything. Gave birth to Eros, Gaea, and Tartarus |
| Gaea | - "Mother Earth" - Gave birth to Uranus - Born from Chaos - Marries Uranus has Cyclops, Hundred-handed giants, 12 Titans - Mad at Uranus for banishing their children to Tartarus - Asks Titans(but only Kronos) to kill Uranus |
| Uranus | - Son and wife of Gaea - Has Cyclops, Hundred-handed giants and bans them to Tartarus because they're ugly - 12 Titans are okay for him - Titan Kronos cuts him up for Gaea and lets everyone free from Tartarus - Uranus remains create sea foam which eventually creates Aphrodite |
| Hundred-handed Giants | - A giant with 50 heads and 50 arms - Born from Gaea and Uranus - Banished and then freed from Tartarus |
| Kronos | - One of the 12 Titans - Was sent by Gaea to kill Uranus for banishing children to Tartarus - Married his sister, Rhea - Was scared of children overtaking due to prophecy - Ate his kids - Rhea wanted kids so she asked Gaea for help. They planned to give him a rock and hide the real child - The real child is Zeus and he poisons Kronos and makes him throw up his children. They stayed alive because they are immortal - Titans and Gods go to war. Titans banished to Underworld |
| Cyclops | - Born from Uranus AND Gaea - Have one giant eye in the middle of the forehead - Banished and then freed from Tartarus |
| Giants | - Scary - Hairy heads and dragon-like feet - Wore shining armour and used spears for fighting |
| Eros | - Love - Born from Chaos - Son of Aphrodite(it doesn't really make any sense) |
| Tartarus | - Born from Chaos - Rules the deepest, darkest pit of the Underworld |
| Zeus | - All of his siblings were eaten by Kronos as they were born -Rhea and Gaea hid him from Kronos - Grew up and poisons Kronos, he throws up children - Zeus and Gods go to war with Kronos and Titans, Titans lose and are banished to Tartarus |
| Hera | - Is eaten, grows up, and then is vomited out by Kronos - Fights against Titans - Goddess of birth - Marries Zeus and has kids |
| Rhea | - Marries Kronos has kids who are swallowed - Mad at Kronos for swallowing children, so she makes a plan with Gaea - Zeus is hidden from Kronos, so Rhea gives him a rock to eat and it works - Gets Zeus to poison Kronos, he vomits up children - Gods and Titans go to war |
| Hades | - Swallowed by Kronos, grew up, and then was vomited out by Kronos - Given hat of invisibility and fights in the Gods vs Titans war |
| Poseidon | - Swallowed by, grew up, and then vomited up by Kronos - Given the gift, Trident to control sea - Fights in war |
| Epimetheus | - Titan - Helps his brother Prometheus with creating the earth. He gives animals their special abilities - He is jealous of his brother's abilities |
| Prometheus | - Creates all living creatures - Feels bad for humans and gives them fire - Is a trickster -He is punished by the Gods because the humans scarificed bones instead of meat - He is forced to be tortured for the rest of his life |
| Hephaestus | - Loyal God to Zeus - God of metalworking and the forge - Creates a trap for Prometheus |
| Pandora | - Created to be a punishment and blessing to the humans after Prometheus' gift - She was beautiful and perfect for Prometheus' brother, Epimetheus - Epimetheus was warned not to take gift from Gods, but he did anyway - Pandora was given box, she was curious so she opened it, it had many curses to the humans |
| Demeter | - Goddess of the harvest - Mother of Persephone - Is angry after her daughter is kidnapped so she stops every plant from growing for a short time |
| Persephone | - Daughter of Demeter - Kidnapped by Hades - Finds out Hades isn't the worst - Loves Hades - Gods make a deal to starve Persephone and how many pomegranate seeds she eats is how many months she must stay in the Underworld - She eats six pomegranate seeds - That's why winter exists |
| Eros | - Son of Aphrodite - Shoots arrows that make people fall in love with the first thing they see - Aphrodite is jealous of princess Psyche's beauty, so she asks Eros to trick her into falling in love with something ugly or gross - Eros accidentally makes her fall in love with him - She moves in with him, he is invisible and says that he will reveal himself soon, but she breaks his trust so he breaks up with him |
| Psyche | - So beautiful she is envied by Aphrodite - Falls in love with Eros by his arrows - Moves into new castle - Breaks Eros' trust and is dumped |
| Zephyrus | - Messenger for the Groom - God of the West wind - Took Psyche to Eros' castle |
| Aphrodite | - Goddess of love, beauty, passion - Jealous of Psyche's beauty and wants to trick her - Mother of Eros |
| Daedalus | - Mortal inventor - Cocky - Tries to make something better than axe for cutting - Nephew invents it, Daedalus takes idea and pushes Nephew off of temple in Athens - Moves from Athens to Crete and shows King Minos the invention and makes him Court Artificer - Meets Queen - Queen talks about how she thinks she's better than Aphrodite - Aphrodite curses her to fall in love with new bull King Minos was getting - Queen has Minotaur - Queen, Minotaur and Daedalus are trapped in maze (Labyrinth) that Daedalus built - Icarus convinces him to build wings - |
| Icarus | - Son of Daedalus - Trapped in Labyrinth with his father - Wants to escape the maze so convinces father to make wings and fly out of it - It's successful and they must stay in the middle as to not melt in the sun or drown in the sea - He flies too high and dies |
| Minotaur | - Half man, half bull - Born when the Queen falls in love with a bull because she was bragging to Aphrodite - Is trapped in a maze with Daedalus and Minotaur |
| Minos | - King of Crete - Makes Daedalus Court Artificer for his invention - Gets cheated on by a bull - Makes Daedalus to build maze to trap Minotaur, Daedalus, Icarus and Queen |
| Echo | - Nymph - Beautiful, tells good stories - Likes to gossip - Gossips to Aphrodite - Lies to Hera about Zeus cheating and is punished - Can only echo peoples words - Because of this, her true love Narcissus rejects her - She wishes to not be punished, so her soul is released and Narcissus is punished to fall in love with his own reflection |
| Narcissus | - Handsome mortal man that makes women faint - Loves himself - Gets lost in woods and meets Echo, rejects her love - Is cursed by Echo to fall in love with his own reflection - Sits by his reflection so long he turns into a tree |
| Aegeus | - King of Athens - Father of Theseus after marrying Aethra at Troezen - Has to go back to Athens to fight in war - Athens looses war - Gives Theseus gift of sword and sandals, buries it under a rock and says he can't get it until he's strong enough to move the rock - Theseus moves rock at age 17 - Theseus finds him and must do quest before meeting his father more - Theseus comes back, forgetting to change the sails on his ship to black(which means Theseus is dead), so he jumps off his castle |
| King Pittheus | - King of Troezen - Wins war with Athens and it is burned to the ground |
| Aethra | - Marries Aegeus in Troezen - Lives in Troezen and takes care of Theseus - Daughter of King Pittheus |
| 50 Nephews | - Nephews of Aegeus and waiting for him to die so one of them can become king |
| Ariadne | - Daughter of King of Crete, Minos - Falls in love with Theseus - Helps him not get lost in Labyrinth by giving him yarn - Marries Theseus |
| Theseus | - Son of Aethra and Aegeus - Is gifted sword and sandals by father - Goes on a journey from Troezen to Athens - Encounters many dangers and eliminates all of them - Is sent on a mission to kill Minotaur - Minos' daughter Ariadne helps an falls in love with him - Forgets to change sail color so his father thinks Theseus is dead and kills himself - He Marries Ariadne |
| Minos | - King of Crete - Wants Theseus to kill Minotaur - Father of Ariadne |
| Corynetes | - Uses a club to robs travellers that go through the woods(including Theseus) - Is defeated by Theseus |
| Procrustes | - Offers help to Theseus and many other travellers - His bed has cuffs that trap people - Has a girl slave that warns people about trap - Theseus traps Procrustes in his own bed - No one else will ever be trapped |
| Sciron | - Asks people to clean his feet - He then tricks them by pushing them off the cliff to feed his giant turtle - Theseus defeats him |
| Pityocamptes | - Pine robber - Ties people to trees and stretches them apart - Gets trapped and tied between two trees by Theseus |
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