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Empty Darkness= Chaos Egg opens; two halves become earth and sky Earth= Gaia Sky= Uranus Gaia and Uranus have children 3 Cyclopes 3 Hundred-Handed Giants 12 Titans
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Oceanus Tethys Coeus Phoebe Hyperion Theia Iapetus Themis Mnemosyne Rhea Cronus
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Uranus bans monsters to Tartarus Gaia asks Titians for help Cronus answers the call Cronus overthrows Uranus From his blood comes the Giants and Furies
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Cronus and Rhea have children Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, & Zeus Cronus ate his children Cronus and Zeus wage war Zeus freed monsters from Tartarus Zeus wins the war and punishes enemies greatly
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Zeus- king of the gods, sky, weather, lightning Hera- marriage, women, childbirth Athena- wisdom, warfare, battle strategy Ares- war, violence Apollo- music, healing, poetry, sun, light, truth Aphrodite- love, beauty, desire Hades- king of underworld, the dead Poseidon- sea, rivers, floods Demeter- agriculture, grains, harvest Hestia- hearth, home Dionysus- wine, parties, madness Hermes- travel, messengers, trade
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Prometheus and Epimetheus Epimetheus runs out of gifts Prometheus steals fire Suffer for eternity
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Zeus creates punishment for mankind Pandora Wife of Epimetheus Opens the box All evil comes forth Hope emerges later
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According to Homer and Virgil
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King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy Paris left to die 3 Goddesses appear and demand him to judge Hera- King of all Europe and Asia Athena- Trojan victory over the Greeks; Greece falls Aphrodite- The most beautiful woman in the world
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Her beauty was known throughout Greece. Every Prince and King wanted to marry her.
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Menelaus calls upon Greeks Odysseus and Achilles do not respond Messenger tricks Odysseus Odysseus tricks Achilles A thousand ships arrive at Troy War rages for 9 years No clear advantage/victor
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Trojans King Priam Hector Paris Apollo Ares Aphrodite Zeus Greeks Achilles Odysseus Menelaus Agamemnon Nestor Ajax and Diomedes Patroclus Athena Hera Poseidon
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Patroclus takes up Achilles armor Slain by Hector Achilles vows revenge Hector remains outside the city to fight Achilles slays Hector Drags his body around the city walls King Priam has to retrieve Hector’s body
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Steal the Palladium, Get Bow of Heracles Conceives of plan for the wooden horse Ships hide in nearby waters “Sacrifice” will tell the story Horse will be brought into the city Laocoon All Trojans are killed except for: Women taken as slaves Helen taken back to Greece with Menelaus
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NO Myth Gods/Goddesses Supernatural Aid YES City of Troy fell Natural occurrences? War? Greeks believed truth (probably)
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