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Greek MythologyAchilles=A mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his 'Achilles' heel'Agamemnon=the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan?WarAndromeda=an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia; she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wifeAphrodite/Cytherea=Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman VenusApollo=Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of ArtemisArtemis= the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman DianaAthena=goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman MinervaBellerophon=a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)Cassandra=a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan?War whose predictions were true but were never believedCassiopeia=the wife of Cepheus and mother of AndromedaCepheus=king of Ethiopia and husband of CassiopeiaChimera= fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of TyphonClytemnestra=wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan?WarCronus=the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him; son of Uranus and Gaea in ancient Greek?mythology; identified with Roman SaturnDemeter=goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman CeresGorgon=any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stoneHades= the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of PersephoneHector=a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan?WarHera=Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek?mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell?in?love with; identified with Roman JunoHermes=messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman MercuryLeto=Wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman?mythologyMedusa=a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by PerseusMnemosyne= the Titaness who was goddess of memory; mother of the MusesMuse=In ancient Greek?mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or scienceParis= the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan?WarPegasus=the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imaginationPersephone=daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman ProserpinaPerseus=the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monsterPoseidon=the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman NeptunePriam=the last king of Troy; father of Hector and Paris and CassandraRhea=Fertility goddess in ancient Greek?mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia?MinorTyphon=a monster with a hundred heads who breathed?out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the SphinxUranus=god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythologyZeus=the supreme god of ancient Greek?mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter ................
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