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"Apollo gave him asses' ears but Bacchus gave him gold."
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"Midas"
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"The Pythian Lord of Delphi was-"
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"Apollo"
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"A gentle craftsman who drove pain away, soother of cruel pangs..."
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"Aesculapius"
"Asclepius"
"For killing the cyclopes, Apollo had to serve as his slave."
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"Admetus"
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"He gave each daughter a dagger on her wedding night."
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"Danaus"
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"Splendidly false, she failed to kill her husband on her wedding night."
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"Hypermnestra"
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"Circe made her a monster because of Glaucus' love."
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"Scylla"
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"He made money on his 'bi'daughter but eventually ate himself."
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"Erysichthon"
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"She was the only nymph who did not love the wild woodland."
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"Pomona"
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"Pomona was convinced of love by an old woman who turned out to be-"
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"Vertumnus"
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"She was stoned by Venus because Iphis hanged himself for her."
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"Anaxarete"
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"We call her Cornucopia. Nursing Zeus called her-"
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"Amalthea"
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"Pausanias says this Amazon queen was killed by Achilles."
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"Penthesilea"
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"A Danaid chased by a satyr, saved by Poseidon, a spring's namesake:"
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"Amymone"
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"She bore two sons to Zeus, Zethus and Amphion."
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"Antiope"
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"She hanged herself but Minerva caused her to spin webs still."
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"Arachne"
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"Apollo saved this lyricist with his music loving Dolphins."
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"Arion"
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"His bees died, but he got new ones from Proteus & a carcass."
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"Aristaeus"
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"Now from her couch where she(?) lay beside high-born Tithonus."
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"Aurora"
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"Cydippe saw the statue over the dead bodies of her sons (Biton &..)"
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"Cleobis"
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"Her son Arcas was called the lesser bear since he was a little dipper."
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"Callisto"
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"A centaur shot by Hercules, he was allowed to die by Zeus."
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"Chiron"
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"Not a god in love with an unwilling maiden, but she was vice versa."
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"Clytie"
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"Being treed with daughter watching, she barked 'Pluck no flowers.'"
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"Dryope"
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"He sheepishly slept, Rip Van Winkle-like, for 57 years."
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"Epimenides"
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"Homer knew only one Erechtheus, Plato speaks of another:"
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"Ericthonius"
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"She killed herself when Leander drowned in the Hellespont."
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"Hero"
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"Daughters of Atlas & rainy half sisters of the Pleiades..."
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"Hyades"
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"Avenged by cranes, he wrote poems ca.550 B.C."
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"Ibycus"
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"Abandoned by Zeus, she bore twins on a most renowned island."
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"Leto"
"Latona"
"Deserted by his mother, Psamathe, he soon went to the dogs."
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"Linus"
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"Eloping female who chose her husband Idas over Apollo..."
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"Marpessa"
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"He talked to snakes and other creepy crawlies."
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"Melampus"
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"Zeus loved Aegina, and these ants became men."
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"Mymidons"
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"His daughter Scylla gave his purple hair to her boyfriend Minos."
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"Nisus"
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"Aurora loving, Artemis killing, he earned a constellation prize."
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"Orion"
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"Seven they are, one invisible, save to Zeus & Orion."
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"Pleiades"
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"He was blinded by his dryad lover for hurting his honey's bee."
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"Rhoecus"
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"He was struck by the fact that he thought he was Zeus."
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"Salmoneus"
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"Rock n' roll king of Corinth who snitched on Zeus & Aegina.."
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"Sisyphus"
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"The non Greco-Christian mythology of England was named for its hero:"
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"Beowulf"
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"The non Greco-Christian mythology of Germany was called:"
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"Nibelungenlied"
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"The non Greco-Christian mythology of Iceland was called:"
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"Edda"
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"In Norway, the non Greco-Christian myths were called:"
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"Volsungasaga"
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"Signy was the daughter of Volsung and the sister of:"
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"Sigmund"
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"He was the son of Sigmund and Sigmund's sister."
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"Sinfiotli"
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"Disobeying Odin she slept until a man awakened her."
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"Brynhild"
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"He forces his horse thru the flames to waken Brynhild."
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"Sigurd"
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"She tries to make Sigurd desert his girl for a Gudrun."
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"Griemhild"
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"The Norse Olympus:"
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"Asgard"
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"City of the Giants:"
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"Jotunheim"
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"The chief Norse god was called:"
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"Odin"
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"Choosers of the slain, they were Odin's maiden attendants:"
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"Valkyries"
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"They brought the heroes to the hall of the slain, called:"
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"Valhalla"
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"---was the most beloved of the Norse gods, protected by Frigga."
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"Balder"
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"The warder of Bifrost, the rainbow bridge to Asgard, was:"
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"Heimdall"
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"The goddess of love & beauty who claimed half the dead was:"
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"Freya"
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"---was the battlefield for men not the business of women."
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"Midgard"
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"A wondrous ash-tree, ---, supported the universe."
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"Yggdrasil"
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"Balder was killed by bad ---"
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"Loki"
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"Her body was placed over Balder's on the funeral pyre."
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"Nanna"
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