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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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