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52 Cards in this Set
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Who was Phaethon's mother?
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Clymene
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What cousin of Phaethon mourned greatly and transformed into a swan?
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Cycnus
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What goddess fell in love with Endymion?
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Selene
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What lover of Eos was transformed into a grasshopper?
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Tithonus
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What were the names of the three Cyclopes?
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Arges, Brontes, and Steropes
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Who were the parents of the Cyclopes?
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Uranus and Gaia
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What were the names of the three Heacatonchires?
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Briareus, Gyes, and Cottus
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What was the name of the goat that nursed the infant Zeus?
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Amalthea
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Who was turned into a wolf because of his inhospitable ways towards Jupiter?
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Lycaon
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Who were the parents of the Muses?
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Zeus and Mnemosyne
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Who was the muse of epic poetry?
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Calliope
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Who was the muse of history?
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Clio
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Who was the muse of astronomy?
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Urania
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Who was the muse of dance?
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Terpsichore
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Who was the muse of lyric poetry?
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Euterpe
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Who was the muse of tragedy?
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Melpomene
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Who was the muse of comedy?
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Thalia
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Who was the muse of sacred music?
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Polyhymnia
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Who was the muse of love poetry?
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Erato
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Who were the parents of the Fates?
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Zeus and Themis
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What were the names of the three Fates?
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Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos
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What ex-cupbearer of the gods was the divine wife of Heracles?
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Hebe
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What sea god was renowned for his shapeshifting abilities?
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Proteus
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What were the names of the three Gorgons?
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Medusa, Stheno, and Euryale
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What dragon guarded the golden apples?
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Ladon
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What physical characteristic was unique to Geryon?
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He had three bodies
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What was the name of Geryon's hound?
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Orthus
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Who were the parents of Athena?
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Zeus and Metis
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Who were Aphrodite's parents?
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Zeus and Dione
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Who was the son of Pygmalion and Galatea?
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Paphos
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What son of Paphos was incestuous with his daughter?
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Cinyras
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Who was Cinyras' daughter?
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Myrrha
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Who was the son of Myrhha and Cinyras?
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Adonis
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Who were the parents of Eros?
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Ares and Aphrodite
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What hunter was killed by Artemis because he tried to rape the goddess?
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Orion
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What was the name of the Sibyl of Cumae?
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Deiphobe
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Who granted the Sibyl her prophetic powers and old age?
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Apollo
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Who gave Cassandra her soothsaying abilities?
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Apollo
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What mortal girl chose the mortal Idas over Apollo?
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Marpessa
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What boy lover of Apollo died and became a hyacinth?
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Hyacinthus
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Who were the parents of Aesculapius?
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Apollo and Coronis
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What queen offered her life in place of her husbands for death to take?
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Alcestis
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Who was Alcestis' husband?
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Admetus
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What mortal musician challenged Apollo to a music contest, lost, and was flayed alive before being transformed into a stream?
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Marsyas
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Who were the parents of Dionysus?
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Zeus and Semele
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Who was the son of Zeus and Persephone?
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Zagreus
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After Zeus swallowed Zagreus' heart, what god was eventually born?
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Dionysus
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Who was Dionysus' drunken friend?
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Silenus
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The daughters of what man were turned into bats for their refusal to honor Dionysus?
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Minyas
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What infant did Demeter attempt to make immortal by holding him over a fire?
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Demophoon
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Who was Demophoon's mother?
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Metaneira
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What were the names of the three Furies?
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Alecto, Tisiphone and Megaera
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