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==Mythology==
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1) Creation of the World
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A) Summary
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-Chaos existed
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-From Chaos sprung forth Night and Erebus
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-From Erebus/Night came Love
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-Love created Light and Day
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-Earth appeared
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-Mother Earth/Father Heaven appeared
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-From Earth/Heaven came the Cyclopes
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-Then came the Titans
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-Cronus(Titan) rebelled against Heaven
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-Cronus injured Heaven from blood came the Giants and the Furies
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-Cronus became master of Universe with sister/queen Rhea
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-Cronus and Rhea had Zeus, Rhea hid Zeus on Crete
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-Terrible war broke out between Zeus and Cronus
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-Zeus won with help of Prometheus
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-Punished Titans, Atlas had to hold the Heaven away from Earth
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-Monster named Typhon rose to try to kill Zeus, Zeus used Thunderbolt
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-Giants rebelled, w/ help of Hercules Zeus won again
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-Gods told Prometheus and Epimetheus to make Man
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-Epimetheus gave all the good qualities to the animals
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-Epimetheus asked Prometheus to help him in his mistake
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-Prometheus made man upright and gave man fire
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-Zeus angered, created the ultimate evil, Pandora, First Woman
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-Pandora released plagues, sorrow, and mischief
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-Hope was the only thing left
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B)Conclusions
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-Taught very vaguely the beginning of the world
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-Showed that the Greeks accepted this on faith alone
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-Women were seen as prognosticators of evil
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-Greeks were creative in there descriptions of the past
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2) The Cyclops Polyphemus
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A) Summary
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-After the Great War between Cronus and Zeus all monsters were destroyed
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except the Cyclops
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-Zeus gave them their own land
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-Odysseus landed and took advantage of Polyphemus's bounty
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-Polyphemus was angered and devoured some
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-Odysseus and crew took a long timber and gouged out Polyphemus's eye
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-They escaped leaving him all alone and blind
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B)Conclusions
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-Explain why monsters, such as the Cyclops, were not seen
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-Basic tale of tyranny being overcome by the good-hearted
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3) Cupid & Psyche
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A) Summary
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-Psyche was envied by Venus
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-Venus made Cupid make Psyche fall in love with the vilest thing
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-Cupid saw Psyche and shot himself
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-No man favored Psyche anymore, father found that he must take
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her to a cliff
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-Cupid whisked her away to a grand palace
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-Psyche didn't know it was Cupid as her lover
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-Sisters were jealous, planned for Psyche to kill Cupid
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-Psyche about to kill Cupid when she realizes that he is Cupid
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-Oil from lamp burns Cupid and he wakes up and runs away
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-Psyche sad for what she has done and goes to Venus to beg
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-Venus assigns her hard tasks which Psyche completes
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-Cupid comes back and falls back in love w/ her
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-Psyche and Cupid are married and Psyche is made a god
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B)Conclusions
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-Trust very important even then
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-Jealousy though powerful, is less powerful than true love
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3) Pygmalion & Galatea
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A) Summary
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-Pygmalion is a sculptor that hated women
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-He started working on a statue of a woman
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-The more he worked on it the more he loved it
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-He was madly in love with it
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-Venus noticed this and granted it life
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-Galatea and Pygmalion got married
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B) Conclusions
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-If you believe in something enough it might come true
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-True love is in the most strangest of places
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4) Phaethon
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A) Summary
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-Phaethon went to Helios the sun god
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-He asked if he was his son
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-Helios said yes and granted him anything he wanted
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-Phaethon said he wanted to drive the sun
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-Helios reluctantly yielded
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-Phaethon lost control and threatened to set the world ablaze
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-Zeus struck him dead
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B) Conclusions
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-Such is the price for extremity
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-Consider the consequences before devoting to a promise
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5) Perseus
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A) Summary
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-An oracle told Acrisius that his grandson would kill him
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-He put his daughter in a underground house
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-Zeus came and Danae was pregnant, having Perseus
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-Perseus and his mother (Danae) were put in a wooden chest and set out to sea
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-Landed on island, found by Dictys, the fisherman
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-Ruler of the island fell in love with Danae and hated Perseus
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-Polydectes (Ruler) sent Perseus to kill Medusa
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-Hermes gave a sword
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-Pallas Athena gave polished bronze shield
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-Hyperboreans gave winged sandals, magic wallet, invisible cap
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-Went and slew Medusa
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-On his way back he rescued Andromeda
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-Took head back to Polydectes, he turns to stone
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-Perseus makes Dictys king
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-Perseus, Andromeda, and Danae went back to Greece
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-Perseus was in a discus throwing competition and the discus killed Acrisius
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B) Conclusions
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-Fate is inescapable, as Acrisius learned
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-Good will triumph over evil
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6) Theseus
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A) Summary
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-Theseus went to Athens to claim his birthright
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-Medea (Evil Woman) jealous of the son attempted to poison
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-Theseus drew out sword and king dashed the cup out of his hand
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-Prince of Minos was killed and King ordered Athens to send 7 Girls/ 7 Boys
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-They would be sacrificed to the Minotaur
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-Theseus offered to be one of the 14
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-King Minos's daughter fell in love with Theseus and gave him a ball of string
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-Theseus went into the Labyrinth and pummeled the Minotaur to death
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-His father waiting for the white sail, saw the black and killed himself
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B) Conclusion
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-Intelligence coupled with Strength is good
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