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AP Literature Allusions: Greek/Roman Myths, Judeo-Christian Myths, Norse Myths

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3120470612phoenixa bird that is immortal but dies in a self-built pyre every 500 or 600 years and is then reborn0
3120470613Aphrodite/Venusgoddess of love and beauty1
3120470614Psychea great mortal beauty, became the goddess of emotion2
3120470615Neptune/Poseidongod of the sea3
3120470616Hades/Plutogod of the underworld and wealth4
3120470617Hephaestus/Vulcangod of fire, a blacksmith, the only god who is deformed5
3120470618Demeter/Ceresgoddess of agriculture and fruitfulness6
3120470619Cupid/Erosgod of love, often pictured as a winged boy7
3120470620Minotaurhalf-man half-bull, imprisoned in the Labyrinth8
3120470621Nemesisthe goddess of retributive justice or vengeance9
3120470622Hercules/Heraclesfamous for his great strength, performed 12 labors10
3120470623Pandorathe first mortal woman sent to Earth to punish her maker Prometheus, opened a box that released all human ills11
3120470624Daedalus and Icarusa great inventor who designed the Labyrinth where he and his son got imprisoned, his son flew up too close to the sun and died12
3120470625Achilleshero of the Iliad, only vulnerable at his heel13
3120470626Bacchus/Dionysusgod of wine and revelry14
3120470627Narcissusa gorgeous male who fell in love with his reflection and withered away staring at it15
3120470628centaura race of beings half-man and half-horse16
3120470629sirensa group of nymphs who lived on an island and lured men to their destruction17
3120470630cyclopsa race of one-eyed giants18
3120470631Apollogod of the sun, patron of healing19
3120470632Artemis/Dianasister of Apollo, drives a chariot that carries the moon, goddess of the hunt and patron of virgins20
3120470633Adonisa mortal youth who was loved by Aphrodite for his beauty, killed by a wild boar21
3120470634Midashe was given his wish that everything he touched would turn to gold22
3120470635Athena/Minvervagoddess of wisdom and warfare, was born full grown and wearing armor from Zeus' head23
3120470636Prometheusa Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to man24
3120470637Arachnea mortal who defeated Athena in a weaving contest, turned to a spider25
3120470638Mars/Aresgod of warfare26
3120470639Panone of a group of satyrs (half-man half-goat)27
3120470640Hermes/Mercurythe messenger of the gods, wears shoes of wings28
3120470641Zeus/Jupiterthe king of the Greek/Roman gods, ruler of Mt. Olympus, god of the sky and thunder29
3120470642Hera/Junowife of Zeus, goddess of marriage30
3120470643Queen Jezebelthe wife of Ahab, evil and vicious actions31
3120470644Philistinesenemies of the Hebrews32
3120470645Peterone of Jesus' disciples, walked on water, denied Christ three times33
3120470646Cain and Abelthe first 2 sons of Adam and Eve, older killed the younger34
3120470647Saulking of the Hebrews known for his wisdom35
3120470648Jonaha Hebrew who God commanded to go call repentance to Nineveh, got swallowed by a whale when tried to avoid God's command36
3120470649Mosessaved the Israelites from Egypt, warned of 10 plagues and split the Red Sea37
3120470650Davida young boy who killed a huge enemy with a slingshot38
3120470651Armegeddonthe great battle between the forces of good and evil in the last days39
3120470652JobGod and Satan made a bet as to whether or not he would curse God, no matter what bad things occurred40
3120470653Daniela young Hebrew prophet who prayed in defiance of the king's order, thrown into the lions' den41
3120470654Magi3 wise men42
3120470655Judasone of the twelve apostles who sold Christ out43
3120470656Samson and Delilahhad great strength, but Delilah convinced him to let her find his weakness, which was his hair44
3120470659ThorNorse god of sky, thunder, and fertility45
3120470660Lokithe trickster46

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