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King of the gods
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Zeus
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Sister and wife of the above
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Hera
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God of the sea
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Poseidon
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Son of the above who blows a conch like a trumpet
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Triton
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God of the underworld
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Hades
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Goddess who was kidnapped by the above
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Persephone
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River that forms the border of the underworld
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Styx
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Three-headed dog that guards the underworld
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Cerberus
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King of Mycenae. Main Greek leader during the Trojan War.
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Agamemnon
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Main hero of the Greeks during the Trojan War
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Achilles
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Trojan prince who shot the above in the heel
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Paris
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Woman kidnapped by the above
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Helen
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Main Trojan hero
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Hector
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King of Troy
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Priam
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Clever king of Ithaca who built the Trojan Horse
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Odysseus
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Wife of the above
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Penelope
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She kept the clever king on an island and offered to make him immortal
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Calypso
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God whose oracle was found at Delphi
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Apollo
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Snake killed by the above
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Python
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Personification of fear
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Phobos
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Goddess who punishes people with too much hubris
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Nemesis
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God of war
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Ares
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Goddess of the hunt and the moon
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Artemis
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Goddess of wisdom
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Athena
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Primordial goddess of the Earth
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Gaia
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Primodial god of the sky
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Uranus
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Personification of the night
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Nyx
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Personification of death
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Thanatos
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Personification of sleep
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Hypnos
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The void which existed prior to the creation of heaven and earth
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Chaos
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Sailors might find themselves betwixt these two sea monsters
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Scylla
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Charybdis
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Muscular demi-god who performed twelve labors
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Heracles
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Legendary king of Crete
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Minos
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He built the labyrinth for the above, was imprisoned within it, but escaped with wings made of wax
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Daedalus
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Son of the above who flew too close to the sun
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Icarus
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Half-man, half-bull who lived in the labyrinth
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Minotaur
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Hero who slayed the above
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Theseus
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King with the "golden touch"
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Midas
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King cursed to kill his father and marry his mother
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Oedipus
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Mother of the above
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Jocasta
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Hybrid creature who eats those who cannot answer its riddle
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Sphinx
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Commonly depicted holding the world on his shoulders
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Atlas
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He made men, and gave them fire
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Prometheus
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Phoenician princess kidnapped by Zeus in the form of a bull
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Europa
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Former chief deity who devoured his children
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Cronus
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Wife of the above
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Rhea
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Term for the earlier generation of deities which included the above
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Titan
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A deep abyss where the above are now imprisoned
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Tartarus
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Messenger god with winged sandals
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Hermes
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Giant one-eyed creature
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Cyclops
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Half-human, half-horse creature
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Centaur
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Wisest of the above, skilled in medicine
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Chiron
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God of love and sex
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Eros
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Goddess of the soul; consort of the above
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Psyche
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King of Pylos who owned a large cup which only he could lift
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Nestor
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Type of creature with hair made of snakes whose gaze turned men to stone
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Gorgon
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One of the above who was beheaded
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Medusa
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Hero who slayed the above
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Perseus
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Wife of the above; namesake of a galaxy
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Andromeda
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Race of warrior women
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Amazons
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Goddess of love and beauty
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Aphrodite
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Very handsome mortal lover of the above
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Adonis
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God of the forge and volcanoes
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Hephaestus
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Winged horse
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Pegasus
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Hero who rode the above
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Bellerophon
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Lion / goat / snake hybrid. Today a word that refers to any hybrid creature.
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Chimera
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Hero who searched for the Golden Fleece
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Jason
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Ship sailed by the above
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Argo
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Sorceress who helped and married the Golden Fleece seeker
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Medea
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Island enchantress who turned men into swine
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Circe
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Trojan hero who was the father of the Roman people
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Aeneus
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Place for heros in the afterlife
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Elysian Fields
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Gifted with prophecy, she was cursed never to be believed
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Cassandra
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Creatures who lured sailors to their deaths with their irresistible calls
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Sirens
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Goddess of the harvest and fertility
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Demeter
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Nine inspirational goddesses of science, literature, and the arts
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Muses
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He could charm even the stones with his music
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Orpheus
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Three angry sisters who punish oathbreakers
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Furies
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Mountain where the gods reside
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Olympus
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Personification of the sun who drives a chariot through the sky
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Helios
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Personification of the moon
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Selene
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Personification of the dawn
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Eos
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God of medicine who carries a serpent-entwined rod
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Asclepius
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Term for a minor female nature deity
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Nymph
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Plant that caused people to sleep in peaceful apathy
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Lotus
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Hunter whose belt is seen in the stars today
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Orion
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Body of a lion, head and wings of an eagle
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Griffin
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Ugly half-woman / half-bird creature
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Harpy
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God of wine
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Dionysus
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Virgin goddess of the hearth
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Hestia
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Personification of the river which encircles the Earth
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Oceanus
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Goddess of discord
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Eris
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Multi-headed monster. When one head is cut off, two grow in its place.
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Hydra
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Creature with a horse's tail and a perpetual erection
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Satyr
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Livestock and fertility deity who also has a perpetual erection
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Priapus
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She opened a box containing all the world's problems
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Pandora
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Winged goddess of victory
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Nike
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Twins who together make up the constellation Gemini
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Castor
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Pollux
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He fell in love with his own reflection
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Narcissus
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Don't know if that's considered good :/
Otherwise, two thumbs-up for innovation.
I scored 96
I can't believe I forgot Adonis and Penelope