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Word Chain - Greek and Roman Mythology

Guess these figures from Greek and Roman mythology. The last letter of each answer is the same as the first letter of the next answer.
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First submittedJuly 12, 2017
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Jupiter's father
Saturn
Roman god of the sea
Neptune
She was condemned to be speechless, except
to repeat what someone just said
Echo
Bow hunter who Zeus made into a constellation
Orion
Term for a minor female deity
Nymph
Strongman who completed 12 labors
Heracles
Condemned to roll a boulder uphill forever
Sisyphus
Sea monster. Counterpart of Charybdis
Scylla
Greek goddess of wisdom
Athena
Greek goddess of beauty
Aphrodite
She was abducted by Zeus - who appeared
in the form of a white bull
Europa
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God of music and light
Apollo
Accidentally married his mother
Oedipus
Sun god of the late Roman Empire:
___ Invictus
Sol
Roman personification of the moon
Luna
Greek god of war
Ares
Being that lured sailors to their deaths
Siren
Greek goddess of victory
Nike
Greek goddess of discord
Eris
Group abducted by the ancient Romans:
The ______ Women
Sabine
Greek version of Cupid
Eros
WolfCam
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Level 62
Jul 14, 2017
I was wondering was Uranus wasn't working for Jupiter's father? I was ONE planet off!!!!!
sumguy
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Level 80
Jul 17, 2017
Plus, Uranus is Greek, not Roman. The Roman name is Caelus.
Arp2600
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Level 83
Sep 17, 2017
That's not really true. The Romans were heavily influenced by the Greek, from the first century BC. Thus I think that Caelus has been replaced by (or merged with) Uranus. Anyway, that name is a latin transcription of Ouranos. All planets have been given Roman names by the way (except in Greek).
Neeerd
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Level 35
Aug 25, 2020
No that is true. I can't reply to Arp2600, but Latin spellings and Roman equivalents are different. Ouranos is the Greek Transliteration, Uranus is just using the Latin spelling. Caelus is the ROMAN EQUIVALENT. Uranus is not Roman. Caelus is.
Acingaman
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Level 24
May 7, 2021
Uranus is Jupiter's grandfather
CupASoup
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Level 50
Oct 16, 2017
I never understood why they called the planet "Uranus" instead of "Ouranos". It's not that much harder to pronounce...
QRU
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Level 74
Dec 28, 2017
The name was suggested by a German fellow, and in German, the U is pronounced like Ou. Why that was the variant to sustain? Good question. It problably just made more sense then 'George' or 'Herschel', which were other suggestions at the time.
Neeerd
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Level 35
Aug 25, 2020
George was not a suggestion. Georgium Sidus was.
scambigol
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Level 74
Dec 28, 2017
are the Sabine Women really mythology? I would have guessed a made up story but that doesn't make it mythology
rocamorar
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Level 74
Dec 28, 2017
The Sabines were a real neighboring tribe of the Romans, so their inclusion in the list seems odd to me too.
wyocowgirl
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Level 73
Dec 28, 2017
Thanks, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, the answer on that one!
ILikeQuizes
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Level 65
Dec 28, 2017
If memory serves, much of Roman history before the Gallic sack in the 4th century B.C. has no historical evidence because the records were destroyed. So really, much of early Roman history is handed down from myths, the abduction of the Sabine Woman included.
mahble
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Level 73
Dec 29, 2017
EZPZ, at least for a Latin student and mythology nerd ;)
stoppa
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Level 31
Jul 14, 2018
Isn't Jupiter's dad Kronos? In Greek mythology Zeus is the son of Chronos, so I thought the same would be true for Roman mythology.
segrasso
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Level 51
Sep 26, 2018
Kronos (not Chronos, the personification of time. Different guy altogether) is Zeus’s father in Greek mythology. Saturn is the Roman equivalent of Kronos, so you’d say that instead of Kronos when asked about Jupiter, as opposed to Zeus.
GeoDude
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Level 53
Feb 21, 2019
I remembered Europa as the clock hit 0
Deciduous
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Level 28
Jul 12, 2020
Phew. I consider myself an extreme Greek myth nerd, but this was quite hard! Got all except Sabine
syphus590
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Level 24
Feb 17, 2021
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