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Cards In This Set
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Describe poseidon.why was he called earthshaker?
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-moody,violent god-blue hair, blue eyescalled earthshaker because when he strikes ground with his trident,the earth trembled and spilt open
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Old god of the sea;father of 50 nereids
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Nereus
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Island where apollo and artemis were born
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Delos
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A nereid;wife of poseidon
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Amphitrite
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Son of poseidon and amphitrite
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Triton
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Mother of apollo and artemis
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Leto
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Why did Hera forbid any land to provide Leto shelter for childbirth?
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She was a very jealous wife of zeus and did not want zeus to have a baby with leto instead of having one with her
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Why was Delos an acceptable place for leto to give birth?
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It welcomed her and it was floating around.It wasnt really land.
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Most sacred place in greece
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Delphi
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Who is Ilithyia?
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Goddess of childbirthno child born without her help
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Who were letos twins?Describe them.
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Artemis-goddess of the hunt and all newborn creaturesApollo-god of light,music,and reason
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What gifts did zeus give his twins? differ?
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Silver bow and arrowsartemis-soft and painless deathapollo-hard and piecing painful
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Turned into a stag by artemis
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Acteon
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Queen of Thebes,7 more sons 7 daughters
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Niobe
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Giant sons of poseidon
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Otus,ephialtes
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