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The lyre is my symbol

Apollo

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2

I'm U-G-L-Y (and I don't have no alibi). (A deity)

Hephaestus

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3

I'm a flying horse

Pegasus

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4

We're the three virgin goddesses

Hestia, Athena, and Artemis

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5

The peacock is my bird

Hera

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6

I wasn't swallowed by dad (a big mistake!)

Zeus

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7

My son is Cupid

Aphrodite

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8

I'm where evildoers go in death

Tartarus

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9

We're the hounds of Zeus

Harpies

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10

I was before anything else

Chaos

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11

Goddess of agriculture

Demeter

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12

Pandora is my wife

Epimetheus

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13

I'm the most Greek of all the gods

Apollo

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14

I carry the bident

Hades

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15

food of the gods

Ambrosia

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16

Home of the gods

Mount Olympus

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17

I sprang from Medusa's blood

Pegasus

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18

Half man half goat

Satyr

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19

I'm Zeus' favorite child

Athena

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20

We three have one eye each

Cyclopes

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21

I'm where the good souls go

Elysian Fields

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22

My bird is the owl

Athena

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23

My birth gave Zeus a big headache

Athena

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24

I'm the first woman

Pandora

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25

The first generation of the gods

Titans

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26

I made wings and labyrithns

Daedalus

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27

I'm part lion, part goat, and part snake

Chimera

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28

I'm Earth's last child (with 100 heads and fierce)

Typhon

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29

What Cerberus has on his teeth

Tartarus

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30

The first metal age of man

Gold

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31

I'm Psyche's husband

Cupid

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32

I was chained to a rock with a pesky vulture

Prometheus

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33

The goddess of the moon

Artemis

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34

The eagle is my bird

Zeus

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35

I'm the most famous satyr

Pan

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36

Hephaetus' forge was here

Mount Aetna

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37

I'm the divine goddess of Justice

Themis

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38

Every meal begins and ends with an offering to me

Hestia

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39

My name means "gift of all"

Pandora

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40

My name means "after thought"

Epimetheus

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41

Trumpeter of the sea

Triton

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42

We punish sinners

Furies (Erinyes)

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43

I'm also known as Dis

Hades

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44

Hounds of Hades

Cerberus

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45

I can change my shape and foretell the future

Fates

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46

I'm the centaur who exchanged places with Prometheus

Chiron

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47

I carry the earth on my back as punishment

Atlas

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48

The present metal age of man

Iron

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49

A love story in which he lost his love and his head

Orpheus and Eurydice

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50

She was udderly amazed by this bound titan

Prometheus and Io

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51

She rested on her laurels after a god pursued her

Daphne and Apollo

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52

Zeus was bull-ish in this one

Europa

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53

This young man fell Minos his wings

Daedalus and Icarus

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54

He was a typical often absent husband but she loved him with all her soul

Cupid and Psyche

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55

They used feathers to calm each other

Ceyx and Alcyone

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56

She was very stiff toward him until they kissed

Pygmalion and Galatea

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57

Wild mulberries (and lions) couldn't keep these two apart

Pyramus and Thisbe

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58

Two old loves share a trunk in death

Baucis and Philemon

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59

He was lived by two goddesses but boared to death

Adonis

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60

She always got the last word with this guy but he was a poor reflection of love

Narcissus and Echo

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61

He answers the burning question about his dad

Phaethon

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62

This one is the reason for the seasons

Demeter and Persephone

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63

We have 100 hands and 50 heads

Hecatonchires

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64

God of war

Ares

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65

First written record of Greece

Iliad

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66

half man half horse

Centaur

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67

I ferry the dead to the underworld

Charon

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68

I carry the caduceus and I'm a fast fellow too

Hermes

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The nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne

Muses

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70

My dog is Cerberus

Hades

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71

The river of fire in the underworld

Phlegathin

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72

My name means "forethought"

Prometheus

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73

Married women pray to me

Hera

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74

I carry a trident

Poseidon

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75

The god of death

Thanatos

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76

I wield the thunderbolt and gather rain clouds

Zeus

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77

I swallowed a rock

Cronus

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78

God of wine, revelry, and drama

Dionysus

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79

Half man half bull

Minotaur

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80

River of unbreakable oaths

Styx

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81

Maidens would pray to me for protection

Artmemis

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82

We haunt and pester sinners

Furies

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83

God of the gods

Zeus

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84

Zeus' oracle

Dodona

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85

I rule the dead

Hades

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86

They say I'm very vain for a goddess

Aphrodite

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87

I take and send messages

Hermes

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88

I created horses for man

Poseidon

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89

I have public fires in large communities

Hestia

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90

My temple is the Parthenon

Athena

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91

Master thief and trickster

Hermes

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92

I have a wife only part of the year

Hades

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93

God of light and music

Apollo

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94

We control the lives of humans

Fates

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95

Father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas

Iapetus

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96

My mother is Demeter

Persephone

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97

My children were imprisoned in Tartarus (and hated by my spouse)

Gaea

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98

blood of the gods

ichor

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99

The lyre is my symbol

Apollo

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100

He was too likable a guest too kill

Pegasus

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