Stats: Mythology: Mortals Nichole

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Dipped into the river Styx by his mother but was held by his heel making him vulnerable, Apollo/Paris shot him here with a poisoned arrow during the siege of Troy	achilles	100%
When the warrior Jason needed to bring back the Golden Fleece of Colchis he assembled this group of heroes that included Hercules, Orpheus, and Argos	argonauts	100%
2nd generation Titan, the son of Iapetus and Clymene. He was defeated in war and had to stand in the western part of the universe and hold up the sky for all eternity.	atlas	100%
The ferryman who took souls to the Underworld, though there were 5 different rivers to the Underworld	charon	100%
Most inventive, literally, creating robots and the labyrinth that housed the Minotaur, also made wings for his son Icarus out of feathers and wax, which obviously was an issue to cause Icarus' death when he flew to close to the sun	daedalus	100%
Daughter of Leda and Zeus, so beautiful that every man in Sparta was her suitor. All suitors agreed that Menelaus the King of Sparta should have her, but was carried of by Paris and started the Trojan War.. Paris was killed, she married his brother Deiphobus, and left him during the fall of Troy, returned to Sparta and lived with Menelaus.	helen	100%
Neither Hero or god, this man was the first to set down the tales of monsters, mortals, and gods. Wrote Iliad and Odysseus/Ulysses. Homer could have been a blind singer, a woman hiding under a pseudonym or was never really a person because Homer is Greek for poet.	homer	100%
Created by Zeus as the first mortal woman, origin of virtually every anti-feminist belief. He created her because he was mad at Prometheus for gifting mankind with fire. He gave her a box and said never to open it but 'because she's a woman' her curiosity caused her to open it and release all the woes of the word. One thing remained in the corner of the box. Hope.	pandora	100%
He was the grandson of Acrisius, by his daughter Danae. Prophecy said that he would slay his grandfather, so he tried to prevent conception by putting Danae in a tower. Zeus came to her as a 'golden shower' and impregnated her and he was born. They were put into a boat and floated out to see for their death... He killed Medusa, brought back her head.. Athena gave him a magic sword... rescued Andromeda.. Years later visiting his grandfather he decapitated him with a discus.	perseus	100%
Son of Iatpeus (ocean nymph) and Clymene, most kind Greek God. He gave the humans fire. Made futile attempts to warn the world of Pandora.	prometheus	100%
Greatest hero of Athens, if not all Greece. His sone Aegeus and wife Aethra. Was one of the Argonauts, slew giants, fought Amazons. He slew the Minotaur with the help of Ariadne's thread. Forgot to tell his dad he didn't die, so his dad committed suicide.	theseus	100%
According to the Iliad, the sone of Anchises and Aphrodite was the greatest Trojan Leader, according the Vergil in the Aeneid he was the founder of Rome.	aeneas	86%
Provided a "clew" or a ball of thread when Theseus had to pursue the Minotaur, he used the thread to unwind to find his way back out of the labyrinth.	ariadne	86%
Siege of Troy, soldiers sent to retrieve Helen. They couldn't get in.. so they took Athena's advice and built THIS to get in, hid in its belly, then jumped out and unlocked the gates	trojan horse	86%
Son of Zeus and Europa and King of Crete, he needed a bull for a sacrifice and Poseidon sent one, and it was to magnificent to slaughter so his wife Pasiphae fell in love with it and bore his child the Minotaur.	minos	83%
Most famous mortal in mythology thanks to Homer, who told his story in two epic tales. First book is the Iliad which details up into the Trojan War. Name has become a meaning for a 10 year wandering.	odysseus	83%
Son of Laius, the King of Thebes and the Queen Jocasta. There was a prophecy that he would slay his father and marry his mother. So they ordered a shepherd to pierce his feet and leave him on a mountain cliff to die. Obviously he didn't, he grew up, had a ruckus with a traveler (his father) killed him. He answered the Riddle of a magical being, if he got it wrong he would have been destroyed. The people were so happy he destroyed this magical being so they awarded him the Queen (aka mom). They married, had 4 kids, Jocasta hung herself and this man gorged his eyes out and was guided by Antigone as he wandered blindly around the world.	oedipus	83%
Mortal son of Apollo and Calliope, had two great loves: his music and his wife, Eurydice. Eurydice was fatally bitten by a snake, so he begged Hades for her return, his pleas didn't work but his music did. But he ruined it by looking at her as they ascended to Earth, making her return to the Underworld forever.	orpheus	83%
Depicted in the constellation Gemini, these twins have the same mother Leda, but one had a mortal father and the other had Zeus as his father making him immortal. one was killed so the other begged his dad, Zeus, to share his mortality, so the brothers spent half their eternity in Hades	castor and pollux	80%
This mortal pursues mortals that are evil and had committed sins and injustices. Her name has come to mean any antagonist now.	nemesis	80%
A Lion in the front and a serpent in the Rear and a goat in between	chimera	75%
Version 1: Desired by Pan, but didn't return his feelings which caused the goat-god to have her torn to pieces only leaving her voice. Version 2: Loud-mouthed attendant of Hera who could never be quiet enough for Hera to catch Zeus cheating	echo	67%
Became immortal almost by accident. Son of Zeus, he ate their food on Olympus and became immortal. Not popular because he stole the 'ambrosia' and gave it to the mortals and gossiped about everything he heard on Mount Olympus. They sentenced him to remain in water up to his chin with grapes just out of his reach.	tantalus	67%
Beautiful and beloved by Aphrodite and Persephone, and was killed by a wild boar, to share Zeus made him live six months in the underworld then six months on Earth	adonis	60%
Daughter of Cassiopeia, Cassiopeia bragged she was prettier than Poseidon's daughters so he changed her to rock in the ocean, but Perseus arrived to rescue her before the sea monster killed her.	andromeda	50%
Fierce warrior that slew the Chimera and defeated the Amazons had many adventures aboard his winged horse	bellerophon	50%
Twin sons of Mars and a vestal virgin, Rhea Silvia (not the goddess). Babies were seen as a threat and were floated down the Tiber River in a basket. Instead of drowning the babes were rescued by a she-wolf Palatine Hill. Grew up, founded a city, one built a wall, brother smack talked his wall, one brother killed the other, it became Rome.	romulus and remus	50%
Mother of Castor and Clytemnestra fathered by Tyndareus of Sparta, mother of Helen and Pollux fathered by Zeus	leda	43%
Single most influential Greek, first great playwright, wrote the Oresteia detailing the horrors that befell the House of Atreus. He was the grandson of Tantalus, father of Agamemnon, and grandfather of Orestes. Influenced dramas like Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone	aeschylus	33%
What walks first on four legs, then on two, then on three? The answer is a man This is called the Riddle of the _____________	sphinx	33%
Had either 12, 14, or 20 children of equal genders. She suggested she was better than Leto who only had two children. Leto's children slain all of her children with invisible arrows, cause her to cry forever and turned into a fountain.	niobe	25%
A monster who had anywhere from 3 to 100 eyes. Killed by Hermes, after Zeus was jealous	argus	14%
Daughter/sister of Oedipus, (because he had sex with his mother), accompanied him in his exile from Thebes	antigone	0%
Deification of Romulus, a lesser known god. Part of the triumvirate that included Jupiter and Mars	quirinus	0%

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