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STUDY SHEET FOR FINAL EXAM
Listed here are the names of most of the major figures which should be known at least in terms of the principal myth cycle(s) to which they belong, their parentage, their enemies, and their most famous achievements. This is NOT an exhaustive list, only the most essential items. You can check summaries in dictionaries of myth; two are listed at the top of the Handouts page.
DEMETER MYTH |
ORPHEUS MYTH |
PERSEUS MYTH |
THESEUS MYTH |
| Demeter | Orpheus | Perseus | Theseus |
| Persephone | Eurydice | Danaë | Aithra |
| Hades | Ciconian Women | Athena | Aegeus |
| Oreithyeia | Dionysos | Hermes | Medea |
| Eumolpus | Aristeas | Akrisios | Perithous |
| Keryx | Persephone | Dictys | Ariadne |
| Iambe | Hades | Polydektes | Daedalus |
| Triptolemus | Hymenaeus | Cassiopeia | Minos |
| Demophon | Argonauts | The Graiai | Pasiphaë |
| Lynkos | Calliope | Cepheus | Phaedra |
| Metaneira | Linus | Andromeda | Hippolyte |
| Antissa | Medusa | Hippolytus |
HERACLES CYCLE |
THEBAN CYCLE |
| Heracles | Dionysos |
| Amphitryon | Cadmus |
| Electryon | Semele |
| Sthenelaus | Agave |
| Eurystheus | Pentheus |
| Alcmene | Tiresias |
| Megara | Autonoë |
| Deianeira | Ino |
| Hyllus | Harmonia |
| Iphicles | |
| Iolaus | Labdacus |
| Omphale | Pelops |
| Atlas | Laius |
| Hesperides | Jocasta |
| Geryon | Creon |
| Hydra | Oedipus |
| Thespius | Eteocles |
| Eurylochus | Polyneices |
| Autolycus | Ismene |
| Poeas | Antigone |
| Philoctetes | Haemon |
| Hylas | Eurydice |
| Abderus | Chrysippos |
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