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Mount Olympus | Ancient Greek -regarded as the "home" of the gods |
Olympian gods | The Olympians are a group of 12 gods |
Delphi | Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle |
Oedipus | He was a mythical Greek king of Thebes |
Atalanta | Atalanta was the daughter of Mainalos |
Chiron | sacrificed his life, allowing mankind to obtain the use of fire. |
centaurs | race of creatures, part human and part horse |
Mycenaean | An area during the Bronze Age of ancient Greece; setting of much ancient Greek literature and myth |
Heroic Age | Greek mythology, the period at which semi-divine and human heroes are supposed to have lived |
Homer | the blind poet and author of the Iliad and the Odyssey |
Dorian | Any member of a major division of the ancient Greeks |
Bronze Age | a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials |