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Mythology and Tales, Characters (all sections)

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MedusaA beautiful Greek woman who was turned into a monster with snakes for hair.
PerseusA young hero who killed the monster Medusa.
DaedalusA famous inventor who escaped an angry king by making wings of wax and feathers.
IcarusThe son whose wings of wax and feathers melted because he went too close to the sun.
EchoA girl who was made to repeat the words of others as a punishment by Juno.
NarcissusA vain and cruel man fell in love with himself by looking at his reflection in water.
Spirits of British HeroesThey were said to haunt sacred islands.
ActaeonA hunter who, because he saw Diana in her secret cave, was turned into a stag (deer) and hunted by his own dogs.
DianaPunished Actaeon for seeing he in her secret cave by turning him into a stag.
OdysseusA clever Greek warrior who came up with the plan to invade Troy with a hollow horse.
A CyclopsThis monster had one eye, ate three of Odysseus' men, and blinded by a big stick.
TheseusA Greek hero who killed the evil man Procrustes and a Minotaur.
ProcrustesAn evil innkeeper who either tortured or killed the people who stayed at his inn.
MidasWhatever this king touched turned to gold - for he had been greedy, asking Bacchus to give him this power.
Phyramus and ThisbeLovers who died in vain - before Romeo and Juliet!


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