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| Achilles | became invulnerable after being dipped in the River Styx, except for a part of his heel |
| Aeneas | founder of the Roman race |
| Agamemnon | King of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans in the Trojan wars |
| Ajax | dueled a whole day with Hector during the Trojan war |
| Calypso | nymph of Ogygia who detained Odysseus for 7 years |
| Cassandra | cursed to tell true prophecies that no one believed |
| Circe | changed the companions of Odysseus into swine |
| Clytemnestra | murdered her husband Agamemnon with the help of her lover Aegisthus |
| Dido | queen and founder of Carthage |
| Diomedes | commander of the 80 Argive ships in the Trojan War |
| Discordia | roman goddess of strife and discord |
| Eris | had the golden apple of discord |
| Golden Apple | the "apple of discord" which represents the crux of an argument |
| Hector | the greatest fighter of Troy in the Trojan War |
| Hecuba | queen of Troy and mother of Hector |
| Helen | abducted by Theseus and cared for by his mother Aethra |
| Iphigenia | served Artemis as a priestess in her temple |
| Land of Lotus Eaters | the local inhabitants invited Odysseus' scouts here to eat their mysterious plant |
| Menalaus | was promised a place in Elysium because of his marriage to Zeus' daughter |
| Nestor | the wise King of Pylos |
| Odysseus | came up with the strategem known as the Trojan Horse |
| Paris | after being left to die on Mount Ida, he was saved by drinking a bear's milk |
| Peleus | king of the Myrmidons of Thesaly and father of Achilles |
| Penelope | wife of Odysseus |
| Polyphemus | the cyclops who was blinded by a wooden stake held by Odysseus |
| Priam | King of Troy during the Trojan War |
| Sirens | lured sailors into shipwreck with there enchanting music and singing voices |
| Telemachus | son of Penelope and Odysseus |
| Thetis | changed into various shapes due to her unwillingness to marry a mortal |
| Trojan Horse | huge wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to enter Troy during the Trojan war |
| Aeneas | Trojan hero; Son of Anchises and Aphrodite; Founder of the Roman race |
| Acheron | One of the five rivers of the underworld; River of Woe; River that led to Hades |
| Cerberus | multi-headed dog,did not let anyone leave,tricked three times |
| Charon | ferry souls of the deceased who had received the rites of burial |
| Dis | Roman god of the underworld |
| Elysian Fields | paradise for the blessed dead |
| Eurydice | died,was searched for by her husband in the underworld, reunited once he died |
| Ixion | lived as an outcast,had sex with a cloud(Nephele),thrown out of Olympus,punished for eternity |
| Lake Avernis | used as synonym to the underworld,considered as entrance to Hades |
| Lethe | underworld river of oblivion, dead drink water to forget mortal life |
| Midas | was granted the ability of the golden touch, got ears of a donkey |
| Orpheus | tried to bring his wife Eurydice back from the dead, failed when he looked at her too early |
| Osiris | egyptian god of fertility and the embodiment of the dead and resurrected king |
| Persephone | wife of Hades,goddess of fertility, presided over the dead |
| Phlegethon | underworld river of fire that burns but does not consume |
| Pluto | Roman god of the underworld,judge of the dead,husband of Prosperpina |
| Proserpina | wife of Pluto,goddess of fertility, presided over the dead |
| Sibyl | prophetess,uttered predictions in ecstatic frenzy,her prophecies were handed down in writing |
| Sisyphus | due to his tricks he was punished by Zeus to push aboulder up a hill and if it fell push it back up |
| Styx | Titan goddess,a river named after her that was the boundary between Earth and the underworld |
| Tantalus | Punishment:stood in a pool of water that would go down when he tried to drink and a fruit tree's branches would go up when he wanted a fruit |
| Acheron | One of the five rivers of the Underworld; River of woe; led to Hades |
| Aeneas | Founder of the Roman race; Hero of Troy; Ancestor of Romulus and Remus |
| Cerberus | Three headed guard dog of the underworld; Kept dead from leaving the underworld |
| Charon | Ferryman of the dead; Took souls across the River Styx |
| Dis | Roman God of the underworld; Also known as Hades or Pluto |
| Elysian Fields | Where heroes spent eternity in the afterlife; perfect paradise |
| Eurydice | Daughter of Apollo; wife of Orpheus; Musician and poet |
| Ixion | Son of Ares and Perimele; gave birth to the centauros; husband to dia |
| Lake Avernis | Entrance of the underworld; inside of the volcano in Campia |
| Lethe | Daughter of Eris; oblivion personified; also name of the river of the infernal regions |
| Midas | Everything the king touched turned into gold |
| Orpheus | Greek hero given superhuman musical skills; son of Muse and Oeagrus |
| Osiris | Also called Usir; egyptian god of the underworld; drowned by Seth |
| Persephone | WIfe of Hades, Queen of the Underworld; daughter of Demeter and Zeus |
| Phlegethon | One of the five rivers of the Underworld; a son of the Cocytus;"the flaming" |
| Pluto | Greek God of the underworld; Also known as Hades; judge of the dead |
| Proserpina | Abducted by Pluto; eventually married Pluto and stayed in the Underworld |
| Sibyl | Oracles or prophets; their riddles were said to be inspired by Apollo |
| Sisyphus | King of Ephyra; forced to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity |
| Styx | One of the five rivers of the Underworld; also the name of a titan goddess |
| Tantalus | Son of Zeus and Plouto; cut up his son and served it to the gods |
| Acheron | River of woe, one of five rivers of the underworld |
| Aeneas | Trojan War hero and son of Aphrodite and Anchises |
| Cerberus | watchdog of the underworld |
| Charon | son of Erebus and Nyx and in charge of ferrying over the Rivers of Styx |
| Dis | god of the infernal regions |
| Elysian Fields | where heroes that gods gave immortality were sent |
| Eurydice | wife of Orpheus |
| Ixion | son of Ares and was bound to a fiery wheel in the underworld |
| Lake Avernis | crater lake in southern Italy |
| Lethe | daughter of Eris and personification of oblivion |
| Midas | king of Phrygia know for his foolishness and greed |
| Orpheus | son of Muse and Apollo with superhuman music skills |
| Osiris | also called Usir and the god of fertility |
| Persephone | daughter of Zeus and Demeter and wife of Hades |
| Phlegethon | also known as hell or the underworld |
| Pluto | god of the underworld and son to Rhea and Titans Cronus also called Hades |
| Proserpina | goddess of vegetation and wife of Hades |
| Sibyl | woman of old age that muttered oracles of gods |
| Sisyphus | king of Corinth who was punished by having to roll a stone up a hill that would roll back down at the top |
| Styx | one of the rivers of the underworld used as a binding oath |
| Tantalus | son of Zeus and nymph Plouto and the king of Sipylus |
