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🩷📖SubMariner Mythology [CLC 24] by Team Cure



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AeneasHe was the son of Anchises and Aphrodite. He during the Trojan War had a wooden horse called the Trojan Horse. He believed the pregnant sow was a symbol of prophecy.
AgamemnonHe was the king of Mycenae he is known for attacking Troy in the Trojan War. At the time he was considered one of the most powerful kings. He was easily compared to a lion since he fought the enemy.
AjaxHe was the son of Telamon and Periboea, and half brother of Teucer. He had competed with Odysseus for the armor of Achilles. However he lost and fell into insanity and turned to attack his fellow Greeks. Athena intervened and made a herd of sheep look like the men he wanted to attack, and like a coyote, he slaughtered them. Afterwards, when he came to his senses he took his own life.
CalypsoShe is able to make any man fall in love with her. She was said to be the daughter of the Titan Atlas she's also known as Nymph. She was the goddess who offered Odysseus immortality if he stayed with her. Inside of her beauty she is said to be able to turn men into animals.
CassandraShe was the daughter of Priam and Hecuba. Apollo was enamored with her so he granted her the power of prophecy. However when she rejected Apollo and like a spider he turned against her and transformed the power into a curse.
CirceShe is known for her knowledge of magic potions.She was described as a goddess with a beautiful voice and hair. With her powers she was able to turn anyone who she didn't like or felt offended by into monsters or animals like lions and wolves.
ClytemnestraShe was the wife of Agamemnon. Like a sneaky minx she took Aegisthus as a lover while Agamemnon was away at war. Once Amamemnon returned from war she and Aegisthus killed him.
DidoShe was the queen of Carthage. She was beautiful like a blue glaucus, but she rejected every suitor. She fell in love with Aeneas, but due to him having to return to his mission she was left on her own and committed suicide.
DiomedesHe was the king of Argos and one of the leading warriors in the Trojan War. Given the power to see gods on the battlefield by Athena, he saw Aphrodite try and intervene. Quickly like a cheetah he stopped her by cutting her arm.
ErisShe was the goddess of strife and discord. Due to not being invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis she sought revenge. So like a mischievous fox she dropped into the wedding, saying it was for the fairest one. Unable to choose themselves the goddesses had Paris of Troy choose the fairest, indirectly causing the Trojan War.
Golden AppleIt is also know as the "Apple of Discord". It indirectly caused the Trojan War. Due to the fox like goddess Eris dropping it at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.
HectorHe was a Trojan prince and a warrior for Troy, who was strong like an ape. He was killed by Achilles outside the gates of Troy by a spear to the throat. Achilles killed him to avenge his friend Patrolclus, who he had killed.
HecubaShe was the queen of Troy and wife to Priam. Like a dog she was loyal and moral. However after the fall of Troy she was made a slave.
HelenShe was the wife of Menelaus. She was known as the most beautiful woman in the world, with the beauty of a Mandarinfish. She was abducted by Paris which caused the Trojan War.
IphigeniaShe was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. She was told by Agamemnon that she was to marry Achillies. Instead her weasel like father had tricked her and in actuality he wanted her as a sacrifice.
Land of Lotus EatersThis was the island of Djerba. The island was off the coast of Tunisia. It was said that those who ate the lotus fruit forgot about returning home and instead preferred to remain on the island and continue to eat the fruit like fruit bats.
MenalausHe was the king of sparta. His wife Helen was abducted, causing him rage like a deer he became aggressive and sent a fleet to Troy. During the Trojan War he served under his brother Agamemnon.
NestorHe was the king of Pylos. All of his brothers were killed by Heracles, ruthlessly like a shark. Heracles did this because Neleus refused to cleanse him of his blood-debt.
OdysseusHe was the king of Ithaca and was wise like an owl. He was the husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus. He came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse that was used to invade Troy during the Trojan War.
ParisHe was the son of King Priam of Troy and Hecuba. He was expelled by his family and left for dead. Luckily he was either nursed by a bear or found by shepherds.
PeleusHe was the king of Phthia. He was also the father of Achillies, but like a turtle he left his child and entrusted Achillies to Chiron. He was also the husband of Thetis, a sea nymph.
PenelopeShe is the daughter of Icarius and Periboea. She had the beauty of a peacock, and was the wife of Odysseus. And she had a son named Telemachus with Odysseus.
PolyphemusHe was a cyclops, a creature that had one eye like a copepod. He was encountered in his cave by Odysseus. Odysseus defeated him by giving him wine and plunging a stake into his eye as he slept.
PriamHe was the last king of Troy. He was king during the Trojan War and was fierce like a lion. He was killed by Neoptolemus to avenge his father, Achilles.
SirensThese were half bird and half woman creatures. These creatures has alluring and sweet voices. Using their sweet bird-like songs, they lured sailors to their demise.
TelemachusHe was the son of Odysseus and Penelope. Searching for his father like an eagle, he visited Pylos and Sparta. Unbeknownst to him, his father had returned home in Ithaca before him. Once he returned home, he and his father slew the suitors who invaded Odysseus' estate
ThetisShe is a sea nymph and a goddess of the sea. She is one of the 50 Nereids and was elegant like a fish. She is also the mother of Achilles.
Trojan HorseThis was a large, hollow, wooden horse that was constructed by the Greeks. It was used to enter Troy during the Trojan War. Greek soldiers were situated inside of the horse and left at Troy as an offering to the goddess Athena. However, that was a ruse, and the soldiers gained entrance into Troy like rats.
UlyssesHe was the king of Ithaca and was wise like an owl. He was the husband of Penelope and father of Telemachus. He came up with the idea of the Trojan Horse that was used to invade Troy during the Trojan War. (Roman Version)


Rev. B.A. Gregg, Director
Cleveland School of Science and Medicine
Cleveland, OH

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