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Word	Gender	Description	Topics
Sphinx	n.	Creature having the head of a man or an animal and the body of a lion.
Mermaide	n.	Creature having a women's head and chest and the tail of a fish.
Centaur	n.	A race of creatures, part horse and part man, having the head, the trunk, and arms of a man and the body and legs of a horse.
Minotaur	n.	Monster that had the head of a bull and the body of a man.
Siren	n.	Creature half bird and half woman.
Oedipus	n.	Son of Laius, king de Thebes and of Jocasta, Oedipus, after an oracle warned his father that he will kill him, was leaft for dead in the mountain. Adopted by King Polybus of Corinth, Oedipus, unwittingly, carried out the prediction.
Heracles or Hercules	n.	Heracles, the Greek hero, or Hercules, the Roman hero, was the son of a god, Zeus, and Alcmene, a human. His live, made of adventures and exploits, and his legendary force, made him the most famous hero. In the end of this life, he became a god.
Harpy	n.	Creature having a women's head and chest and the rest of the body of a bird.
Venus or Aphrodite	n	Godess of love. Daughter of Zeus. Wife of Hephaestus.
Athena or Minerva		Athena is the greek goddess of the city and the civilization identified by the Romans with Minerva. She is the daughter of Zeus, goddess of wisdom and war, patriotism and good citizenship. She is the protector and namesake for the city of Athens.
Hermes or Mercury	n	Hermes is a greek god, son of Zeus and Maia the daughter of Atlas. Hermes is identified with the Roman god Mercury.
Ares or Mars	n	In Greek religion, Ares is the god of war like his Roman counterpart, Mars.
Apollo	n	Player of lyre, and very good Archer, Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto and the brother and twin Artemis. He is the god of the Beauty, the Light, the Arts and the Divination.
Neptune or Poseidon	n	The god of the sea, brother of the king of the gods, was called Poseidon in the Greek religion and Neptune in the Roman one. His wife is Amphitrite, grand daughter of Ocean, a Titan.

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