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== A-C ==
* [[Achilles' Heel]]: [[Trope Namer]] that is surprisingly not ''[[The Iliad]]''. That is the story of his rage, but it doesn't cover many of the famous parts of the [[Trojan War]], including his death and the creation of the Trojan Horse (those are narrated in lost epics of the [[The Trojan Cycle|Trojan Cycle]]). In fact, the Achilles Heel myth is not even referenced in the text, and Achilles is more known for his skill, strength, speed, and ferocity than for being nigh-invulnerable.
* [[Achilles in His Tent]]: [[Trope Namer]] again, though not the only example.
* [[Actually, I Am Him]]: Odysseus disguised as a tramp.
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* [[Hereditary Curse]]: Tantalus prepared his own son Pelops as food for the gods. Not only was he himself punished for this gruesome act (but this is another story...) but also a curse was laid upon the next four generations of his house. How did this curse manifest itself? Let's just say that the House of Atreus (named after Tantalus' grandkid) took being a [[Dysfunctional Family]].
* [[He's Back]]: Odysseus (finally).
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* [[Horned Humanoid]]: Minotaurs and Satyrs.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Heracles, at his best. 'Nuff said. [[Unstoppable Rage|When at his WORST, tho...]]
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* [[Plant Person]]: Dryads.
* [[Prophecy Twist]]: Too numerous to list.
* [[Proper Lady]]: What Hera was supposed to be, before she was flanderized into Zeus's [[Yandere (disambiguation)]]. Zeus's sister, Hestia, is more of a straight example.
* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: Olympus is attacked more than once, and Heracles was known to get into fights with several gods.
** Gaia, mother of Earth, did it the most; first she plotted to have her husband, Ouranos, overthrown and killed by Cronus because he locked away the Gigantes, Cyclopes and Hecatonchires for their ugliness. Then, when Cronus is stupid enough to lock away the newly-freed giants after they were just freed (not to mention devour his children) she plots for Zeus to kill him. Then, as vengeance for the Olympians killing her children, the Titans (which she herself pretty much caused by the previous plot; never mind that Zeus had ''freed'' the kyklopes and hekatonkheires), she sets Typhon and the Gigantes onto the Olympians. Basically, she took offense to pretty much every generation of the gods, even when she got them into power in the first place. Brings a whole new meaning to [[Gaia's Vengeance]], doesn't it?
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* [[World's Strongest Man]]: Heracles.
** He can even lift the sky... ask Atlas...
* [[Yandere (disambiguation)]]: Medea. ''Sweet merciful Zeus, Medea''. {{spoiler|what she does to her own kids, and their father, is almost too gruesome to believe.}}
** Hera, too. Doesn't help that her husband is none other than Zeus.
* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: ''[[Odyssey|The Odyssey]]'', ''[[The Aeneid]]''.
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