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Selene
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goddess of the moon, not a hunter, and a virgin
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Apollo
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God of healing arts and light, son of Zeus and Leto, gave Cassandra the gift of prophecy, killed the Python, a dragon that guarded the oracle of Delphi
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Hera
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Zeus' sister and wife, 2nd most powerful of the gods. protector of the home, marrage, and childbirth
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Hades
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God of the underworld
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Ares
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God of War and the son of Zeus and Hera, vicious bully, his sister was goddess of discord
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Hebe
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represented youth and grade, daughter of Zeus and Hera and the cupbearer to the gods
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Hestia
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Virgin goddess of the hearth, peace, and family, most peaceful Olympian,
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Tyche
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goddess of good fortune/luck usually pictured with a cornucopia and the wheel of chance
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Eos
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Goddess of the dawn
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Demeter
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Goddess of Fruitfulness and vegetation. mother of Persephone, her absence in looking for her daughter caused the crops to die that "explains" the growing season
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Heracles
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a demi-god, son of Zeus and mortal Alcmene who was tricked as Zeus took the form of her husband. Hera hated him from birth, undertook 12 Labors
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Persephone
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daughter of Zeus and Demeter, taken by Hades, ate pomegranates, stayed with Hades, half the year (when the plants die)
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Nike
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Goddess of Victory, usually seen as a winged messenger carrying a palm leaf or branch and garland in the other.
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Cronus
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last ruling Titan God and the father of the Olympians, his wife was Rhea, fathered Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hestia, and Demeter. God of Time, ate all of his children except Zeus who ends up killing him
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Moerae
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three old women that carried other the will of the gods in controlling all individual destinies.
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Eileithyia
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Goddess of childbirth
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Gaea
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Earth Goddess, daughter of Chaos (Titan) and the mother of Uranus and Pontus, because she was a god she was their mother and wife and made the Cyclops and the Titans with them.
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Pan
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God of herds, flocks, and rural things, Human top with goat horns and a goat lower half.
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Hephaestus
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crippled by Zeus when thrown over the wall between for interfering in a fight between Zeus and Hera
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Athena
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Goddess of wisdom, Daughter of Zeus and Metis, Zeus at Metis, got a terrible head ache, they split his head open and out popped this militant goddess
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