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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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Selene
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goddess of the moon, not a hunter, and a virgin
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Rhea
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wife and sister of Cronus, mother of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades
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Eros
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god of love, decided he was the son of Aphrodite and was only concerned with sensual desires
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Hades
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God of the underworld
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Eos
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Goddess of the dawn
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Eris
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goddess of discord, night was her father and Ares, show up at a wedding with a golden apple
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Dionysus
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god of the vine, mother Semele, sewn into Zeus thigh as a fetus and carried to maturity.
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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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Eileithyia
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Goddess of childbirth
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Zeus
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supreme god and leader of all the others even though he shared rule with his brothers
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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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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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Hermes
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God of commerce, wealth, good luck, and roads and messenger of the Gods
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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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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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Eumenides
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three titan sisters older than the Olympians, mother was Gaea and from the blood of Uranus, sought revenge over anything that disturbed natural order
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Hypnos
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the god of sleep, son of Nyx, brought sleep by touching heads
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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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Hestia
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Virgin goddess of the hearth, peace, and family, most peaceful Olympian,
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