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Artemis
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Apollo's twin sister, a hunter and the protector of the young, a virgin and goddess of chastity, also goddess of the moon
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Selene
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goddess of the moon, not a hunter, and a virgin
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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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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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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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Hypnos
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the god of sleep, son of Nyx, brought sleep by touching heads
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Eileithyia
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Goddess of childbirth
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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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Poseidon
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brothers with Zeus and Hades, they overthrew their father Cronus and spilt the world. this god got the oceans and carries a trident.
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Rhea
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wife and sister of Cronus, mother of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades
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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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Hecate
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a Titan, granddaughter of Uranus and Rhea, kept her powers after other Titans lost them, an attendant to Persephone
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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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Eos
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Goddess of the dawn
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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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Hebe
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represented youth and grade, daughter of Zeus and Hera and the cupbearer to the gods
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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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Tyche
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goddess of good fortune/luck usually pictured with a cornucopia and the wheel of chance
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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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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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