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Notability
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Greek
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Roman
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Sea goddess; consort of Poseidon
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Amphitrite
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Salacia
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Wind gods of each cardinal direction
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Anemoi
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Venti
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Goddess of love, lust, beauty, and passion
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Aphrodite
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Venus
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God of healing, prophecy, music, poetry, archery, etc.
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Apollo
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Apollo
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God of war and courage
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Ares
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Mars
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Goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, childbirth, chastity, etc.
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Artemis
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Diana
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Son of Apollo; hero and god of medicine
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Asclepius
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Aesculapius
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Goddess of wisdom and warfare
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Athena
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Minerva
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Member of the Anemoi: wintry god of the cold north wind and storms
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Boreas
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Aquilo
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Third of the Three Fates; one who cut the threads
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Atropos
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Morta
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First of the Three Fates; one who spins the threads
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Clotho
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Nona
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Leader of the Titans
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Cronus
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Saturn
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Goddess of the harvest and agriculture
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Demeter
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Ceres
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God of wine-making, fertility, festivity, etc.
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Dionysus
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Liber / Bacchus
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Goddess of childbirth and midwifery
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Eileithyia
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Lucina
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Personification and goddess of peace
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Eirene
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Pax
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Goddess of war
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Enyo
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Bellona
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Personification and goddess of the dawn
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Eos
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Aurora / Matuta
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Chthonic goddesses of vengeance
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Erinyes
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Furies
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Goddess of strife and discord
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Eris
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Discordia
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God of love, desire, and intercourse
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Eros
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Cupid
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Member of the Anemoi: god of the east wind
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Eurus
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Vulturnus
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Personification of Earth; mother of Uranus
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Gaia
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Terra
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God of the dead, riches; king of the underworld
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Hades
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Pluto (Dis Pater and Orcus)
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Goddess of youth or prime of life; cup-bearer of Mount Olympus
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Hebe
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Juventas
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Three-formed goddess of magic
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Hecate
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Trivia
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Personification of the Sun
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Helios
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Sol Invictus / Sol Indiges
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God of blacksmiths, carperenters, fire, volcanoes, etc.
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Hephaestus
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Vulcan
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Goddess of marriage, women, and family
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Hera
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Juno
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Son of Zeus; divine hero who completed twelve labors
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Heracles
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Hercules
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Herald of the gods; god of travelers, thieves, messages, etc.
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Hermes
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Mercury
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Evening Star (the planet Venus)
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Hesperus
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Vesper
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Virgin goddess of the hearth and the home
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Hestia
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Vesta
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Goddess of health, cleanliness, and hygiene
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Hygeia
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Salus
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Personification of the rainbow; messenger and servant of the Olympians
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Iris
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Arcus / Iris
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Second of the Three Fates; one who measures the threads
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Lachesis
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Decima
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Childhood goddess
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Leto
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Latona
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Personfiication of destiny
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Moirai
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Fates / Parcae
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Goddess of victory
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Nike
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Victoria
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Member of the Anemoi: rain-bringing god of the south wind
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Notus
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Auster
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Legendary hero king of Ithaca; protagonist in the Odyssey
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Odysseus
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Ulysses / Ulixes
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Boeotian prince; daughter of King Cadmus of Thebes
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Palaemon
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Portunus
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Companion of the nymphs; God of nature, the wild, shepherds, etc.
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Pan
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Faunus
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Queen of the underworld; goddess of the dead, grain, and spring
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Persephone
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Proserpina
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Personification of fame
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Pheme
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Fama
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Morning Star (the planet Venus)
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Phosphoros
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Lucifer
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God of the sea, storms, earthquakes, and horses
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Poseidon
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Neptune
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Titan mother goddess; sister and wife of Cronus
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Rhea
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Ops / Magna Mater
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Goddess and personification of the Moon
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Selene
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Luna
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Dionysus' companion and tutor; god of drunkenness and winemaking
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Silenus
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Silvanus
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Personification of death
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Thanatos
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Mors
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Tutelary goddess of fortune and prosperity of a city
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Tyche
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Fortuna
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Primordial personification of the sky
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Uranus
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Caelus
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Member of the Anemoi: gentler god of the west wind
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Zephyrus
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Favonius
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King of the gods; god of sky and thunder
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Zeus
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Jupiter / Jove
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