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Greek Name
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Latin Name
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Duty
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Symbol
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Zeus
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Jupiter, Jove
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King, weather
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Thunderbolt, eagle
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Hera
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Juno
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Queen, marriage
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Peacock, cow
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Poseidon
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Neptune
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Sea, earthquakes, horses
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Trident, horse
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Hades
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Pluto, Dis
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Underworld, wealth
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Bident, helmet of invisibility
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Demeter
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Ceres
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Agriculture
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Stalk of wheat
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Hestia
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Vesta
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Home fire, hearth
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Hearth, fire
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Ares
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Mars
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War
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Spear, dog, vulture
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Hephaestus
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Vulcan
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Blacksmith
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Forge, anvil
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Apollo
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Apollo
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Sun, prophecy, medicine, music
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Sun, oracle at Delphi, lyre
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Artemis
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Diana
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Hunting, moon
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Bow/arrow, moon
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Athena
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Minerva
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Wisdom, war, handicrafts
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Owl, olive, helmet
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Aphrodite
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Venus
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Love and beauty
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Dove, rose
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Hermes
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Mercury
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Messengers, laughter, thieves
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Caduceus, winged sandals
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Dionysus
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Bacchus
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Wine, life-giving fluids
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Grape leaves, thyrsus (stick with pinecone on top)
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Persephone
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Proserpina
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Queen of underworld
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Pomegranate
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Group
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Names
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Fates
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Clotho(spinner), Atropos(cutter), Lachesis(measurer)
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Graces (Charites)
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Thalia, Aglaea, Euphrosyne; or Pasithea(Iliad)
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Gorgons
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Stheno, Euryale, Medusa
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Underworld Rivers
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Styx (hate, oaths), Cocytus (wailing), Lethe (forgetfulness), Acheron (woe), Phlegethon (fire)
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Muses
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Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (love poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (sacred music), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), Urania (astronomy)
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Seasons (Horae)
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Dike, Eirene, Eunomia
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Furies (Erinyes)
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Alecto, Megara, Tisiphone
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Cyclopes
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Arges, Brontes, Steropes
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Description
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Name
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Horse body with human torso
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Centaur
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Three headed guard dog of underworld
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Cerberus
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Whirlpool-like monster
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Charybdis
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Part lion, goat, and snake
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Chimera
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One-eyed giant
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Cyclops
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Human head, lion body; told a riddle
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Sphinx
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Mother of most monsters; half nymph, half snake
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Echidna
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Two heads grow for each one cut
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Hydra
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2 headed dog
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Orthus
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Part goat, part man
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Satyr
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Six-headed monster
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Scylla
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