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hera
- juno
- wife sister
- goddess of marriage
- very jealous of relationships with zeus
- liked peacock, cows, city of argos
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poseidon
- neptune
- brother
- god of sea
- gave first horse to man,
- trident
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athena
- minerva
- daughter of only zeus
- goddess of city
- zeus's favorite, bridle, olive, athens, owl
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hermes
- mercury
- son
- messenger
- winged shoes
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ares
- mars
- son
- god of war
- revengeful, romans liked better than greeks
- vulture, dog
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hapahaestus
- vulcan/mulciber
- son of hera alone
- god of fire
- ugly, lame, workman in olympus
- married to aphrodite
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hestia
- vesta
- sister
- goddess of home
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persephone
- proserphine
- daughter
- goddess of spring
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chaos
dark abyss of where things came into existence
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hades
- pluto
- brother of zeus
- god of underworld
- married to persephone
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dionysus
- bacchus
- son
- goddess of wine
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tartarus
where titans were imprisoned
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elysian fields
where blessed people live after death
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charon
centaur ferryman who sent souls across the styx river
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cerberus
three headed dog that guards infernal regions
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acheron
river in which charon ferried souls over dead
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furies
female divinities caused
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rhadamanthus
judge in the underworld
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minos
king of crete who built labyrinth and forced sacrifice
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aeacus
judge of underworld
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cocytus
river in underworld said to be tributary of acheron
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procrustes
inn with bed to fit anybody
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oedipus complex
child wants their parent of oppisite gender
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anteros
avenger of slighted love
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hymen
god of wedding feast
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europa
daughter of king of sparta
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graiae
three women with one eye between them
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phorcys
sea and earth father of gorgons
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graces
daughter of zeus and eurynome-who was daughter of titan, ocean.
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fates
spun destiny of one's life
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clotho
spun thread of life
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lachesis
dispenser of lots-assigned each man his destiny
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atropos
cut thread of life with scissors
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muses
sister goddesses who controlled various arts
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zephyr
west/spring and summer breezes
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euros
east/warmth and rain
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chiron
only centaur known for goodness and wisdom
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gorgons
dragonlike creatures that turned men into stone
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sleep and death
brothers associated with the underworld. dreams also thought to come from underworld as well
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