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Aesculapius
son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea
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Apollo
(Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis
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Ares
(Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars
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Artemis
(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
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Asclepius
son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea
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Athena
(Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva
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Bacchus
(classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
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Ceres
(Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter
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Cronus
(Greek mythology) the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him; son of Uranus and Gaea in ancient Greek mythology; identified with Roman Saturn
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Cupid
(Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros
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Demeter
(Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres
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Diana
(Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis
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Dionysus
(Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus
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Eros
(Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid
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Gaea
(Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology
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Hades
(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
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Hephaestus
(Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan
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Hera
queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno
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Hermes
(Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury
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Hestia
(Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta
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Hypnos
(Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep; the son of Nyx
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Juno
(Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera
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Jupiter
(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus
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Mars
(Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares
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Mercury
(Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
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Minerva
(Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena
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Neptune
a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 8th planet from the sun is the most remote of the gas giants
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Nike
(Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria
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Ops
(Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
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Pluto
(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
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Poseidon
(Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune
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Rhea
fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
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Saturn
(Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus
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Uranus
(Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology
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Venus
the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'
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Vesta
(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia
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Victoria
(Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike
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Vulcan
(Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus
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Zeus
(Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter