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Olympic god
a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans
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Aeolus
god of the winds in ancient mythology
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Phoebus 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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Aphrodite
goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus
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Ares
(Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars
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Eris
(Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares
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Thanatos
(Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx
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Nyx
(Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox
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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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Boreas
(Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind
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Ate
goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
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Pallas Athena
(Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva
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Chaos
(Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe
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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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Dionysus
(Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus
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Doris
(Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids
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Erebus
(Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day
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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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Hebe
(Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring; wife of Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the Olympian gods
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Helios
(Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun; drove his chariot across the sky each day; identified with Roman Sol
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Hecate
(Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches
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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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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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Hermaphroditus
(Greek mythology) son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
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Hygeia
(Greek mythology) the goddess of health; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Panacea
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Panacea
(Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia
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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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Hestia
(Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta
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Hymen
(Greek mythology) the god of marriage
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Minos
son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld
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Ariadne
beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; she fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth
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Clotho
the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life
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Lachesis
the Greek goddess of fate who determines the length of the thread of life
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Atropos
the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life
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Momos
god of blame and mockery
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Nemesis
(Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance
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Nereus
(Greek mythology) a sea god son of Pontus and Gaea; lived in the depths of the sea with his wife Doris and their daughters the Nereids
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Nike
(Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria
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Ouranos
(Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology
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goat god
(Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus
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Pasiphae
(Greek mythology) daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne
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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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Proteus
(Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will
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Persephone
(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina
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Phaethon
(Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth
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Aidoneus
(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
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Pythoness
(Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
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Selene
(Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna
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Eos
(Greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of Hyperion; identified with Roman Aurora
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Titan
(Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)
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Titaness
(Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology
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Triton
(Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon
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Tyche
(Greek mythology) the goddess of fortune; identified with Roman Fortuna
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Zephyr
(Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind
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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