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Epithets of gods Flashcards

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Acraea

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  • goddess whose temple was fixed upon a hill
  • Aphrodite
  • Artemis
  • Athena
  • Hera
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Alma Mater

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  • nourishing mother

- Aphrodite

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Amathusia/Amathentia

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  • Amathus, Cyprus (ancient seats of her worship)

- Aphrodite

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Ambologera

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  • delaying old age

- Aphrodite

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Antheia

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  • attendant of Aphrodite
  • flower/blossom
  • Hera
  • Aphrodite
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___ of the Gardens

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  • patronage over vegetation and garden fertility

- Aphrodite

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Chryse

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  • golden
  • Athena
  • Aphrodite
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Despoina

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  • Aphrodite
  • Demeter
  • Hecate
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Kourotrophos

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  • child nurturer
  • Aphrodite
  • Apollo
  • Artemis
  • Athena
  • Hermes
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Pandemos

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-for all the people

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Urania

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  • the heavenly Aphrodite

- Aphrodite

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Abaeus

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  • Abae, Phocis (rich temple of Apollo renowned for its oracles)
  • Apollo
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Acesius

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  • healing

- Apollo

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Acestor

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  • healer/averter of evil

- Apollo

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Acraephiaeus

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  • Acraephian

- Apollo

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Actiacus

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  • Actian

- Apollo

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Aegletes

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  • light of the sun

- Apollo

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Clarius

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  • allotted lot

- Apollo

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Coelispex

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  • sky/to look at

- Apollo

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Culicarius

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  • of midgets

- Apollo

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Cynthius

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  • Cynthian

- Apollo

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Cynthogenes

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  • born of Cynthus

- Apollo

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Agetor

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  • Leader
  • Apollo
  • leader (because he lead souls to the underworld)
  • Hermes
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Agonius

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  • helper in struggles or contests/protectors of soldiers
  • Apollo
  • presides over all solemn contests
  • Hermes
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Agraeus

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  • the hunter/after he killed the Kithairon lion

- Apollo

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Agyieus

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  • protector of the streets, public places, and the entrances to homes
  • Apollo
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Alexicacus

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  • averter of evil
  • Apollo
  • Heracles
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Amazonius

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  • the Amazons found his temple at Pyrrhichus in Laconia

- Apollo

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Aphetor/Aphetorus

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  • to let loose

- Apollo

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Aplu

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  • of the plague (bring or protecting from it)

- Apollo

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Musagetes

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  • leader

- Apollo

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Apotropaeus

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  • to avert

- Apollo

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Archegetes

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  • founder

- Apollo

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Argyrotoxus

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  • with silver bow

- Apollo

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Articenes

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  • bow-carrying

- Apollo

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Averruncus

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  • to avert

- Apollo

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Delius

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  • Delian/of Delos

- Apollo

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Delphinus

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  • Delphic (because of his oracle at Delphi)

- Apollo

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Didymaeus

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  • twin (Artemis was his twin)

- Apollo

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Epicurius

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  • to aid

- Apollo

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Galaxius

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  • synonymous to Ismenius

- Apollo

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Genetor

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  • ancestor

- Apollo

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Hecaergus

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  • far-shooting

- Apollo

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Hecebolus

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  • far-shooting

- Apollo

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Helius

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  • sun (he was mistaken as the sun god)

- Apollo

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Iatromantis

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  • physician/prophet

- Apollo

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Iatrus

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  • physician

- Apollo

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Ismenius

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  • of Ismenus (the son of Amphion and Niobe, whom he killed with an arrow)
  • Apollo
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Leschenorius

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  • converser

- Apollo

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Leucadius

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-Apollo

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Loxias

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  • to say/amibuous

- Apollo

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Lycegenes

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  • born of a wolf/born of Lycia

- Apollo

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Lyceus

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Apollo

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Lycoctonus

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  • wolf/to kill

- Apollo

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Manticus

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  • prophetic

- Apollo

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Medicus

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  • physician (temple was dedicated to Medicus in Rome)

- Apollo

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Nomius

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  • pastoral

- Apollo

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Nymphegetes

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  • leader

- Apollo

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Paean

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  • to touch
  • Apollo
  • Asclepius
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Parnopius

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  • locust

- Apollo

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Patrous

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Apollo

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Phanaeus

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  • giving of bringing light

- Apollo

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Ptoion

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  • a mountain chain (an oracle of his was there)

- Apollo

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Pythius

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  • an area around Delphi and he killed the Python

- Apollo

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Smintheus

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  • of mouses or the bringer and healer of plague in the Iliad

- Apollo

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Sosianus

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  • Gaius Sosius rebuilt the temple dedicated to Medicus

- Apollo

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Enyalius

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Gynaecothoenas

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  • the god feasted by women

- Ares

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Agoraea

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  • protector of the assemblies of the people in the agora
  • Artemis
  • Athena
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Agraea

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  • the hunter

- Artemis

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Agrotera

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  • the huntress (the most important goddess to the Attic hunters)
  • Artemis
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Alpaea

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  • derived from the river god Alpheius who was in love with her
  • Artemis
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Orthia

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  • there was a sanctuary in Sparta for Artemis Orthia

- Artemis

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Boibe

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  • a dialectal form of Phoibe another epithet

- Artemis

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Caryatis

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Daduchos

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  • torch-bearer
  • Artemis
  • Demeter
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Delia

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  • comes from Artemis’ birthplace Delos

- Artemis

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Limnaea

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  • inhabiting or born in a lake/marsh

- Artemis

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Parthenos

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  • virgin/maiden
  • Artemis
  • Athena
  • Hera
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Phoebe

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Tauropolos

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Kauos

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  • location in Arcadia

- Asclepius

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Soter

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  • saviour
  • Asclepius
  • Poseidon
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Ageleia

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  • leading/spoils

- Athena

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Alcimache

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Pallas

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Alalcomeneis

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  • powerful defender (there is a temple near the town of Alalcomenae)
  • Athena
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Alea

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Ambulia

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  • delayer of death

- Athena

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Alkidemos

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  • defender of the people

- Athena

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Budeia

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  • oxen-yoker

- Athena

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Hellotia

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Itonia

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  • derived from the town Phthiotis

- Athena

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Phrygia

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Promachos

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  • who fights in the front line

- Athena

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Amphictyonis

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  • goddess of wine and friendship between nations

- Demeter

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Chthonia

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  • of the earth

- Demeter

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Epipole

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Thesmophoria

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  • laws by which the land must work the land

- Demeter

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Aesymnetes

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  • lord/ruler

- Dionysus

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Agrionius

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  • fierce

- Dionysus

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Antheus

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Bromius

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  • noisy,roaring, and boisterous

- Dionysus

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Chthonius

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  • of the earth or underworld
  • Dionysus
  • of the earth of underworld
  • Hermes
  • of the underworld
  • Hades
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Dendrite

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  • tree

- Dionysus

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Dithyrambos

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Eleutherios

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  • the liberator

- Dionysus

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Enorches

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Iacchus

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Limnaeus

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  • inhabiting of born in a lake or marsh

- Dionysus

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Pseudanor

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  • false man

- Dionysus

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Thriambus

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Agesilaus

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Aidoneus

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Megistos

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  • great

- Helios

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Panoptes

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  • the all seeing

- Helios

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Terpsimbrotos

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  • gladdens mortals

- Helios

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Aetnaeus

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  • dealing with Mt. Aetna

- Hephaestus

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Aegophagus

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Alexandros

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  • defender of men

- Hera

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Ammonia

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Bounos

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  • this man built a temple to Hera

- Hera

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Henioche

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  • charioteer

- Hera

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Buphagus

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  • bull/cattle eater

- Heracles

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Charops

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  • bright-eyed

- Heracles

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Kynagidas

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  • the huntsman

- Heracles

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Patroos

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  • ancestor

- Heracles

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Makistios

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  • tallest/greatest

- Heracles

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Promachus

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  • the champion

- Heracles at Thebes

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Agoraeus

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  • protector of the assemblies of the people in the agora
  • Hermes
  • watcher over the agora and traders
  • Zeus
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Argeiphontes

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  • Argus slayer (because he killed Argus while he was protecting Io)
  • Hermes
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Trismegistus

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  • thrice-greatest

- Hermes

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Kriophoros

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  • ram-bearer

- Hermes

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Leucus

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  • white

- Hermes

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Socus

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  • strong/whole/safe

- Hermes

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Olympios

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  • king of Olympus

- Zeus

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Panhellenios

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  • of all the Hellenes

- Zeus

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Xenios

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  • patron of hospitality and guests

- Zeus

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Philoxenon

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  • patron of hospitality and guests

- Zeus

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Hospites

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  • patron of hospitality and guests

- Zeus

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Horkios

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  • keeper of oaths

- Zeus

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Aegiduchos

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  • bearer of the Aegis

- Zeus

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Aegiochos

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  • bearer of the Aegis

- Zeus

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Meilichios

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  • easy to be entreated

- Zeus

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Tallaios

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  • solar

- Zeus in Crete

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Labrandos

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Naos

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Bouleus

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Georgos

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  • earth worker/farmer

- Zeus

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Kasios

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Ithomatas

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Astrapios

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  • lightninger

- Zeus

153
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Brontios

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  • thunderer

- Zeus

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Diktaios

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