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Minor Gods Flashcards

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Achelous

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The river god of the eponymous river

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Adonis

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God of beauty and desire

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Adrestia

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Deity of revolt and equilibrium between good and evil

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Agathodaemon

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Spirit of vineyards and fields, providing luck, health and wisdom

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Aglaea

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Represents beauty, splendour and glory

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Algea

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Personifications of sorrow
Lype, personification of pain, grief and distress
Ania, personification of distress, sorrow and boredom
Achus, personification of anguish

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Alpheus

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River god of the eponymous river

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Anteros

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Represents requited love and punishing those who were not interested in love or not returning other people’s love

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Aristaeus

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Protector and creator of various arts

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Asopus

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the name given to four different river gods that protected four respective rivers in Greece

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Astraea

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Goddess of innocence

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Ate

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Goddess of mischief and ruin

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Atropos

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One of the three fates

Decided how each human died, and held the shears used to cut the thread of life

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Caerus

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Personification of opportunities and favourable moments

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Calypso

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a nymph who captured Odysseus for many years, before he finally managed to escape. She lived on the mythical island of Ogygia.

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Castalia

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A nymph that was transformed into a fountain

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Cephissus

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A river god

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Clotho

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One of the three fates
Spun the thread of life
Decided when a person would be born or killed or other important decisions

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Clytie

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An oceanid

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Daphne

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A naiad nymph

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Dike

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Goddess of justice and moral order

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Dysnomia

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Spirit of lawlessness

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Echo

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A mountain nymph. Cursed to only be able to repeat the last words that another person just said

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Eirene

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Personification of peace

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Elpis

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Personification of hope

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E deis

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Wife of king Aeacus of Aegina

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Euphrosyne

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One of the three graces

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Graeae

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Three sisters that shared one eye and one tooth among them.
Deino (dread)
Enyo (horror)
Pemphredo (alarm)

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Hermaphroditus

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Blended together with salmacis and became a creature of two sexes

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Hesperides

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Nymphs of the sunset

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Hesperus

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Personification of the evening star

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Horkos

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Personification of the curse that would befall upon any person that broke an oath they had taken.

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Hyades

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Nymphs that brought rain

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Hyades

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Archer who was killed by his prey. After his death he was transformed into the constellation Aquarius

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Hygeia

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Goddess of good health, cleanliness and hygiene.

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Iasion

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Started the rituals on the island of samothrace

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Lachesis

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One of the fates

Measures the thread of life (responsible for deciding how much life everything has)

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Lethe

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One of the five rivers of the underworld

Whoever drank from the river forgot everything

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Limos

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Goddess of starvation and famine

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Makhai

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Spirits of battle. Personifications of wrong doings or negative situations such as pain, fights, murder, lies and forgetfulness

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Melinoe

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Nymph responsible for bringing nightmares and madness

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Nephele

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Cloud nymph.

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Nilus

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God of the river Nile

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Nysiads

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Oceanid nymphs

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Oenone

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Nymph of the mountains

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Peneus

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A river god

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Pheme

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Goddess of fame

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Phosphorus

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Personification of the morning star

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Phthonus

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Personification of envy

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Ploutos

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God of wealth

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Priapus

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Minor fertility god.

Protector of livestock and fruit plants

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Pseudologoi

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Personifications of lies

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Psyche

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a mortal woman who was turned into the goddess of the soul

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Rhode

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the sea nymph and protector goddess of the island of Rhodes

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Scamander

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Personification of the eponymous river

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Syrinx

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a nymph in Greek mythology, who followed the goddess Artemis

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Telesto

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Personification of the divine blessing

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Thalia

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One of the three graces

Goddess of festivity

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Thaumas

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A sea deity

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Thetis

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A sea nymph

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Zagreus

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A minor god, usually conflated with the god of wine

Greek Mythology (12 decks)

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