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Roman Deities Flashcards

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Goddess of the harvest and mother of Proserpina, equated with the Greek Demeter

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Ceres

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King of the gods, god of lightning and the sky, equated with the Greek Zeus

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Jupiter

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Goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industries and trade, equated with the Greek Athena

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Minerva

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God of poetry, music, and oracles, and one of the Dii Consentes

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Apollo

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Goddess of crossroads and magic, equated with the Greek Hecate

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Trivia

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Goddess of flowers and spring, equated with the Greek Chloris

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Flora

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Goddess of love and beauty, mother of Aeneas, equated with the Greek Aphrodite

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Venus

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Goddess of the hunt, the moon, virginity, and childbirth, twin sister of Apollo, equated with the Greek Artemis

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Diana

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Goddess of war, daughter of Jupiter and Juno, consort of Ares, main attribute was her military helmet, equated with the Greek Enyo

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Bellona

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God of strength who worship was derived from a Greek demigod

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Hercules

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God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, equated with the Greek Poseidon

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Neptune

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Messenger of the gods and bearer of souls to the underworth, equated with the Greek Hermes

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Mercury

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God of the forge, equated with the Greek Hephaestus

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Vulcan

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Goddess of hope, equated with the Greek Elpis but more significant

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Spes

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Ruler of the dead, equated with the Greek Hades

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Pluto

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Goddess of agreement, understanding, and marital harmony, equated with the Greek Harmonia

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Concordia

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God of trust, honesty, and oaths

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Sancus

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Goddess of fruit trees, gardens, and orchards

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Pomona

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Household gods

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Lares

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Goddess of truth, equated with the Greek Aletheia

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Veritas

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God of the harvest and agriculture, father of Zeus, equated with the Greek Cronus

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Saturn

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The malevolent dead

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Lemures

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Goddess of seawater, consort of Neptune, equated with the Greek Amphitrite

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Salacia

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God of the morning star, the Latin name for the planet Venus

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Lucifer

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God of wine, sensual pleasures, and truth, originally a cult title for the Greek Dionysus and identified with the Roman Liber

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Bacchus

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Queen of the gods and goddess of matrimony, equated with the Greek Hera

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Juno

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God of sleep, equated with the Greek Hypnos

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Somnus

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Goddess of the moon, equated with the Greek Selene

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Luna

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Double-faced or two-headed god of beginnings and endings and doorways

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Janus

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Personification of strife, equated with the Greek Eris

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Discordia

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God of love, the son of Venus, equated with the Greek Eros

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Cupid

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Goddess of peace, equated with the Greek Eirene

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Pax

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Goddess of earth and fertility, consort of Saturn, equated with Rhea

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Ops

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Goddess of youth, equated with the Greek Hebe

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Juventas

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Goddess of the hearth, the Roman state, and the sacred fire, equated with the Greek Hestia

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Vesta

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Persian god worshiped in the Roman Empire, popular with soldiers

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Mithras

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Goddess of safety and the welfare, health and prosperity of both the individual and the state

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Salus

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Horned god of the forests, plains and fields, equated with the Greek Pan

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Faunus

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Goddess of victory, equated with the Greek Nike

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Victoria

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Personification of luck, equated with the Greek Tyche

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Fortuna

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Goddess of the dawn, equated with the Greek Eos

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Aurora

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God who protected boundary markers, his name was the Latin word for such a marker

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Terminus

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Personification of death, equated with the Greek Thanatos

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Mors

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Queen of the dead and a grain goddess, equated with the Greek Persephone

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Proserpina

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God of war and father of Romulus, equated with the Greek Ares

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Mars

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