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The Gods Roman and Greek Flashcards

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Pantheon

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A term used to speak of all the gods collectively

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Iconography

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The symbols attached to a particular character when represented in an image

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Anthropomorphism

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Giving human form of atributes to something that is otherwise not human

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Epithet

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An adjectival word or phrase regularly added to a name to denote a personal or physical quality

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Chthonic

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Relating to the gods that were connected with the earth and the underworld

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Cornucopia

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A horn shell that contained an endless supply of food and drink

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Diadem

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A crown often associated with gods or kings

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Aegis

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The breastplate or shield of Athena that contained an image of a gorgon in the centre

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Acropolis

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The highest point in a Greek city usually reserved for religious buildings

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Caduceus

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A traveller’s staff

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Thyrsus

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A staff associated with the god Dionysus, which was tipped with a pine cone; it could also be interwined with ivy

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Maenads

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Female followers of Dionysus

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Seer

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a person who is reputed to be able to see the future

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Etruscans

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it is believed that they inhabited Italy from at least the ninth/eight century BC.
Well established by Rome’s founding

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Hellenes

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a collective name for the Greeks

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Magna Graecia

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‘Great Greece’, the term used to describe the region of southern Italy and Sicily where there were many independent Greek cities

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Sarcophagus (pl. Sarcophagi)

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a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture and inscriptions

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Plebeians

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the lowest social class of Romans, making up the majority of the Roman populatoin

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Cerealia

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a major festival in honour of Ceres held in Rome every year between 12th and 19th April

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Vulcanalia

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A festival held in Rome each year on 23rd August in honour of the god vulcan

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Actium

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port on the west coast of Greece, it is now called Preveza

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Votive

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an offering to the gods

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Lararium

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a small shrine to the household gods (Lares) that was found in Roman homes

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Bacchanalia

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A Roman festival in honour of Bacchus

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Hydra

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a many-headed serpent monster

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hind

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a deer

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Pithos (pl. pithoi)

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a large clay storage jar

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Pisa

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a town near Olympia in the Greek Peloponnese

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Linchpin (pl. linchpins)

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a fastener used to stop a wheel from coming off its axis

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Pediment

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triangular area at the top of each end of a temple, which could contain a sculpture

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metope (pl. metopes)

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square decorative spaces that ran around a Doric temple and could contain sculpture

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Tiber

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the main river running through Rome

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Pallas

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A Giant who fought against the gods, not to be confused with Evander;s son, also called Pallas, or with Athene when called Pallas Athene

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Centaur

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a mythical creature with the upper body of a man and the lower body of a horse

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pyre

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a funderal mound made of wood on which to cremate a body

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Semi-engaged column

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a supporting column that is embedded in a wall, half protruding from it

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Pax deorum

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the peace of the gods

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Pontifex (pl. pontifices)

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a Roman priest in charge of protecting temples, regulating religious law and overseeing the religious calendar

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Pontifex Maximus

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the head of the pontiffs, the greatest pontiff. The post was orgininally elected from the pontifices, but during the empire it was always held by the Emperor.

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Vestal (pl. vestals)

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female priests in charge of the cult of the goddess Vesta

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Mola salsa

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a mix of salt and flour made by the by the Vestal Virgins in Rome and sprinkled on the heads of sacrificial victimes

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Haruspex (pl. haruspices)

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a Roman priest who read omens from entrails

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augur

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A priest who read omens from the behavior of animals and direction of thunder. The taking of augers was commonly before a battle, marriage, or business transaction

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Lituus

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staff used by a Roman auger

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Popa

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an official at a Roman sacrifice who struck the scrificial animal with a wooden rod to stun it

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Cultrarius (Roman)

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an official at a sacrifice who slit the throat of the sacrificial animal

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Rotunda

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a round Roman building, especially one with a dome

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Oculus

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a circular opening at the top of a dome

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The Lapith

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a mythical race of men based in Thessaly, Northern Greece

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Centauromachy

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a mythical battle between the centaurs and Lapiths

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kylix

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a drinking cup

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attica

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the region around Athens in south eastern Greece

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patronage

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the provision of help and support

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lot

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The random drawing of a name from a pot.
English idiom: “that’s your lot!”

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Gaul

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a Roman province to the west of the Alps encompassing much of modern-day France and northern Italy

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Public penates

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sacred objects dedicated to the city

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Pietas

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the most important heroic quality in the Aeneid, a Roman virtue that means ‘sense of duty’ and applies to a man’s duty towards his family, gods, and city
ENGLISH- “piety”

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panathenaia

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an annual Athenian festival celebrating Athena’s birthday

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Great Panathenaia

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an Athenian festival to Athena that took place every four years and contained more athletic and literary competitions that the annual Panathenaia

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rhapsode (pl. rhapsodes)

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someone who recites epic poetry at a festival competition

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panathenaic amphora (pl amphorae)

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storage jars containing olive oil given as prizes at the Great Panathenaia

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apobates

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in Greek means dismounter – a chariot race in which the rider would dismount and remount his chariot while driving

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peplos

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a Greek dress

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Eleutherae

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a town on the northern border of Attica

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eponymous archon

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an Athenian magistrate elected for one year (eponymous meaning that the civil year was named after him)

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choregos

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chorus director – the financial backer of a set of plays at the City Dionysia in Athens

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dithyramb

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a choral dance in honour of the god Dionysus

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pompe

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a grand procession

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komos

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meaning revel – a party that took place in the streets in honour of the god Dionysus

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libation

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a drink offering poured in honour of the gods

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theoric fund

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a supply of money that was used to pay for the poor to attend the theatre in ancient Athens

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lupercus

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a roman god of fertility and purification

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luperci

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a priest of Lupercus

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noble

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a member of the upper class in Rome

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Lupercal

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the cave in the Palatine Hill of Rome where the Lercallia took place

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Amazons

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a mythical race of women from Asia Minor

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Asia Minor

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the western two thirds of modern Turkey

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Amazonomachy

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mythic battle between the Greeks and Amazons

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consul

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the most important public official in Rome after the emperor; two consuls were elected annually

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Hispania

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a Roman province covering the area of Spain

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Hiera and religio

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Ancients did not have a word for religion
Greeks used hiera ‘holy affairs’
Romans used religio ‘the correct worship of the gods’

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prothesis

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during the preparation of the body in Greece, the deceased were laid out for two days to receive mourners

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lament

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a passionate expression of grief or sorrow

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ekphora

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the funeral procession in Greece

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Kerameikos

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an area of Athens that included the main burial ground outside the city

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stele (pl. stelai)

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stone slabs often with carvings commonly used as tombstones

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Anthesteria

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3 day Greek festival to Dionysus and the dead
Late January, early Febuary

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Genesia

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A Greek festival to the dead ancestors celebrated in late September

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funeral club

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a social club set up to support the less wealthy members of Roman society

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Atrium

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main room of the Roman domus where the family received friends and clients

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funerary mask

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a mask made by placing wax on the deceased face to take their image. When it was dry, it was taken off and stored in the family shrine

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Manes

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Meaning ‘the deified ancestors’ were the spirits of the dead in the Roman World

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oral tradition

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the passing on of information by word of mouth

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Muse

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nine sister goddesses who presided over various arts

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taenarus

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the traditional entrance to the underworld in the south of the Peloponnese

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