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Hermes

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Thieves and liars

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Hades in Latin

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Dis

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Roman Form of Hades

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Pluto

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Other names for Hades

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Polydegmon - receiver of many

Polyxenos - host of many

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Hades Attributes

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Horn of Plenty
Drinking horn
Keys
Scepter
Helmet of Invisibility
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Kykeon

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Barley Water

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Telesterion

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“The place where it happens” Eluseus

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Mystes

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Person that is closed, eyes and mouth

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Good goddesess?

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Euphenism, really really bad

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Mother goddesses?

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Gaea, Athena, Aphrodite, Rhea, Hera, Demeter, Artemis, Leto, Cybele

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Fertility and Death

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Circle of Life

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Whose Priests castrate themselves?

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Cybele, Galle

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Adonis

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Fights with a wild boa and dies of castration
Falls in love with Aphrodite
Son of (Myrrha + her father)

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Dionysus

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Latin: Liber
Alternate Name: Bacchus
Out of (Semele + Zeus)
Born out of Zeus leg because he burned her up

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Other name for Dionysus

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"he of the trees"
"the twice born"
"lord of the cries"
"roarer"
"he who eats raw meat"
"destroyer of men"
"god of joy"
"giver of riches"
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Dionysus Attributes

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grapes/Vines
Thyrsus
Phallus
Bull Horns
Mirror
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Place Dionysus is worshiped

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Everywhere, Thebes,

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Enthusiasm

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“when a god is inside you”

intoxication

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Ecstasis

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Ecstasy

“when you are standing outside yourself”

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Lysis

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freedom, deliverance

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Lysius theos

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the god who delivers from sin

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sparagmus

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shredding

torn limb from limb

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Omophagia

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Eating raw flesh

wild animals

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Curly Haired Female head on a males body

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Depictions of Dionysus

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Viticulture
The art of wine making
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thin Ego boundaries
loss of self in others, gender confusion, shades of grey, dionysus
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Thick ego boundaries
guarded sense of self, strong sense of gender, black and white, Apollo
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Bacchant
Male follower of Dionysus
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Bacchante
Female preitess of Dionysus
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Selenoi
Fat old horse men, flat nose, drunk
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Satyr
Goat man of pure lust
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Maenads
Females of violence and insanity
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Ariadne
Rescued by Dionysus from a beach where Theseus dumped her. they get together
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Dolphins
Were pirates before they tried to kidnap Dionysus
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Daughter of Minyades
Refused to party so Dionysus turns them into bats
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Proymnos
Shepard who shows Dionysus how to get into Hades, promise fulfilled with Phallus
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Entrance to the Underworld
Underground, through lakes, continuing to the west
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Psychopomp
``` Leads souls to the underworld Hermes Charun Vanth Charon ```
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Souls look like
dark faeries
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Acheron
River in the underworld | Woe, Charon
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Styx
River in the underworld | Unbreakable Oaths
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Phlegethon
River in the underworld | Burning
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Lethe
River in the underworld | Oblivion, forgetfulness
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Cocytus
River in the underworld | Lamentation
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Eidolon
Idol, image
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Psyche
Soul, dark faery things
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Eleusinian Mystery Cult
Persephone + Demeter
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Myein
close
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Mystes
Initiate
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Mysteria
Secrets
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Hierophant
Speaker of holy things
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Requirements for initiation
Willingness, Ability to speak Greek, No miasma from murder
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Triptolemus
Rides a Dragon-Chariot, traveled the world to teach about growing grain
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Cybele
Latin: Magna Mater
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Agdistics
Phallus, monster who has sex with everything, falls in love with Attis (grandson through chopped off testicles)
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Pomegranate tree
The penis that was cut off of Agdistics
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Attis
Testicles that came out of the pomegranate tree and Nana | Almost married the daughter of Midas, accept everyone committed suicide at the wedding
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Almond Tree
Springs up from the corpses of Midas daughter and Attis after the suicide/wedding
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Hestia
Latin:Vesta Never leaves home, just sits by the fire goddess of heart
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Hestias Attributes
Sometimes holding a flower, sitting at home
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Demeter
Latin: Ceres Grain goddess Out of (Rhea + Cronus)
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Demeter Attributes
Cornucopia Grain Poppy (Opium, Relief from death)
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Place Demeter is worshipped
Eleusis (Athens)
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Artemis
Latin: Diana Minoan: Britomartis The hunt, virgin goddesss Out of (Leto + Zeus)
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Artemis Attributes
Bows and Arrows, Animals, Parthenoi, Hunting
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Place Artemis is worshipped
Ephesus, Crete, Boetia,
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Herostratus
Idiot who burned down Artemis temple to gain fame
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How Artemis was pictured
Many breasts, animals, Turkish crown, Bows
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Acteon
Saw Artemis bathing and was torn apart by his own hunting dogs
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Callisto
Tricked into sleeping with Zeus, turns into Ursa major
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Archis
Son of Callisto, turns into Ursa minor
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Athena
``` Latin:Minerva Glaukopis the grey eyed Nike - Vicotry Soteria - Savioress Helping men do things cunning, strategic warfare, killing your enemies ```
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Athenas attributes
Aegis - shield Owl Weaving Holds nike with wings
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Place Athena is worshipped
Athens - Pathenon with Chryselephantine statue
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Aphrodite
Latin: Venus Pandemos-Of all the People Ourania - Heavenly
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Aphrodites Attributes
Nudity Born of the sea erotes/Cupids Her shoes
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Places Aphrodites was worshipped
Cythera, Cyprus, Corinth | Temples with sacred prostitutes
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Pygmalion
Saw how prostitutes were cursed by Aphrodite, created a woman and she blessed her with life, he fell in love with a statue Adonis comes out of this line
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Aneas
A shepard Zeus drives Aphrodites crazy in lust over, he is truck with lameness in his legs
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Arachne
Told Athena she was a better weaver, became a spider
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Poseidon
Latin: Neptune enosicthon - earthsahker Sea God (originally earth)
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Attributes of Poseidon
Horses, Trident,
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Places where Poseidon is worshipped
Corinth and Athens bc major navel empires
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Persephone
``` Pomegrantate, Elusinian Mystery torch Out of (Demeter + Zeus) ```
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Hera
boopis - cow eyed | Latin: Juno
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Places where Hera is worshipped
Argos, Samos
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Attributes of Hera
Scepter Cuckoo Throne
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Ares
Latin: Mars god of blind rage in battle, loses wars Out of (Hera + Zeus)
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Eris
``` strife Out of (Hera + Zeus) ```
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Hebe
``` Daughter Hera wants to be cupbearer to Zeus instead of a little boy Out of (Hera + Zeus) ```
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Eileithyia
goddess of childbirth (there are lots of them Out of (Hera + Zeus)
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Zeus
``` Latin: Juppiter Aegis-bearer cloud gatherer Xenia - hostpitality dike - justice (also has a daughter justice) born on crete ```
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Attributes of Zeus
Eagle | Lightning
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Places Zeus is worshipped
Olympia, Dodona, doric cult areas | Places where they see the future while listening to wind rustle through trees
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Apollo
``` Latin: Apollo Farshooting drinking parties (symposium) medicine healing aristocracy poetry oracles ```
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Attributes of Apollo
Lyre, Bow, stringed things, tripod, laurel branch
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Places Apollo is worshipped
Delphi, Delos
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kaloi k'agathoi
the good and the beautiful
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kakoi
the bad
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khrestoi
useful, honest people
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poneroi
useless, burdensome
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Omphalos
That rock Zeus through from the center of the world that landed in Delphi
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Pythia
Priestess in Delphi
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Daphne
Cupids arrow made Apollo fall in love with Daphne, her father turned her into a laurel tree, Apollo carried a laurel tree around with him everywhere
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Hyacinthus
gets hit in the head by a discus with Apollo, turns into a Hyacinth
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Thamyris
bets against the muses, loses
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Who is the muse leader?
Apollo
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Muses are assigned specific concerns...
in the Hellenistic era
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Callipoe
Muse of epic poetry, seen with tablets, other muse attributes Mother of Orpheus the leader
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Clio
Muse of History Attributes: scrolls, books, tablets, tall horn, the mother of philosophers
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Erato
muse of lyric poetry | Attributes: Eros, cithara, tablets
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Melpomene
Muse of tragedy | Attribute: tragic mask
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Terpsichore
Muse of Dance | Attribute: Lyre
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Polyhymnia
Muse of hymns (agriculture?) | Attribute: veil, cape, shawl
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Euterpe
Muse of music, song ans elegiac poetry (love and death) | Attribute: double flute aulos
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Thalia
Muse of comedy | Attribute: Ivy, comic mask, nudity, smile
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Urania
Muse of astonomy Attribute: globe, compass, star crown, halo oldest, may have had children with Apollo
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Coronis
Apollo falls in love with her, she cheats, he sends Artemis to kill her, feels bad later. Her kid is Asclepius
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Asclepius
medicine god has rod with one snake for healing Out of (Apollo + Coronis)
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Hermes
``` Latin: Mercurius God of the Stone Heap thieves and liars argos slayer soul conductor messenger Out of (Zeus + Maia) ```
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Attributes of Hermes
petasos - hat with brim to hide eyes winged hat or sandals caduceus - staff with 2 snake having sex
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Place where Hermes is worshipped
Mt. Kyllene aka cowboy land
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Hypnos and Thanatos
Brothers - Sleep and death
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Hermaphrodiths
Out of (hermes + Aphrodite)
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Pan
Latin: Faunus goat man, fertility and flocks Out of Hermes
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Odysseus
Out of Anticlea, Out of Aurolycus, Out of Hermes
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Attributes of Pan
Syrinx - Pan Pipes
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Hephaestus
Latin: Vulcan Amphigueeis - Lame Kullopodian - Crooked Foot Polytechnes - of much art
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Attributes of Hepheastus
Hammer tongs, cup , backwards feet
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Place where Hephaestus is worshipped
Lemnos
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Ares
``` Latin: Mars Brotoloigos - Murderer Enyalios - Enyos Blind rage, stupid wounded in the illiad Out of (Hera + Zeus) ```
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Phobos
Panic | Out of Aphrodite + Ares
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Deimos
Fear | Out of Aphrodite + Ares
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Harmonia
Harmony Out of Aphrodite + Ares Gets a necklace from Hephaestus

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