Lesser Gods. Two Arrows: Attract and Repel Sometimes said to be son of Aphrodite English words from Eros: erotic.

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Lesser Gods

Two Arrows: Attract and Repel Sometimes said to be son of Aphrodite English words from Eros: erotic

Daughter of Zeus and Hera

Goddess of the rainbow, the messenger of the Olympian gods. She was often represented as the handmaiden and personal messenger of HeraHera

Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne Their job was to inspire artists

Splendor, Mirth, and Good Cheer

Goddess of justice and law.

Goddess of Divine Justice and Anger

Clothos – spindle, spins the thread of life Lachias – globe, determines the length Atropos – scissors, cuts the thread

Hades – God of the Underworld Persephone – Spring Maiden

Styx – Unbreakable Oath Lethe- Forgetfulness Cocytus-Wailing Acheron-Pain Plegethon-Fire

Ferryman of the dead. Only accepts the dead which are buried or burned with the proper rites, and if they pay him an obolus (coin) for their passage. For that reason a corpse had always an obolus placed under the tongue.

Erebus – first region Tartarus-deeper region where punishment takes place Elysian Fields-blessed souls

Cerberus Somnus (Sleep) Thanatos (Death) Morpheus (Change)

Judges: Rhadamanthus, Minos, Aeacus

Furies – punish sinners Dreams – Two Gates: Horn – considered true dreams Ivory – considered false dreams