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

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1 Lesser Gods

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

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4 Daughter of Zeus and Hera

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

6 Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne Their job was to inspire artists

7 Splendor, Mirth, and Good Cheer

8 Goddess of justice and law.

9 Goddess of Divine Justice and Anger

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

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12 Hades – God of the Underworld Persephone – Spring Maiden

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

14 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.

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

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

17 Judges: Rhadamanthus, Minos, Aeacus

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

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