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By Mary Reynolds and Benny Cockrill.  God of Love  Often appeared as a winged infant carrying a bow and sheath arrow  Wounds inspired love or passion.

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1 By Mary Reynolds and Benny Cockrill

2  God of Love  Often appeared as a winged infant carrying a bow and sheath arrow  Wounds inspired love or passion in each victim  “Matchmaker”  He is the embodiment of Valentine’s Day  Said to be first in everything

3  Parents: Aphrodite and Ares  Spouse/ Lover: Psyche  Siblings: Harmonia, Anteros, Himeros, Phobos, Adrestia and Deimos  Children: Voluptus  Symbols: Bow and Arrows, Candy, Love, Hearts, Kisses, Wings, Blindfold  Power: To cause love  Weakness: Easily falls into other peoples games  Identification: Fair, very handsome  Important Events: Valentine’s Day, caused himself to fall in love with Psyche

4  In the beginning was a mortal  Was the most beautiful woman in the world  Was made immortal so that her and Cupid could play together forever  Many treated her like a goddess because of her beauty  She was so beautiful that no one dared to propose to her  Lived in the woods looking for her lover  Never got to see her lover and once she found out that he was a god, she went to the temples and made sacrifices to figure out who he was  Aphrodite spoke up and revealed that Psyche’s lover was no other than her son, Cupid  Turned into the Goddess of Soul

5  Parents: King  Spouse/ Lover: Cupid  Siblings: Malia and Seren  Children: Voluptus  Symbol: Butterfly  Power: Power of Divine  Weakness: Believed the lies of Aphrodite  Identification: Most beautiful mortal  Important Events: Married Cupid, and became immortal

6  Goddess of Love and Beauty  Gets jealous of other women  Honored as a goddess of war  One of the major goddesses/gods there is  Big part in the Trojan War  Rather weak and frightful  Widely worshipped as a goddess

7  Parents: Zeus and Dione, but later said to have arisen from sea foam  Spouse: Hephaestus, but Ares was her secret lover  Siblings: Apollo, Ares, Hermes, Dionysus, Athena, and Hephaestus  Children: Cupid, Himeros, Pothos, Phobos, Deimos, Armonia, and the Nymph Rhode  Symbol: Girdle, Seashell, Mirror, Doves  Power: Potent sexual attractiveness, dazzling beauty  Weakness: Conceited  Identification: Most beautiful goddess  Important Events: Wounded by a mortal in the Trojan War, Marriage to Hephaestus

8  They were 3: Aglaia (Splendor), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thailia (Good Cheer)  Sometimes thought of as a whole instead of separate people

9  Parents: Zeus and Eurynome  Spouse: Aglaia- Hephaestus  Siblings: Each other  Children: None  Symbol: Triple incarnation of grace and beauty  Power: Good dancers, “Give life its bloom”, bring beauty to the world  Weaknesses: None  Identification: Three goddesses of charm and beauty  Important Events: Gods’ entertainment at banquets

10  God of Fire  Was ugly and lame  Was cast out of heaven because of his appearance  Also the God of Ceremony  Very kind and peace-loving

11  Parents: Zeus and Hera  Spouse: Aglaia/ Aphrodite  Siblings: Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Hermes, Dionysus and Athena  Children: Cupid, Himeros, Pothos, Phobos, Deimos, Armonia, and the nymph, Rhode  Symbol: Hammer and anvil  Power: Fire and being a great craftsman  Weaknesses: Has to walk with a walker because he broke his legs after being thrown off of Mt. Olympus  Identification: A large, lame, and ugly man carrying a hammer and working on a forge  Important Events: When he was kicked out of Mt. Olympus

12  Collection, Animal. "Butterfly and flower pictures." 192502010-2011. n.pag. free great picture. Web. 9 Dec 2013..  Encyclopedia Britannica, The Editors of. "Aphrodite." Greek Mythology (2013): n.pag. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 23 Nov 2013..  Encyclopedia Britannica, The Editors of. "Cupid." Greek Mythology (2013): n.pag. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 23 Nov 2013..  Encyclopedia Britannica, The Editors of. "Grace." Greek Mythology (2013): n.pag. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 23 Nov 2013..  Encyclopedia Britannica, The Editors of. "Hephaestus."Greek Mythology (2013): n.pag. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 23 Nov 2013..  Encyclopedia Britannica, The Editors of. "Psyche." Greek Mythology (2013): n.pag. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 23 Nov 2013..

13  For Students, Projects By Students. "Other Immortals of Greece." Graces (2013): n.pag. Oracle ThinkQuest. Web. 9 Dec 2013..  Photography, Rosauro. "Hammer and Anvil." Tools (2013): n.pag. Rosauro Photography. Web. 9 Dec 2013..  morrisonist,. "Is Owning Bows and Arrows Racist?." No, cupid uses one...Yes, you might hit someone(2011): n.pag. SodaHead. Web. 8 Dec 2013..  Solutions, Vivid. "Animals." Doves Pictures (2013): n.pag.Wallpapers Arena. Web. 9 Dec 2013..


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