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Mythology Ch. 5
Test 1
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Undergraduate 2
09/23/2010

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Hestia
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fireplace: goddess of the hearth and its fire. virgin goddess who turns down advances by Apollo and Poseidon. first born of Cronus and Rhea
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Hera
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Zeus' wife "ox eyed & white-armed"
A jealous goddess (Zeus slept around)
marriage (veil, crown), childbirth,women
peacock is associated
Argos was her center of worship
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Eileithyia
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goddess of childbirth
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Hebe
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goddess of youthful bloom. cupbearer of the gods
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Hephaestus
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artisan god. god of creative fire, technology, forging, fire. crafter god. a smith. crafts Achilles' shield, golden women assistants, chains. married to Aphrodite, who cheats on him w/ Ares
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Muses
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(Zeus + Mnemosyne) patronesses of literature, the arts, indpiration
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Fates
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(Zeus + Themis) 3 of them. Clotho (Spinner), Lachesis (Apportioner), Atropos (Cutter)
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Ganymede
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Trojan prince, son of Tros, taken by Zeus who was infatuated with him. he became the cupbearer of the gods.
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