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The Great Olympians
The Greek and Roman gods and goddesses
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03/25/2004

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Cupid
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Roman archer-god, son of the love goddess. He usually is popular on Valentine's Day.
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Mercury
Definition
Roman messenger of the gods. His name is also part of a car company.
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Dionysus
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Greek name for the insane god of wine and parties.
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Apollo
Definition
God of Poetry, Music and Light. Lord of the Silver Bow.
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Hephaestus
Definition
Lame Greek blacksmith god - son of Zeus and Hera. Hera threw him from Olympus the day he was born.
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Hestia
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Greek goddess of the hearth and home. She lived in your house!
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Minerva
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Roman name for the goddess of wisdom and war, born from Jupiter's brain.
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Mars
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Roman god of war. We have a couple of robot rovers there, too.
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Juno
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Roman name of Jupiter's wife.
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Zeus
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Greek king of the gods.
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Eros
Definition
Greek archer god who causes men and women to fall in love.
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Venus
Definition
Roman love goddess, born of the sea foam.
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Hades
Definition
Place where the dead go and Greek name of the lord of the Underworld.
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Artemis
Definition
Greek name of Apollo's twin, goddess of hunting and the moon.
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Bacchus
Definition
Roman god of wine and revelry.
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Poseidon
Definition
Greek name for the god of the Ocean.
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Jupiter
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Roman name for the king of the gods.
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Neptune
Definition
Roman name for god who carries a fisherman's trident.
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Vulcan
Definition
Roman blacksmith god.
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Aphrodite
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Greek Goddess of love and beauty.
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Hera
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Greek queen of the gods, guardian of marriage and childbirth.
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Pluto
Definition
Roman lord of the Underworld.
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Vesta
Definition
Roman goddess of the hearth and home.
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Ceres
Definition
Roman goddess of grain and agriculture. Her name gives us a word for a very popular breakfast food.
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Athena
Definition
Greek goddess of wisdom and war.
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