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Roman Name
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Greek Name
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Role in Mythology
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Aesculapius
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Asclepius
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God of Medicine
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Apollo
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Apollo
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Early Greek: God of Prophecy, Medicine, and
Archery
Late Greek/Roman: God of the Sun
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Bacchus
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Dionysus
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God of Wine and Vegetation
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Ceres
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Demeter
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Goddess of Grain
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Cupid
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Eros
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God of Love
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Diana
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Artemis
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Early Greek: Goddess of the Hunt
Late Greek/Roman: Goddess of the Moon
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Juno
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Hera
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Goddess of Marriage and Childbirth; Protector
of Married Women; Queen of the Gods
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Jupiter
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Zeus
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Ruler of the Gods
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Mars
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Ares
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God of War
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Mercury
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Hermes
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Messenger of the Gods; Protector of Travellers,
Thieves, and Merchants
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Minerva
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Athena
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Early Greek: Goddess of Arts, Crafts, and
War; Helper of Heroes
Late Greek/Roman: Goddess of Wisdom
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Neptune
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Poseidon
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God of the Sea and Earthquakes
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Ops
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Rhea
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Wife of Cronus/Saturn; Mother Goddess
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Pluto
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Hades
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God of the Underworld; Lord of the Dead
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Saturn
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Cronus
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Greek: God of the Sky; Ruler of the Titans
Roman: God of Agriculture
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Somnus
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Hypnos
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God of Sleep
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Terra
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Gaea
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Mother Earth
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Uranus
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Uranus
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God of the Sky; Father of the Titans
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Venus
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Aphrodite
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Greek: Goddess of Beauty and Sexual Desire
Roman: Goddess of Gardens and Fields
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Vesta
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Hestia
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Guardian of the Home
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Vulcan
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Hephaestus
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God of Fire; Blacksmith of the Gods
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