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By Mary Reynolds and Benny Cockrill
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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They were 3: Aglaia (Splendor), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thailia (Good Cheer) Sometimes thought of as a whole instead of separate people
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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
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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
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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
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