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  • In Greek mythology, Ares, the Olympian god of war, was the son of ... a war deity, Athena's stance was that of strategic warfare while Ares ...
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  • In Greek mythology, Zeus was the highest ranking god among the pantheon ... Zeus is arguably the most identifiable character in all the world ...
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  • [[Image:Temple of Zeus.JPG|right|350px|thumb|Ruins of the Temple of ... Olimpia, Olimbia), a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is ...
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  • ; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of both the sea and earthquakes. In ... Poseidon was a major civic god of several Greek cities: in Athens ...
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  • The Temple of Artemis was a magnificent place of worship in the city ... The temple was described by Philo of Byzantium: I have seen the walls ...
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  • In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera was the ... the high cylindrical crown worn by several of the Great Goddesses. In her ...
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  • ) is the goddess of the hearth and of the rightly ordered household ... minimal, she was still understood to be one of the original six Olympians ...
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  • The island of Delos (Greek: Δήλος, Dhilos, meaning "clear ... Legend states that Delos, the island of sun, appeared from amid the ...
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  • a multifaceted Greek goddess whose spheres of influence centered around wisdom ... She was known as the companion of heroes, protector of cities, and ...
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  • The phrase Son of God is a title that was applied to different figures ... Many figures in the ancient world used the phrase "Son of God ...
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  • is still largely intact) and the Temple of Olympian Zeus or Olympeion (once ... thumbnail|300px|The ruins of the Temple of Olympian Zeus.]] ...
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  • Aphrodite (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη) is the ancient Greek goddess ... When Christianity swept over the Greek world, the worship of Aphrodite ...
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  • (Roman: Hercules) meaning "glory of Hera," was a divine hero ... Although he was not as clever as the likes of Odysseus or Nestor in the Greek ...
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  • [[Image:ac-parthenon5.jpg|thumb|300px|The Parthenon seen from the ... The Parthenon (Παρθενώνας) is a temple of the Greek goddess ...
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  • and Israel. Ethnically, they are descendents of the inhabitants of ancient ... Judean Jews; however, Jesus used the parable of the "Good Samaritan" ...
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  • ) was the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of Apollo ... The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus (located in western part of Turkey ...
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  • Among the ancient Greeks, Hecate or Hekate was originally a goddess ... Hecate, like many of the other non-indigenous Greek gods (including ...
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  • quot;distribution-mother" from the noun of the Indo-European mother-earth ... She and her daughter Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian ...
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  • , Apellōn) was the god of light, truth, archery, music, medicine ... As one of the most popular of the Olympian deities and the patron ...
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  • a statue featured at the national shrines of the later Kingdom of Israel ... quot; (חטא העגל) or "The Sin of the Calf." It is first ...
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