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Thanatos-god of death * Zelus-god of jealousy * Enyo-goddess if war * Chloris-goddess of spring * Dike-goddess of justice * Eris-goddess of discord * Eileithyia-goddess of childbirth * Eros-god of desire * Hermes- god of travelers * Eunomia-goddess of good order * Eirene-goddess of peace * Hygeia-goddess of health * Hymeneus-god of marriage * Hypnos-god of sleep * Ker-goddess of death and doom * Momus-god of mockery and faultfinding * Calliope-goddess of poetry (MUSE) * Clio-goddess of history (MUSE) * Euterpe-goddess of music (MUSE) * Terpsichore -goddess of dance (MUSE) * Enato-goddess of the mime (MUSE) * Melepomene-goddess of tragedy (MUSE) * Thalia-goddess of comedy (MUSE) * Polhymnia-goddess of the sacred hymn (MUSE) * Urania-goddess of astronomy (MUSE) * Nike-goddess of victory * Nyx-goddess of the night * Oneirous-god of dreams * Plutos-god of wealth * Zealus-god of zeal (for the battle) * Aeolus-god of the winds * Amphrite- goddess of the sea * Ananke-goddess of fate * Aphrodite-goddess of love * Apollo-god of prophecy and light * Ares-god of war * Artemis-goddess of the hunt * Asclepius-god of medicine * Astraeus-god of the stars * Athena-goddess of wisdom * Eos-goddess of the dawn * Boreus-god of the north wind * Cybele-goddess of caverns * Demeter-goddess of growing things * Dionysus-god of wine * Eurus-god of the east wind * Hades-god of the underworld (land of the dead) * Hebe-goddess of youth * Hecate-goddess of enchantment * Helios-god of the sun * Hephastus-god of fire * Hera-goddess of women (queen of the gods) * Nemesis-goddess of retribution * Notus-god of the south wind * Oceanus-god of water * Persephone-goddess of shadows * Poseidon-god of the ocean * Selene-goddess of the moon * Themis-goddess of law * Tyche-goddess of chance (luck) * Zephyrus-god of the west wind * Zeus-god of the sky (king of the gods) * Harpocrates-god of silence * Mnemoyne-goddess of memory * Ceres-goddess of plant growth * Hestia-goddess of the hearth and virgins * Hunger-goddess of sterility * Momos-goddess of sarcasm * Phosphorus-god of the morning star * Pomona-goddess of fruits and flowers * Megeara-goddess of hatred (ERINYE) * Alecto- goddess of moral law (ERINYE) * Tisiphone- goddess of punishment (ERINYE) * Pales-god of pastures * Pan-god of the woods * Clotho-goddess of birth (MOIRAE) * Lachesis-goddess of life (MOIRAE) * Atropos-goddess of death (MOIRAE) * Morpheus-god of sleep inducement * Lethe-goddess of oblivion * Leucothea-goddess of the sea * Palaemon-god of ports * Triptolemus-god of nature * Theia-goddess of light * Tethys-goddess of fertility * Rhea-goddess of stability * Phoebe-goddess of the sea * Gaia-goddess of the earth * Peitho-goddess of persuasion * Phobus-god of fears * Pontus-god of waves * Penia-goddess of poverty * Carpus-god of fruit * Ate-goddess of deviation * Pudicitia-goddess of modesty * Mania-goddess of crime * Elpis-goddess of hope * Aether-god of air and light * Thallo-goddess of spring (HORAE) * Carpo-goddess of summer (HORAE) * Auxo-goddess of winter (HORAE) * Bia-goddess of force * Kratos-god of strength * Hemera-goddess of the day * Horkos-god of oaths (promises) * Harmonia- goddess of joining | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nemesis (goddess of retribution) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Like the Fates (Moirae), Nemesis had at first been a moral idea, that of the inexorable equilibrium of the human condition Man could displease the gods in two ways, either by offending the moral law - in which case he incurred their wrath - or by attaining too much happiness or riches - in which case he excited their jealousy-. In either case the imprudent mortal was pursued by Nemesis, or the Divine Anger. If he had offended only by an excess of good fortune he might hope to propitiate the goddess by sacrificing a part of his happiness. Polycrates, tyrant of Samos, was terrified of the unheard of luck which followed him, and wished to forestall the jealousy of the gods by throwing into the sea a priceless ring of which he was especially fond. But when the ring was returned to him by a fisherman who had found it in the belly of a fish, Polycrates realized that Nemesis had refused to accept his sacrifice and that unhappiness was in store. And, indeed, it overtook him shortly there after. Nemesis later became a goddess with a more definitely defined personality, and various genealogies were ascribed to her. According to some she was the daughter of Oceanus. According to others she was born of Night (Nyx) and Erebus, in which case she was a deadly power. But when Dike was made her mother, she became an equitable divinity. She was, however, always responsible for seeing that order was maintained. One of her titles was Adrusteia - The Inevitable. She is sometimes depicted with a finger to her lips, suggesting that silence is advisable in order not to attract the divine anger. The principle sanctuary of Nemesis was at Rhamnus, a small town in Attica. There was a statue of the goddess there which Phidius carved from the marble which the Persians, rashly counting on victory in advance, had brought with them before the battle of Marathon, expecting to erect a trophy with it. -Ancient Greek personification of divine anger toward human transgression of the natural right order of things, and of the arrogance causing it, pursuing the insolent and the wicked with inflexible vengeance. the epithet ADRUSTIA ("she whom none an escape") Properly one of the Phrygian. Rhea or Cybele was later applied to here. - The child of Erebus and Nyx, who represents vengeance and righteous anger. It was the aim of Nemesis to preserve moderation and a middle course in the activities of mankind. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nyx (goddess of the night) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This divinity, whose origin can be traced to very ancient times, represents primitive distressing darkness, full of somber uncertainty. The daughter of Chaos, she had relations with her brother Erebus and became the mother of Aether and Hemera. But she also mothered deified abstractions that were unfavorable for humans such as Death, the Parcae, Fraud, Old Age, Nemesis and the Hesperides. She dwelled in Hesperia, beyond the pillars of Hercules (Straight of Gibraltar) in countries where no one dared to venture. The goddess of night does not have the civilized appearance of the divinities of Olympus. She is the daughter of Chaos, a disorder and mysterious fury, incessantly combating the forces of light, the somber personification of one of the elements that rules human existence. |
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