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| Any theory concerning the origin of the universe |
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| Story about the birth of the gods |
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| The existing "order" that was determined by forces joining together and then separating,bringing about divine marriages and births |
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| wrote two poems: Works & Days, and the Theogony |
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| 1022-line epic poem written by Hesiod; begins with Chaos and ends with Zeus's reign |
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| a rough unordered mass of things, also called a void |
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| law and order and rationalism |
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| the Protogenos, the Primordial deity of sexual desire; emerged at the very creation of the universe |
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| The archetype of the sacred marrige; refers to the union of divine spirit with the soul, and finally with the body |
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| type of coniunctio; the union of divine or spiritual energies with earthly energies |
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| the eldest of all buildings; Mother Earth; doesn't need males to help her give birth |
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| The sky; task was to surround and cover Gaea; first divine couple in the world |
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| the winged gods of love; represent the different aspects of love (Eros, Himeros) |
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| The god of mutual love, or love returned; sometimes also avenged unrequited love |
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| The god of sweet-talk and flattery |
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| The god of sexual desire who accompanied Aphrodite from the moment of her birth |
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| The god of the wedding ceremony |
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| The god of passionate longing |
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| Darkness under the earth, including Tartarus |
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| Darkness over the earth (night); mother of Hypnos, Thanatos, and Moros |
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| Light of heaven, the bright upper atmosphere |
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| daughter of Nyx; goddess of discord |
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| The Moirae; the goddesses of fate who personified inescapable destiny; supposed to appear three nights after a child's birth to determine the course of its life |
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| One of the Fates; spun the thread of life; represented the present |
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| one of the Fates; measured the thread of life; represented the future |
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| one of the Fates; cut the thread of life; represented the past |
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| the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods; contained the substance which made them immortal |
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| the physician of the Olympian gods; healed their wounds when they were injured in battle |
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| the God of Blame, Mockery, Laughter and Criticism; found fault with everything and censured, ridiculed and satirized everyone; kicked out of Olympus for mocking Zeus |
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| brightest, strongest, and most courageous of the Titans; given an adamantine sickle by Gaia and castrated Uranus |
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| having the hardness or luster of a diamond |
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