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Ephesus  an ancient Ionian city of the west coast of Asia Minor. History of the river’s mouth at times close to that of fresh material on the occasion of a fertile plain, the foothills and was put on prion Coressus Artemis or Diana, and the district, the victory, the city owed the temple of fame, about a mile away at ONO, the aircraft was himself. But there is reason to believe that the holy city before the Ionian, and both times there were several places is between the southern slopes of the mountain. Solmissus. The city always seemed to position a large commercial orders. Ionia and Lydia, Hermus, fresh material, and meandering in order that the three major basins, it is the second involving the delivery by the other two already had access to.

Former inhabitants of the Greek writers we Leleges Ephesus, Caria and Pelasgians heard “Amazons” as assigned. 11. In Century, according to tradition (the date is probably too early), Androclus, king of Athens by the Ionians Kodros spot and his son, a mixed body, and the Greek colonists landed in the conquest of events in the history of Ephesus. Artemis is the god of the city, but we must guard against misunderstanding, we use the name, they are close to the primitive nature cult Ortigia adjacent hole before the Ionian migration, and note that there is related to the Asian goddess of life, then all of a virgin mother, and especially wildlife and soil fertility and was the embodiment of a power-efficient. famous monstrous portrayal of a figure like him, grave-clothes from the waist down, and the foreign origin of many breasts shroud was probably too late. At times it seems as natural dignified figure in the early Ionian sometimes with a child and have represented a typical Greek goddess, which so far as the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

Two-time BC 700 -500 preservation of the city, disruption of the Goddess, even if the borrower at 7 Century Cimmerians raid swarms of Asia Minor and even Croesus Artemision he solemnly devoted to Artemis, the city is under siege after the next century, and only retired when, once upon a time, burned, the sacred character of this commitment from the city is to stretch a rope. Croesus, in all respects with the goddess willing to compromise and there is currently a large scale of the temple was restored in this most necessary building columns and represents the gold a few cows. That these gifts of Ephesus, Croesus (Nic. Damascus. Fri 65) offered a rich merchant pays Lydia, was probably Sadyattes revenues are property seizure. To counter this, perhaps, of Lydia, in Athens, the mother-city of Ephesus, the most distinguished citizens, Aristarchus is one of the growing influence of law on the basis of the Constitution sent back to Solomon. Aristarchus studies seem to bear fruit. Him, Hermodorus, a legal system that support its own review of Efes followers in Rome was a decemviri. Heraclitus and the same generation, which is probably the name is almost as big a focus of Greek philosophy adapted Codrus his hereditary judges, left to a grandchild. Poetry has long flourished in Ephesus. Homeric poetry, sad poetry of early Greece from very early times of Ephesus, located in a home and the fans there from the war songs Callinus 7, Century, was developed and Tyrtaeus model. Ion was an early period, then under the management of the City more visible and more cruel then the first Croesus of Lydia, and then Cyrus, the Persians, the Ionian revolt against Persia was and the year 500 BC, under the leadership of At outbreak of Miletus, the city remained subservient to Persian rule. Even though she and the other Ionian shrines dismissed security’s sake, children left behind in Ephesus march against Xerxes returned to Greece, the Temple of Artemis honor. We Tissaphernes time (411 BC) temple of respect for the Persian. Eurymedon Persian (466 BC) after the last defeat, the coast of Ephesus, Lysander and Agesilaus with the other cities, praised Athens for a while and then made their headquarters. The second explanation stems from the fact that contemporary by Xenophon. 4 in the first half century and fell under the influence of Persian ruled by an oligarchy.

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Alexander 334 Ephesians, and was accepted by a democratic government. Soon after the death of his city in the hands of Lysimachus, and fresh Greek colonists fell Lebedus and Company, founded by the temple town is still forced by a flood of artificial air that the people living in the hills surrounded by a solid wall, walking. He’s old name, but soon after his wife Arsinoe continued. Ephesus, a lot of prosperity during the Hellenistic period and later and later for the abundance of his character, stunning all of us as the other Ionian cities, can give us a complete list of the names of the judges. Species diversity and highlights the importance of Roman coins. Great Antiochus by the Romans, after the defeat of the Syrian king, Eumenes of Ephesus, Pergamum, Attalus Philadelphus, the king’s successor by the conquerors tried to inadvertently harm the city was handed over helpless. Due to the width of the mouth of the harbor because of the shallowness of his thinking, he is a mole in the second half way through the building results in a short time than ever at the port rose to the sand that was. Third of Attalos of Pergamon Ephesus heritage with the rest of his possessions to the people of Rome and the empire’s capital and Asia’s richest province, was the first point for a longer period of time. After that Ephesus Eupator Mithradates of Pontus, the cities of Asia Minor during the instigation of the rebellion, save for a short period of time, and was under the Romans massacred the people of Rome. Ephesians even pulled out, and soon a new, even though they disrespect the old masters who fled the district for the protection of Artemis, the Romans, were killed, and preserved to this day even dare to say there was an inscription, was a waste of their productive for Mithradates only superior force. After the victory of Sulla over Mithradates, wiped his excuses and adds them to a heavy fine, the penalty is far below their deserts, he said. A century of civil wars, the party failed twice in Ephesians, housing support, or the first Brutus and Cassius, Antony produced using, then, to partiality, or weakness, they paid a heavy penalty.

During this period, gradually became the city’s wealth and Artemis in the service commitment. St. Paul’s successor to show there stuff, the story and the fact that many think – the burning of books of magic is of great value. Dependence of the secret arts, no application had been occurring now in semi-orientalized. Paul, Timothy, John planted and managed by the saints and martyrs of Christian tradition and the Christian church is famous as a nurse. Local belief in the vicinity of St. John of Ephesus and the Virgin Mary had been opened, and died there, according to the last was the home. However (as shown in Ramsay, Sir WM), the church of Resurrection letter to dominate the second and subsequent events showed a trend of lightness and dangerous reaction to the pagan tradition of Artemis and is a very strong showing, perhaps never completely died out in Ephesus. While the spread of Christianity, long before the old is threatening the local cult. Neocorus or servant of the goddess was known to the City proud. between rich people and the Roman Emperor was the second year in a lot of gold and silver will be a procession to present a Vibius Salutaris, competed in plenty of gifts. Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamon boldly appeal to the honor of being the first city in Asia, called on Rome and the Emperor of competition in each city tries to soften the pain that we still have rescripts. One privilege of Ephesus, the Roman governor of Asia and there is always the first mission landed safely and the long head of the cult of the emperor’s official city and was Asiarchs seat. Despite the city returned to its former glory and never again on the cult of Artemis, the Goths and the city and the temple was destroyed in 262 AD. St. Mary is still visible, a large double in the church held a general assembly made a Christian church in 431. On this occasion, Nestorius, condemned the cult of Artemis, the virgin, and no doubt in some measure for the city to keep that as Theotokus Virgin, with great joy, founded the popular honor. (This is on the Council, please see below.) Ephesus, now known Ayassoluk slowly due to malaria (written by early Arab geographers Ayathulukh) Artemision, now living in the vicinity have been transferred to different and higher position seems to leave then, but Justinian I. Ibn Batuta in 1333 AD when you visit the Church built on a rocky hill near the existing station has been a great cathedral of St. John Theologos the topic of corruption, to be visible for a few tracks now. The ruins of the Temple of Artemis and the fresh material at the end of the river, or left-bank tributaries, one of Selinus falling deep mud, after serving as a quarry for local builders have stopped the actual location of the unexpected 1869.

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Gaia
Gaea is Mother Earth. She is from whom everything comes, and she is not only a divinity, she is Earth. She bore the Titans as well as creatures like the 100 armed men, and some of the Cyclopes – others were sons of Poseidon. She was the daughter of Chaos. She was a primeval goddess, born along with creation itself, and had a large role in the populace of the world. She was principally spoken of as a Mother of other Gods, rather than having her own myths. Still, she’s a major player in the myths of the sucession of the King of Kings. Read full story…

Hestia
Hestia was the oldest of the 12 Olympian Gods and the oldest daughter of Rhea & Cronus. When she began her role as a Goddess, she had a throne of her own in Olympus, but when Dionysus grew into Godhood, she voluntarily gave up her throne to him, selecting the hearth as an alternative. She is the Goddess of Hearth and House she is also one of the Three Virgin Goddesses. Her symbol was kept in every house, and whenever a child was born the mother and father had to bring the child around the symbolic representation before he or she could be accepted in the family. She is genuinely fascinating to me, which is why I wrote a whole essay on her. But if you want to skip the academic style and stick with the few myths and such. All about Hestia…

Demeter
Demeter was another daughter of Rhea and Cronus. She was the Goddess of the Harvest or the Goddess of the Fields. Hundreds of years ago Greeks used to break bread in the name of Demeter as well as drink wine to Dionysus. Sound familiar? Demeter was the mother of Persephone and that was one mother-daughter team you shouldn’t try to mess around with. When Hades did, Demeter threw the earth into an eternal winter season and let nothing grow until somebody helped her find her child. Together, Demeter and Persephone were central to the Eleusian Mysteries. (Check out Eleusis by Carl Kerenyi for more on that.)Later, ideas and myths about Demeter were coopted into the Roman Ceres and maybe even the Magna Mater. Read More…

Hera
Hera is most well known for being the wife of Zeus and the Queen of the Gods. She was also the youngest little girl of Rhea and Cronus. Her bird is the peacock, and in almost every myth she is described as being maliciously jealous. But it must also be remembered that she was the Protector of Marriage. It is believed by some scholars that she earned her bad reputation by being combined with a similar Phoenecian goddess. This scholar, however, thinks that the role of the shrewish wife was one has been pretty institutionalized in patriarchal cultures. Construct a culture so that women’s just access to legitimate power is through a faithful relationship to a powerful husband, and you’ll get a culture full of women who guard their only assets fiercely. Of course, there’s a lot more to it than that. More…

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Athena
I could talk about Athena forever, but I’ll attmept to be simple. Athena was the Patron Goddess of Athens, the Goddess of Wisdom, and the Goddess of Weaving. She was the Goddess of lots of other things, too, but I’m not gonna list ‘em. She was a warrior – which is why she’s so often shown with a spear and a shield with Medusa’s head on it and armor) and another of the three virgin goddesses (in supplement to Hestia and Artemis). Her father was Zeus. Technically her mother was Metis (Goddess of Prudence), but it is usually approved that she had no mother. Basically, it is an awesome story and I took the time to write it out here. Athena’s got a contributing role in a whole bunch of great myths, like the Odyssey for example. All in all, she’s just fantastic.

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Artemis
Artemis is the Goddess of the Hunt. She had fifty hounds and fifty Draiads (wood nymphs) and a quiver full of painless silver arrows. Along with her twin brother Apollo, she was the daughter of Zeus and Leto as well as being “littlest” of the 3 maiden goddesses (in addition to Hestia and Athena). Artemis did not carry the moon across the sky, but being a moon goddess was undoubtedly part of her individuality. Stunningly beautiful, she swore never to marry – this is not a coincidence! She was the Protector of Young Women as well as a midwife. She was extremely cool for a lot of reasons, but my favorite is that her praise ranged from very dark (human compromise) to individual (virgins committed her their nighties on the night time they wedded) to just fun (women dressing up like a bear and dancing). See the pictures and read full story about Artemis

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Aphrodite
Aphrodite was the Goddess of Love and Beauty. Oh, and the patron of prostitutes. The myth of her birth has a couple of versions. The most well known today has her springing from the blood of Uranus after Cronus castrated him, and floating on the sea to Greece, where she was met by the Three Graces (who will be described later). You know, the whole clamshell thing. She was married to Hephaestus, the Smith God, but she slept with Ares the War God. Her “no work” insurance policy may make her seem like a ditz, but this lady had power in plenty. Like all the best goddesses, there is a bunch of ways of understanding her. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to identify with her more than any other. Plus, she’s got one of the most intriguing “biographies” of any Greek deity I can think about.

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Persephone
Persephone was special. She was the daughter of Demeter, and called Kore which simply means Maiden. As such, she was the Goddess of Spring. One day, as she was out selecting flowers, Hades, the God of the Underworld, abducted her, raped her, and made her Queen of the Underworld. In that role she has often been described as a cold and unhappy goddess. Some have discussed her as the Light link between the Underworld and Earth as opposed to Hecate. Demeter fought hard to get her daughter back and eventually rescued her from the Underworld, but Persephone must always return to the underworld every year. It involves pomegranate seeds. There’s a major mystery cult dealing with this, but I can’t tell you about ‘cuz it’s a mystery Read full Article about Persephone

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Phoebe
Phoebe was a Titan, one of the original (that is, pre-classical) 14. She and Atlas were given dominion over the Moon, whose planetary power is that of Enchantment, and the second day of the week was their’s. So, Phoebe is another Moon Goddess, her name means Bright Moon. She was the mother of Leto and Asteria through her brother Coeus(Intelligence). There was another Phoebe, a human priestess, who figures briefly in the story of Castor and Pollux. Anyway, it’s Phoebe who was the grandma of Artemis and Apollo, and her name became surnames for both twins.

Pandrosos
She was worshipped as a Goddess of Agriculture and was paid by some for the introduction of weaving. She was one of the Agraulides. Basically, she was one of the daughters of Cecrops and Agraulos who wiped out herself – yet started out being worshipped in a sort of heroine cult. If you want to know the story behind her suicide, check out the story of Erichthonius in the Myth pages. I’m not basically sure if it’s there yet. It’s a cool story, though!

 

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Metis
Metis was another Titaness. She was the Goddess of Prudence, but there is a rather unprudent story about her that tells about the birth of Athena. Metis ends up living inside Zeus’ head and giving him advice from there. Her name meant Cunning and she was the personification of it as well as its Goddess. She was also the one who discovered (created) the concoction that caused Cronos to vomit up the six OGs, (to all y’all who understand the joke, thank you for not being either too old or too young). Anyway, her daughter eventually burst from Zeus’ head completely formed – and fully clothed in the armor her that Metis made for her – but Metis apparently had gotten comfortable in her new pad and stayed there. That painting is of Athena because I can’t seem to track one of Metis down. If you are interested in learning more about Metis, I propose you skip her myths and go straight to the heroes most famous for employing her: Odysseus and Penelope.

Kale
She was, according to some random dead bishop (!) named Eustathius who was writing about the Odyssey, one of the Charites (I don’t list her because no one else seems to come up with her name). But this guy told a cool story, so why not keep it for posterity’s sake? Aphrodite and the Charites were all having moments of extremely feminine girl self deprecation and arguing about who was the hottest of the hotties. This super wise dude named Teiresias (who really deserves to be on this site) was brought in to make the decision. Now, he’d already had some extensive experience (that involved him getting turned into a chick, check it out)with the fickle nature of the deities, but it’s not like you can just say no thanks … So he said Kale. Interesting choice, since any good self-preservation instincts would say pick the one with the most power, but maybe he’d heard about what Aphrodite gives as a reward (check it out) and didn’t want Thebes going the way of Troy. Anyway, Aphrodite rotated him into an old woman, but Kale gave him nice hair and a vacation to Crete. I’m with Mr. Bell (from whom I got this info since I’m not basically intimately familiar with the works of 12th century bishops) in that Kale’s reward doesn’t quite make up for Aphrodite’s pissed off punishment, but I guess it’s better than the destruction of one’s country. Ahh … the incredible destructive power of sexual women. Take note, dear reader, the root of this negative thoughts is no coincidence! 

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The Horae
They were the goddesses organised things like Seasons, and because of their orderly aspect eventually became goddesses of justice. They measured out the weather as it seemed appropriate and guarded Olympus from any overambitious mortals. They had a few cameos in the Big Myths: the Hora of Spring went with Persephone when she went down with Hades every year, and some of the Horae helped dress Aphrodite as she emerged from the ocean. They got different names (and numbers) from diverse authors, but I like Hesiod’s breakdown:

Eunomia, Good Custom
Dike, Justice
Eirene, Peace

Homer basically tended to keep them strictly with the seasons, and they only worshipped two in Athens, but Hyginus lists at least twenty one Horae (including Horae of the Hours)! Generally they were happy small goddesses. Lots of cavorting, much like the Muses and the Graces (Charites) who they liked to hang out with when they weren’t doing their day job of keeping track of orderly traditions and justice.

Hecate
Hecate is the Third and final one of the Triple Goddess. She is the Goddess of the New Moon. She was also the Goddess of the Crossroads and the Witch Goddess. She was Thracian in origin, and she dwelt in the Underworld with Hades and Persephone. She was the daughter of the Titans Perses and Asteria(daughter of Phoebe and Coeus), both were symbols of shining light. Later she was said to be of Zeus and Hera. There were a couple other people thrown in there, too, cuz everyone had a theory but no one agreed. She was the Dark Link between the Underworld and Earth. Her children were Medea, Apsyrtus (a ghost) (but more often they were said to have other moms). Of course, this all sounds well and good, but it doesn’t get to the meat of her. Hecate was super. She was very respected on Olympus and recognized by everyone as having a lot of power. She tended towards beneficence (helping the gods against the giants, helping Galinthias after she got turned into a cat by Hera, helping out when Demeter was looking for Persephone), but people were pretty afraid of that power (which certainly included wealth, victory and wisdom, not to mention sailing and hunting) and the fact that she could choose to withhold her “luck”. So much coolness! Forget about her being the queen of witches and a boogieman for kids who liked to sneak out, she was everything that fits those of us captivated by the idea of a fierce, if underground, women’s power. Scary, yes, but they used to set up figurines of her to keep away baddies, too. And the sacrifices of food to her were left at the crossroads at the end of the month where they were eaten by the poor. See? So perfect! 

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Circe
Circe was the daughter of Hecate (or Perse) and Helios (the Sun-God). She was a union of opposites. Just look at her parents: one is the Dark Moon and the other is the Sun. The sorcery bit goes hand in hand with the celestial powers, so that’s alright, but just referencing that she was witchy does not begin to encompass her. Her biggest part is played in the Odyssey (you don’t remember? I’m so ashamed …), and she had her own island (near her dad’s, actually) off the coast of Italy where she liked to catch sailors and other random men and turn them into things (like pigs). Apparently, she was also pretty good in the sack, because Odysseus delayed his “urgent” return to Penelope at least a year and contributed his sperm towards at least two kids (Telegonus and Cassiphone). Although she wasn’t thrilled to see him go (like her predecessor Calypso she gave him super good advice that he really adopted (always listen to witches!). There’s some funky endings to that marriage including that Penelope brought Odysseus’ body to be buried on Circe’s island after he died (what?) and that Odysseus’ son wiped out Circe and then that Cassiphone wiped out him. Another story that made it to the myth pages about Circe and Scylla (and Glaucus) can be found here.

Amphitrite
Amphitrite was a Nereid (or possibly an Oceanid, depending on who like better) and she married Poseidon. She was the Goddess of the Mediterranean Sea. Her symbol is the dolphin. The stories say that she was not a jealous wife, and didn’t care if her husband slept with anyone else (except for Scylla, who she poisoned and turned into a sea-monster, unless of course that was Circe). Her children were Triton, Benthesicyme, and Rhode. Her name means, “the third one who encircles,” how mysterious. She and her sister, Thetis, shared the surname Halosydne, which means “sea-born.” Okay, this description blows. She sounds totally boring, and the thing is that I don’t think she was. In fact, I find her a lot closer to how a “normal woman” would be than in fact many of the human women listed here. She didn’t immediately go for her husband, but fell for him after he tried really hard. She generally put up with his shenanigans, but got pissed every once in a while (like when she turned Scylla into a monster). She had a job, she did it, but didn’t get that much worship for it (Poseidon tended to get that), however people did like recognizing her for her beauty and image. A virtual paradigm of womanhood in a patriarchal world this goddess! You could even claim to see the self-perpetuating cycle of women in patriarchal power in her demand for a sacrifice of virgin girls from the first settlers of Lesbos. Heh.

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Thetis

Thetis was the primary of the Nereids. She was such a hot number that Poseidon, while he was looking for a wife, courted her. Zeus too, courted her, but she rejected him for the sake of Hera, her foster-mother. Then Themis prophesied that Thetis was to bear a son stronger than its father, so Zeus decreed that she must marry a mortal. Hera, remembering Thetis’ rejection of Zeus, set her up with “the best of mortals.” Thetis married Peleus and bore Achilles. But there was more to it than that. She saved her father once; when all the other Gods got pissed and tied him up she went and got the Hundred-Handed Briareus. She also played a large part in the birth of Hephaestus. Like Tethys (see above) the name Thetis indicates Disposer.

Themis
Themis was one of the origninal Titans, and shared dominion of Jupiter with Eurymedon (fifth day). Their power was that of Law and her name means Order. The Titaness Themis was the mother of the the Seasons (and some say the three Fates) with Zeus. The Goddess of Divine Justice and Law, Themis was the constant associate of the god Zeus and sat beside him on Olympus. In ancient art she is displayed holding aloft a pair of scales on which she weighs the claims of opposition parties. Before and throughout this, however, she was also the Great Goddess who ordered the 13 month year, divided into two seasons. She was the prophet who declared that Thetis’s son would be greater than his father (ever heard of Achilles). It was Themis who appeared before Deucalion and Pyrrha (see above) and told them how to keep their race from dying out after the flood (click here for more). There was a altar dedicated to her by Pittheus in Troezen. She was very important and with Zeus plotted to create the Trojan War. That’s all about her for now.

Selene
Selene was the Goddess of the Moon. She was the child of the two Titans Hyperion and Theia (see below). She married mortal Endymion (a shepherd who she caused to sleep forever so that he wouldn’t get old and gross) and had 50 daughters (I don’t know what happened to them). If you want to read the longer version of the story, read it here. She is a part of the Triple Goddess (there will be a section on the Myth pages detailing the sensation of Triple Goddesses, so keep looking). She rode across heaven in a chariot with milk-white horses. In Roman (puh-tooey) mythology she was called Luna.

Rhea
Rhea was far more effective in the days before classical (ie, patriarchal) mythology came around. In Orphic she was the “inescapable mother Rhea” who sat outside the house of Nyx defeating a bronze drum and making sure all humans were paying attention the oracle of the goddess. In Pelasgian Myth (soon before classical myth took hold) she was one of the 14 original Titans, paired, of course, with Cronus. They held dominion over the last day of the week, and the planet Saturn. In pre-Hellenic Greece the planetary power of Saturn was peace. Rhea loses a lot of her importance in the Olympian creation myth, but still holds some power. She causes her husband Cronus to stop eating his children, saves Zeus and (indirectly ) brings the Olympian Gods into power. That’s a great story, check it out here. She is raped by her son Zeus when she tells him he may not wed , despite her change to a snake. She also had a big function in her grand son Dionysus’ life. She is also often termed Cybele.

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Cybele

Cybele wasn’t officially a Greek goddess in that she came from Phrygia, but she was worshipped in Greece and Rome and a whole rack of other places, too so I think she should be here. It is interesting (at least to me) that she was never appropriated as completely Greek, but always seen as exotic (kinda like Dionysus that way). Well, maybe that’s not absolutely fair since she was super strongly identified with Rhea. Anyway, she, like a bunch of the big names, isn’t just a personification. She’s all up in fertility and nature and had some crazy mysteries like Demeter, but Demeter isn’t known for orgies, sadomasochism, or gender queer priests like Cybele is. Interested? Check out her most important myth in the Myth Pages. You can see her in a very typical representation in the photo at right.

Iris
Iris is the Messenger Goddess.daughter of the Titan Thaumas and Electra. Although she was a sister of the winged monsters, the Harpies, Iris was manifested as a beautiful maiden, with wings and robes of bright colors and a halo of light on her head, looking across the sky with the rainbow she journeyed on in her wake. She was also called the Goddess of the Rainbow.

Nike
Nike was similar to Eris because she was the continuous companion to Athena. Nike was the Goddess of Victory. She was the daughter of the Titan Pallas and the River/Nymph Styx. She doesn’t possess a distinct individuality in any myths I’ve seen. Further, Nike was sort of an epithet of Athena. But Nike, as the personification of Victory was also worshipped as her own Goddess, and generally showed with wings, besides in Athens where she was called “Apteros” (“wingless”), with the idea that she would never leave Athens. Read More about nike goddess… 

Hermaphroditos

Hermaphroditos (or Hermaphroditus in Latin) was the god of hermaphrodites and of effeminate men. He was numbered amongst the winged love-gods known as Erotes. Hermaphroditos was a son of Hermes and Aphrodite, the gods of male and female sexuality. Read More…

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