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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Hebe

Goddess of youth and spring. Hebe was the daughter of Zeus and Hera. She was the sister of Ares and Eileithyia, and possibly of Eris. Hebe was honoured in Olympus as the cupbearer of the gods, in which she was sometimes known by the name Ganymeda.

She married Heracles when the hero became a god at his death.

When Heracles' children (Heraclids) were persecuted by Eurystheus, a cousin of Heracles and king of Mycenae, no one was willing to offer them refuge. Iolaüs (Iolaus), Heracles' nephew and companion, was their only protector and guardian. Iolaüs was no longer young and he prayed to the gods. On her husband's behalf, Hebe restored Iolaüs for a single day. Young again, Iolaüs fought a battle. Eventually Iolaüs killed Eurystheus. Eurystheus was beheaded. Eurystheus' head was brought to Alcmene, mother of Heracles. Angry at the king's (nephew's) persecution of her son and her grandchildren, Alcmene gouged out Eurystheus' eyes.

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Hebe, Ἥβη; Ganymeda (Greek).
Juventas, Iuventas (Roman).

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Minor Greek Deities:

  • • Helius
  • • Selene
  • • Eos
  • • Aeolus
  • • Proteus
  • • Triton
  • • Doris
  • • Amphitrite
  • • Thetis
  • • Pan
  • • Silenus
  • • Aristaeüs
  • • Metis
  • • Hebe
  • • Eileithyia
  • • Iris
  • • Eris
  • • Muses
  • • Graces
  • • Nemesis
  • • Horae (Seasons)
  • • Moerae (Fates)
  • • Tyche
  • • Nike
  • • Paeëon
  • • Asclepius
  • • Circe
  • • Despoina
  • • Enyo
  • • Ate
  • • Deimus
  • • Phobus
  • • Ananke
Hera (Juno)

Hera (Juno)

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Hera

Hera

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Thetis

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Eileithyia

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Heracles

Heracles

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Birth & Early Life

Birth & Early Life

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Zeus (Jupiter)

Supreme ruler of the gods and lord of the sky. The son of the titans Cronus and Rhea , he was known to the Romans as Jupiter or Jove. Zeus was the brother of Hestia , Poseidon , Hades , Demeter and Hera . Zeus was the youngest among his siblings. ...

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Heracles

Heracles

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Hephaestus

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