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GREEK ROMAN GOD OF... SYMBOL
1. Demeter Ceres Agriculture/Harvest Wheat, corn, barley, poppies
2. Dionysus Bacchus Wine Vine, tiger
3. Eros Cupid Love Golden arrow = love; lead = hate
4. Eos Aurora Dawn  
5. Aeolus Aeolus Wind Zephyr-West
Boreas-North
Notus-South
Eurus-East
6. Pan Pan Flocks/Pastures Goat's Face
7. Hebe Hebe Cupbearer/Youth Goblet, pitcher
8. Proteus Proteus Old Man of Sea/ Shepherd of Deep Foretell future
9. Iris Iris Rainbow/Messenger  
10. Hymen Hymen Wedding Feast/Marriage Torch
11. Nemesis Nemesis Righteous Anger  
12. Triton Triton Trumpeter of Sea Sea shell/half man; half fish
13. Castor & Pollux Castor & Pollux Boxing, Horsetraining Wrestling Gemini constellation
14. Nike, Nice Victoria Victory  
15. Persephone Proserpina Spring  
16. Hypnos Somnus Sleep Morpheus-dreams imitate people
Icelos-imitate animals
Phantastus-inanimate objects

When Hebe married Hercules, she was replaced by Ganymede. (Trojan Prince)

Proteus and Nereus share title "Old Man of Sea"

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