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The gods and goddesses

The gods and goddesses. Victoria baker. The graces. Lineage: Aglaias (splendor), Euphrosyne (mirth), and Thalia (good cheer) are sisters. They are the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, child of titan, ocean. Symbols: songs and dance Powers: please men when they sing

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The gods and goddesses

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  1. The gods and goddesses Victoria baker

  2. The graces • Lineage: Aglaias (splendor), Euphrosyne (mirth), and Thalia(good cheer) are sisters. They are the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, child of titan, ocean. • Symbols: songs and dance • Powers: please men when they sing • Weaknesses: there are no weaknesses present • Identification: “queens of song” • Important events: danced enchantingly to Apollo's lyre • Allusions: no allusion present

  3. Cupid (Latin) Eros (Greek) • Lineage: Aphrodite's son/companion • Symbols: Arrows, love • Powers: makes one fall in love with another • Weaknesses: he departs where there is hardness • Identification: “god of love” “matchmaker” • Important events:meeting Pysche • Allusion: The movie ‘Beastly’

  4. Psyche • Lineage: the youngest daughter of three, father is the king, married to cupid • Symbols: lust, beauty, curiosity • Powers: no powers are present • Weaknesses: no one falls in love with her, she does not fall in love with anyone • Identification: very beautiful • Important events: king went to the oracle, the king and his servants dropped her off at the hill as the oracle said to do to meet her lover. • Allusion: The movie ‘Beastly’

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