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adventures and punishes his mortal lovers.
Hestia
Hestia is the virgin goddess of the hearth and of domestic life, and the inventor of
domestic architecture. Of all the Olympians, she is the mildest, most upright and
most charitable.
Other Goddesses
Alecto
Alecto is one of the three Furies or Erinyes and sometimes known as a Greek
goddess of war and death.
Arete
Arete is the Greek goddess of justice and teacher of Heracles.
The Charities
The Charities are personifications of aspects of grace and beauty. They are called
Aglaia (Splendor), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia (Good Cheer). While the Muses
inspire artists, the Charities apply the artists' works to the embellishment of life.
Cer
The Greek goddess of violent death, Cer (or Ker) is the daughter of Nyx ("night") and
sister of the Moriae ("fates"). This name was also used of the malevolent ghost of any
dead person.
Cotys
Coyts the goddess of sexuality was revered in Thrace. There here servants, the baptai
("baptized ones"), celebrated secret festivals in her honor.
Dryads
Dryads (Hamadryads) are elemental forces incarnated in a bark-like body. Theywere