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1
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Lyeao

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Dionysus or Bacchus

2
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Neaera

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The lover of Lygdamus.

3
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Saturnia

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Juno (daughter of Saturn).

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Cypria

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Venus (the one from Cypria).
Venus was linked with both the islands of Cythera and Cyprus. Her first temple was built on Cyprus. According to legend, after being born from white sea foam, Venus travelled across the stormy waves in a seashell to the shores of Cyprus.

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The Fates, the Three Sisters

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The Parcae; three spinning sisters who regulate the lifetime of every mortal.

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Orcus

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Dis or Pluto – god of the underworld

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Mars

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God of war

8
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Spes

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Goddess of Hope whose chief Roman temple was in the Forum Holitorium

9
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Farmer God

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Possibly the Roman rustic god Silvanus to whom offerings of first fruits were made at harvest time.

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Ceres

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A native Italian harvest goddess.

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Priapus

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Red-painted fertility god, son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, with a huge phallus and a scythe used as a scarecrow in gardens and orchards. He was not an Italian god but arrived from Asia Minor via Greece.

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Lares

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Guardian spirits of the hearth and farm, often depicted as young men holding a drinking horn and dancing.

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Dog Star

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Sirius the Dog Star rose shortly after the summer solstice. It is associated with intense heat.

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Pales

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Pales was an Italian pastoral deity whose feast day, the parilia, was celebrated on April 21st, the traditional foundation day of Rome. Milk and oil, rather than wine were offered to her in order to purify the fields and the shepherds.

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Austral Winds

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Winds from the south that were supposed to bring rain and clouds.

16
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Messalla

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Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus was a Roman orator, soldier and statesman. He was Tibullus’ patron.

17
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Delia

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Tibullus’ lover

18
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Mors

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A Roman personification of death.

19
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Venus

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Goddess of love