Agricultural Deities , Health Deities and Other Deities

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Agricultural deities

Adonis (Άδωνις), a life-death-rebirth deity

Aphaea (Αφαία), minor goddess of agriculture and fertility

Carme (Κάρμη), a Cretan spirit who presided over the harvest festival

Carmanor (Καρμάνωρ), a Cretan harvest god

Chrysothemis (Χρυσόθεμις), goddess of the "Golden Custom", a harvest festival, daughter of Demeter and Carmanor

Cyamites (Κυαμίτης), demi-god of the bean

Demeter (Δημήτηρ), goddess of fertility, agriculture, grain, and harvest Despoina, daughter of Poseidon and Demeter, goddess of mysteries in Arcadia

Dionysus (Διόνυσος), god of viticulture and wine

Eunostus (Εύνοστος), goddess of the flour mill

Hestia (Ἑστία), maiden goddess of the hearth who presided over the baking of bread, mankind's stable food

Persephone (Περσεφόνη), queen of the underworld, wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth

Philomelus (Φιλόμελος), agricultural demi-god inventor of the wagon and the plough

Plutus (Πλοῦτος), god of wealth, including agricultural wealth, son of Demeter

Health Deities

Apollo, god of healing and medicine

Asclepius (Ασκληπιός), god of healing Aceso, goddess of the healing of wounds and the curing of illnesses Aegle, goddess of radiant good health

Epione (Ἠπιόνη), goddess of the soothing of pain

Hygieia (Υγεία), goddess of cleanliness and good health

Iaso (Ἰασώ), goddess of cures, remedies, and modes of healing

Panacea (Πανάκεια), goddess of healing

Telesphorus (Τελεσφόρος), demi-god of convalescence, who "brought to fulfillment" recuperation from illness or injury



Other deities

Acratopotes (Ἀκρατοπότης), god of unmixed wine and incontinence

Adrastea (Αδράστεια), a daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, or an epithet of Nemesis Agdistis (Ἄγδιστις), Phrygian hermaphroditic deity Alexiares and

Anicetus (Αλεξιαρης and Ανικητος), twin sons of Heracles who presided over the defence of fortified towns and citadels

Aphroditus (Ἀφρόδιτος), Cyprian hermaphroditic Aphrodite

Astraea (Αστραία), virgin goddess of justice

Auxesia (Αυξησία) and Damia (Δαμία), two local fertility goddesses

Charites (Χάριτες), goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility

Aglaea (Αγλαΐα), goddess of beauty, adornment, splendor and glory

Euphrosyne (Εὐφροσύνη), goddess of good cheer, joy, mirth, and merriment

Thalia (Θάλεια), goddess of festive celebrations and rich and luxurious banquets

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