The lesser gods of olympus

2.  The most important of them was the god of
Love, Eros (Cupid in Latin).
 He was often represented as blindfolded
because love is of ten blind.
 Attendance upon him was ANTEROS, said
sometimes to be the avenger of slighted
love, also HIMEROS or Longing, and
HYMEN the GOD of the wedding feast.

3.  He was the Goddess of Youth
 The daughter of Zeus and Hera.
 Sometimes she appears as cupbearer to the
gods
 Young Trojan prince who was seized and
carried up to Olympus by Zeus eagle.

4.  Goddess of the Rainbow and the Messenger
of the Gods( Iliad, for them he is just a
messenger)

5.  GRACES
*Aglia (Splendor)- She married
Hephaestus,they are treated as separate
personalities but always together a triple
incarnation of grace and beauty.
*Euphrosye (Mirth)
*Thalia (Good Cheer)
They were the daughters of Zeus and
Eurynome( child of titan,Ocean)

6. MUSES- the daughters of Zeus and
Mnemosyne(Memory). “Their hearts are set
upon song and their spirit is free from care”
*Clio- Muse of History
*Urania of astronomy
*Melpomene of tragedy
*Thalia of comedy
*Terpsichore of the dance
*Calliope of epic poetry
*Erato of love-poetry
*Polyhyme of songs to the gods
*Euterpe of Lyric Poetry