Damocles 5335
Damocles was a courtier of King Dionysius II of Syracuse, Sicily. Damocles was fond of flattering his master, often opining on how fortunate the king was, as absolute master of his realm, surrounded by pomp, magnificence and riches.
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Demeter 1108
Demeter was the Greek goddess of agriculture and the harvest, fertility and motherhood, who presided over the natural cycle of birth and death.
Deucalion 53311
Deucalion was a son of Prometheus, a righteous and upright man who, with his wife Pyrrha, was saved from a huge flood Zeus sent to punish and destroy mankind for its hubris and savagery. Forewarned by his father, Deucalion built a huge wooden chest to ride out the raging seas.
Dionysus 3671
Dionysus is the Greek god of wine, sacred or ritual insanity, theater, intoxicants, excess, epiphanous revelation and ecstatic trance.
Eris 136199
Eris is the goddess of strife and discord. Her most famous tale involves the beginning of the Trojan War.
Eros 433
Eros is the god of love and erotic desire, a son of Aphrodite by war god Ares, from whom he derives his bow and arrows, piercing both gods and mortals with divine passion.
