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  2. Cephissus (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The Xenokrateia Relief, from the late fifth century BC, commemorates the founding of a sanctuary to Cephissus, National Archaeological Museum of Athens.. In Greek mythology Cephissus also spelled Kephissos (/ ˈ k ɛ f ɪ ˌ s ə s / or / ˌ k ɪ f ɪ ˈ s oʊ s /; Ancient Greek: Κηφισός, romanized: Kephisos) is a river god of ancient Greece, associated with the river Cephissus in ...

  3. Twelve Olympians - Wikipedia

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    Besides the twelve Olympians, there were many other various cultic groupings of twelve gods throughout ancient Greece. The earliest evidence of Greek religious practice involving twelve gods (Greek: δωδεκάθεον, dōdekátheon, from δώδεκα dōdeka, "twelve", and θεοί theoi, "gods") comes no earlier than the late sixth century ...

  4. List of kings of Athens - Wikipedia

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    The early Athenian tradition, followed by the 3rd century BC Parian Chronicle, made Cecrops, a mythical half-man half-serpent, the first king of Athens. [5] The dates for the following kings were conjectured centuries later, by historians of the Hellenistic era who tried to backdate events by cross-referencing earlier sources such as the Parian Chronicle.

  5. Quipu - Wikipedia

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    The word Quipu is derived from a Quechua word meaning 'knot' or 'to knot'. [16] The terms quipu and khipu are simply spelling variations on the same word.Quipu is the traditional spelling based on the Spanish orthography, while khipu reflects the recent Quechuan and Aymaran spelling shift.

  6. List of Greek deities - Wikipedia

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    The principal gods of the Greek pantheon were the twelve Olympians, [30] who lived on Mount Olympus, [31] and were connected to each other as part of a single family. [32] Zeus was the chief god of the pantheon, though Athena and Apollo were honoured in a greater number of sanctuaries in major cities, and Dionysus is the deity who has received ...

  7. Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    The resulting mythological "history of the world" may be divided into three or four broader periods: The myths of origin or age of gods (Theogonies, "births of gods"): myths about the origins of the world, the gods, and the human race. The age when gods and mortals mingled freely: stories of the early interactions between gods, demigods, and ...

  8. Ancient Greek religion - Wikipedia

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    Some gods were specifically associated with a certain city. Athena was associated with Athens, Apollo with Delphi and Delos, Zeus with Olympia and Aphrodite with Corinth. But other gods were also worshipped in these cities. Other deities were associated with nations outside of Greece; Poseidon was associated with Ethiopia and Troy, and Ares ...

  9. History of Athens - Wikipedia

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    The name of Athens, connected to the name of its patron goddess Athena, originates from an earlier Pre-Greek language. [1] The origin myth explaining how Athens acquired this name through the legendary contest between Poseidon and Athena was described by Herodotus, [2] Apollodorus, [3] Ovid, Plutarch, [4] Pausanias and others.