Twelve main deities (the pantheon) were familiar to all
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Greeks, but each of these was recognised in wide variety
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of different aspects, often associated with a particular
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place, community or activity. There were also many
minor deities, as well as semi-divine heroes. The gods
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combined supernatural and human characteristics, and
no god was either wholly good or wholly bad.
-The Ancient City,
Peter Connolly and Hazel Dodge