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Apollo

Apollo is God of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light and knowledge.

Apollo’s symbol: lyre七絃琴

Lyre is a string instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity and later periods. 

 Athena

Athena is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, mathematics, strength, war strategy, the arts, crafts.

The birth of Athena: Zeus lay with Metis, the goddess of crafty thought and wisdom, but he immediately feared the consequences. It had been prophesied that Metis would bear children more powerful than the sire, even Zeus himself. In order to forestall these dire consequences, after lying with Metis, Zeus “put her away inside his own belly”; he “swallowed her down all of a sudden”. He was too late: Metis had already conceived. Eventually Zeus experienced an enormous headache; Prometheus, Hephaestus, Hermes, Ares, or Palaemon cleaved Zeus’ head with the double-headed Minoan axe, the labrys. Athena leaped from Zeus’ head, fully grown and armed, with a shout.

Athena's symbol: owls

In Greek mythology, an owl traditionally represents or accompanies Athena, the virgin goddess of wisdom. Because of such association, the bird has been used as a symbol of knowledge, wisdom, perspicacity and erudition throughout the Western world.

Dionysus

Dionysus is the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, fertility, theatre and religious ecstasy in Greek mythology. 

Asclepius

 

Asclepius was a god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. 

Asclepius's symbol: Rod of Asclepius  (⚕)

Rod of Asclepius is a serpent-entwined rod wielded by the Greek god Asclepius, a deity associated with healing and medicine. The symbol has continued to be used in modern times, where it is associated with medicine and health care.

Socrates

Socrates was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. 

Poseidon

Poseidon is one of the twelve Olympian deities (Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes and either Hestia, or Dionysus) of the pantheon in Greek mythology. His main domain is the ocean, and he is called the "God of the Sea". Additionally, he is referred to as "Earth-Shaker" due to his role in causing earthquakes.

Words

Dia- completely

Diagnosis

Dia- going apart

Diaspora dialect

De- down, away from

Deport departure depreciate

Mono- one

Monotheistic

Poly- much, many

Monopoly polytheistic

Ium, eum- sideline

Aquarium auditorium coliseum