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Zagreus
A name of Dionysus.

Zenobius
Greek sophist from the first half of the second century B.C., who wrote a collecton of proverbs which is still partially extant.

Zephyrus
West wind, the son of Astraeus and Eos. He was spurned by Hyacinthus and caused his death. Romans identified him with Favonius, the spring breeze.

Zeugma
Rhetorical term referring to the linking of two or more parts of speech by another part of speech.

Zeus
The top god in the Greek pantheon.
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Adultery: A Peacock's Tale
Demeter
Olympians Emergence
Olympians Net Links
Seduction of Io
Uranus' Revenge
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