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Hermes , Hermes
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Mercury (Roman)
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Hesiod's Theogony, Ovid's Metamorphoses, the Homeric Hymns
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hi-FES-tuhs
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Vulcan (Roman)
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Hesiod's Theogony, Ovid's Metamorphoses
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Greek
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AIR-eez
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Homer's Iliad, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Hesiod's Theo…
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