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Show WOMEN OF MYTHOLOGY. , . Amazons A nation of women soldiers; sol-diers; Hercules defeuted them and gave Illppolyte, their queen, to Theseus for a wife. , ' Bellona Goddess of wnr, who pre-, pared iho chariot of Mars 'and appeared ap-peared in battlu armed with u whip and holding a torch. Cnlllsto A nymph of Arendln, who wns changed Into a bear anil placed In the heavens us a constellation. Dlscordln A malevolent deity; driven from heaven by Jupiter because she sowed dissension among the gods. Erytbela One of the goddesses of Night appointed to guard the golden apples In the gardens of the Hesper-lues, Hesper-lues, Fates Three sisters, daughters of Night, whom Jupiter permitted to decide de-cide the fortune nnd particularly the duration of humnn life. Clotbo attached at-tached the thread, Lachesls spun It and Atropos cut It off when the end of life arrived. Gerda So beautiful' that tho brightness bright-ness of her nuked nrma illumlnuted both tho sea nnd nlr. Hebe Goddess of youth nnd cupbearer cup-bearer to nil the gods |