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Hebe

In Greek mythology, the goddess of youth; daughter of Zeus and his sister-consort Hera; and cupbearer to Zeus before the abduction of the mortal boy Ganymede.

She married the deified hero Heracles, with whom she was worshipped at Athens. Later she was credited with powers of rejuvenation.



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