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Newsmaking Deities

Match the Roman deities to their headlines.

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Kidnapped Woman Now Rules UnderworldProserpina
Love Goddess Born from Sea FoamVenus
Jealous Queen of the Gos Vows RevengeJuno
2-faced Man Worshipped in DoorwaysJanus
Father's Headache Yields Wise Warrior GoddessMinerva
Outed, Child-swallowing Father Flees to Italy, Becomes Harvest GodSaturnn
Man with Winged Sandals, Helmet Delivers MessagesMercury
Wine-god Arrested for Disorderly ConductBacchus
Sea God Attacks Dolphins with TridentNeptune
Grain Goddess Neglects Earth, Farmers ComplainCeres
Goat-man Sighted Playing Reed PipesFaunus
Lame God Refuses to Make Weapons, ThunderboltsVulcan
Gloomy, Rich God of Underworld Wins Lottery, Almost SmilesPluto
Goddess of Forests, Moon Turns Peeping Tom into DeerDiana
Versatile God Named Dept. Head of Sun, Music, Medicine, Truth, Prophecy at PJCApollo
Hearth Goddess Chooses Priestesses to Keep Eternal FlameVesta
God of Romantic Love at Odds with Mother over WifeCupid
War God's Popularity Grows in Middle EastMars
After Quarrel with Wife, King of Gods Hurts ThunderboltsJupiter
Citizens Honor Household Gods with PartyLares and Penates


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B. T. Washington High

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