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A listing of Greek mythological figures. See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatures. For a list of the deities of many cultures (including this one), see list of deities.

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1 Immortals o 1.1 Olympian deities o 1.2 Protogenoi (primordial deities) o 1.3 Titans o 1.4 Gigantes (giants) o 1.5 Personified concepts o 1.6 Chthonic deities o 1.7 Sea deities o 1.8 Sky deities o 1.9 Rustic deities o 1.10 Agricultural deities o 1.11 Deified mortals

o 1.12 Other deities 2 Mortals o 2.1 A-B o 2.2 C-G o 2.3 H-L o 2.4 M-P o 2.5 R-Z

3 References

Immortals
Olympian deities
Greek name English name Description Goddess of love, lust, beauty, seduction and pleasure. Although married to Hephaestus she had many lovers, most notably Ares. She was depicted as a beautiful woman usually accompanied by her son Eros. Her symbols include the dove, apple, scallop shell and myrtle wreath. God of music, healing, plague, prophecies, poetry, and archery; associated with light, truth and the sun. He is Artemis's twin brother, and son of Zeus and Leto. He was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and various attributes including a laurel wreath, bow and quiver, raven, and lyre. God of war, bloodlust, violence, manly courage, and civil order. The son of Zeus and Hera, he was depicted as either a mature, bearded warrior dressed in battle arms, or a nude beardless youth with helm and spear. His attributes are golden armour and a bronze-tipped spear, and his sacred animals are the eagle owl, the vulture and the venomous snake. Virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, wild animals, childbirth and plague. In later times she became associated with the moon. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of Apollo. In art she was usually depicted as a young woman dressed in a short knee-length chiton and equipped with a hunting bow and a quiver of arrows. In addition to the bow, her attributes include hunting spears, animal pelts, deer and other wild animals.

A (Aphrodit)

Aphrodite

A (Apoll)

Apollo

(Ars)

Ares

(Artemis)

Artemis

 (Athna)

Athena

Virgin goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. The daughter of Zeus and Metis, she was born from Zeus's head fully-formed and armoured. She was depicted crowned with a crested helm, armed with shield and spear, and wearing the snake-trimmed aegis cloak adorned with the head of the Gorgon. Her symbols include the aegis, the owl and the olive tree. Goddess of fertility, agriculture, horticulture, grain and harvest. Demeter is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and sister of Zeus, by whom she bore Persephone. She was depicted as a mature woman, often crowned and holding sheafs of wheat and a torch. Her symbols are the Cornucopia (horn of plenty), wheat-ears, the winged serpent and the lotus staff. God of wine, parties and festivals, madness, drunkenness and pleasure. He was depicted in art as either an older bearded god or a pretty effeminate, long-haired youth. His attributes include the thyrsus (a pine-cone tipped staff), drinking cup, grape vine and a crown of ivy. A later addition to the Olympians, in some accounts he replaced Hestia. King of the Underworld and god of death, the dead, and the hidden wealth of the Earth. His consort is Persephone and his attributes are the key of Hades, the Helm of Darkness, and the three-headed dog, Cerberus. Despite being the son of Cronus and Rhea and the elder brother of Zeus, he is only rarely listed among the Olympians. Crippled god of fire, metalworking, stonemasonry, sculpture and volcanism. The son of Hera by parthenogenesis, he is the smith of the gods and the husband of the adulterous Aphrodite. He was usually depicted as a bearded man holding hammer and tongsthe tools of a smithand riding a donkey. His symbols are the hammer, tongs and anvil. Queen of Heaven and goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings and empires. She is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea and sister-wife of Zeus. She was usually depicted as a beautiful woman wearing a crown and holding a royal, lotus-tipped staff. Her symbols are the diadem, lotus-staff, peacock, cuckoo and pomegranate. God of travel, messengers, trade, thievery, cunning wiles, language, writing, diplomacy, athletics, and animal husbandry. He is the messenger of the gods, a psychopomp who leads the souls of the dead into Hades' realm, and the son of Zeus and Maia. He was depicted as either a handsome

(Dmtra)

Demeter

(Dionysus)

Dionysus

(Hades)

Hades

Hephaestus (Hphaistos)

(Hra)

Hera

(Hrms)

Hermes

and athletic beardless youth, or as an older bearded man. His attributes include the herald's wand or caduceus, winged sandals, and a traveler's cap. Virgin goddess of the hearth, home and cooking. She is a daughter of Rhea and Cronus and sister of Zeus. She was depicted as a modestly veiled woman, whose symbols are the hearth and kettle. In some accounts she gave up her seat as one of the Twelve Olympians to tend to the sacred flame on Mount Olympus for Dionysus. God of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, earthquakes and horses; known as the "Earth Shaker" or "Storm Bringer". He is a son of Cronus and Rhea and brother to Zeus and Hades. In classical artwork he was depicted as a mature man of sturdy build with a dark beard, and holding a trident. His attributes are the trident, dolphins and horses. The king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky, weather, thunder, law, order and fate. He is the youngest son of Cronus and Rhea, whom he overthrew, and brother-husband to Hera. In artwork he was depicted as a regal man, mature with sturdy figure and dark beard. His symbols are the thunderbolt, royal sceptre, and eagle.

(Hestia)

Hestia

(Poseidon)

Poseidon

(Zeus)

Zeus

Protogenoi (primordial deities)

Greek name (Aithr) (Anank) (Erebos) (Gaia) (mera) English name Aether Ananke Erebos Gaia or Gaea Hemera God of the upper air. Goddess of inevitability, compulsion and necessity. God of darkness and shadow. Goddess of the Earth (Mother Earth); mother of the Titans. Goddess of daylight and the sun. The nothingness from which all else sprang. The Keeper of Time. Not to be confused with the Titan Description

(Khaos) Chaos Chronos

(Khronos) N (Nsoi) (Nyx)

Cronus, the father of Zeus. The Nesoi Goddesses of the islands. Goddess of night. She is also the only being from which Zeus turned when her son Hypnos, who had angered Zeus, hid behind her. God of the heavens (Father Sky); father of the Titans. He banished his children, the Cyclopes and the Hecatonchires, to the underworld because they did not please him. Gods of mountains. God of procreation in the Orphic tradition. God of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures. The darkest, deepest part of the underworld. Spirit of the sea and consort of Pontos.

Nyx

(Ouranos) (Ourea) (Phans) (Pontos) (Tartaros) (Thalassa)

Uranus The Ourea Phanes Pontos Tartarus Thalassa

Titans
Greek name English name The Twelve Titans (Hyperin) (Iapetos) (Koios) (Kris) Hyperion Iapetos Coeus Crius God of light. With Theia, he is the father of Helios (the sun), Selene (the moon) and Eos (the dawn). God of mortality and father of Prometheus, Epimetheus and Atlas. God of intellect and the axis of heaven around which the constellations revolved. The least individualized of the Twelve Titans, he is the father of Astraios, Pallas and Perses. The leader of the Titans, who overthrew his father Ouranos only to be overthrown in turn by his son, Zeus. Description

(Krnos) Cronus

M (Mnmosyn) (keanos) (Phoib)

Mnemosyne Oceanus Phoebe

Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses. God of the Earth-encircling river Oceanus, the font of all the Earth's fresh-water. Goddess of the "bright" intellect and prophecy, and consort of Koios. Goddess of female fertility, motherhood, and generation. She is the sister and consort of Cronus, and mother of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. Wife of Oceanus, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains and clouds. Goddess of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion, and mother of Helios, Selene and Eos. Goddess of divine law and order. Other Titans

(Rheia)

Rhea

(Tthys)

Tethys

(Theia) (Themis)

Theia Themis

(Asteria) (Astraios) (Atlas) (Aura) (Din) (s) (Epimtheus) (Eurybia) (Eurynom) (Hlios)

Asteria Astraios Atlas Aura Dione Eos Epimetheus Eurybia Eurynome Helios

Goddess of nocturnal oracles and falling stars. God of stars and planets, and the art of astrology. Son of Iapetus, condemned to carry the heavens upon his shoulders. Goddess of the breeze and the fresh, cool air of early morning. Goddess of the oracle of Dodona. Goddess of the dawn. God of afterthought and the father of excuses. Goddess of the mastery of the seas and consort of Krios. Goddess of water-meadows and pasturelands, and mother of the three Kharites by Zeus. God of the sun and guardian of oaths.

 (Klymen) (Llantos) (Lt) (Menoitios) (Mtis)

Klymene or Asia Lelantos Leto Menoitios Metis

Goddess of renown, fame and infamy, and wife of Iapetos. God of air and the hunter's skill of stalking prey. He is the male counterpart of Leto. Goddess of motherhood and mother of Artemis and Apollo. God of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality. Killed by Zeus. Goddess of good counsel, advise, planning, cunning, craftiness and wisdom, and mother of Athena. An elder Titan god, in some versions of the myth he ruled the Earth with his consort Eurynome before Cronus overthrew him. God of warcraft. He was killed by Athena during the Titanomachy. God of destruction. God of forethought and crafty counsel, and creator of mankind. Goddess of the moon. Goddess of the Underworld river Styx and personification of hatred.

(Ophin) Ophion (Pallas) (Perss) (Promtheus) (Seln) (Styx) Pallas Perses Prometheus Selene Styx

Gigantes (giants)

The Hekatonkheires (), the Hundred-Handed Ones, giant gods of violent storms and hurricanes o Briareus or Aigaion () o Cottus () o Gyges () Agrius (), a man-eating Thracian giant who was half-man and half-bear Alcyoneus (), the king of the Thracian giants, who was slain by Heracles Aloadae (), twin giants who attempted to storm heaven o Otos () o Ephialtes () Antaeus (), a Libyan giant who wrestled all visitors to the death until he was slain by Heracles Argus Panoptes ( ), a hundred-eyed giant tasked with guarding over Io

Cyclopes (Elder), three one-eyed giants who forged the lightning-bolts of Zeus o Arges () o Brontes () o Steropes () Cyclopes (Younger), a tribe of one-eyed cannibalistic giants who shepherded flocks of sheep on the island of Sicily o Polyphemus () Enceladus (), one of the Thracian giants who made war on the gods The Gegenees (), a tribe of six-armed giants fought by the Argonauts on Bear Mountain in Mysia Geryon (), a three-bodied, four-winged giant who dwelt on the red island of Erytheia The Laestrygonians (), a tribe of man-eating giants encountered by Odysseus on his travels Orion (), a giant huntsman whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion Porphyrion (), the king of the Gigantes who was struck down by Herakles and Zeus with arrows and lightning-bolts after he attempted to rape Hera Talos (), a giant forged from bronze by Hephaestus, and gifted by Zeus to his lover Europa as her personal protector Tityos (), a giant slain by Apollo and Artemis when he attempted to violate their mother Leto. Typhon (), a monstrous immortal storm-giant who was defeated and imprisoned by Zeus in the pit of Tartarus

Personified concepts

Achlys (), spirit of the death-mist Adephagia (), spirit of gluttony Adikia (), spirit of injustice and wrong-doing Aergia (), spirit of idleness, laziness, indolence and sloth Agon (), spirit of contest, who possessed at altar at Olympia, site of the Olympic Games. Aidos (), spirit of modesty, reverence and respect Alala (), spirit of the war cry Alastor (), spirit of blood feuds and vengeance Aletheia (), spirit of truth, truthfulness and sincerity The Algea (), spirits of pain and suffering o Akhos o Ania o Lupe Amekhania (), spirit of helplessness and want of means The Amphilogiai (), spirits of disputes, debate and contention Anaideia (), spirit of ruthlessness, shamelessness, and unforgivingness The Androktasiai (), spirits of battlefield slaughter Angelia (), spirit of messages, tidings and proclamations

Apate (), spirit of deceit, guile, fraud and deception Aporia (A), spirit of difficulty, perplexity, powerlessness and want of means The Arae (), spirits of curses Arete (A), spirit of virtue, excellence, goodness and valour At (), spirit of delusion, infatuation, blind folly, recklessness and ruin Bia (), spirit of force, power, bodily strength and compulsion Caerus (), spirit of opportunity Deimos (), spirit of fear, dread and terror Eirene (), goddess of peace Dikaiosyne (), spirit of justice and righteousness Dike (), spirit of justice, fair judgements and the rights established by custom and law Dolos (), spirit of trickery, cunning deception, craftiness, treachery and guile Dysnomia (), spirit of lawlessness and poor civil constitution Ekecheiria (c), spirit of truce, armistice, and the cessation of all hostilities; honoured at the Olympic Games Eleos (), spirit of mercy, pity and compassion Elpis (), spirit of hope and expectation Epiphron (), spirit of prudence, shrewdness, thoughtfulness, carefulness and sagacity Eris (), spirit of strife, discord, contention and rivalry The Erotes () o Anteros (), god of requited love o Eros (), god of love and sexual passion o Himeros (), god of sexual desire o Pothos (), god of sexual longing, yearning and desire Eucleia (), spirit of good repute and glory Eunomia (), goddess good order and lawful conduct Eupheme (), spirit of words of good omen, acclamation, praise, applause and shouts of triumph Eusebeia (E), spirit of piety, loyalty, duty and filial respect Euthenia (), spirit of prosperity, abundance and plenty Geras (), spirit of old age Harmonia ()[1], goddess of harmony and concord Hebe (), goddess of youth Hedone (), spirit of pleasure, enjoyment and delight Homados (), spirit of the din of battle Homonoia (), spirit of concord, unanimity, and oneness of mind Horkos (), spirit of oaths Hormes (), spirit of impulse or effort (to do a thing), eagerness, setting onself in motion, and starting an action Hybris (), spirit of hubris Hypnos (), god of sleep The Hysminai (), spirits of fighting and combat Kakia (K), spirit of vice and moral badness

The Keres (), spirits of violent or cruel death Koalemos (), spirit of stupidity and foolishness Kratos (), spirit of strength, might, power and sovereign rule Kydoimos (), spirit of the din of battle, confusion, uproar and hubbub Lethe (), spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion Limos (), spirit of hunger and starvation The Litae (), spirits of prayer Lyssa (), spirit of rage, fury and rabies in animals The Makhai (), spirits of fighting and combat Mania (), spirit or spirits of madness, insanity and frenzy The Moirae, or "Fates" () o Clotho (), the spinner of the life thread o Lachesis (), the measurer of the life thread o Atropos (), the severer of the life thread Momus (), spirit of mockery, blame, censure and stinging criticism Moros (), spirit of doom Morpheus (), god of dreams Nemesis (), goddess of righteous indignation and retribution Nike (), spirit of victory Nomos (), spirit of law Oizys (), spirit of woe and misery The Oneiroi (), spirits of dreams o Epiales (), spirit of nightmares o Phantasos (), spirit of dreams of fantasy o Phobetor (), spirit of nightmares Palioxis (), spirit of backrush, flight and retreat from battle Peitho (), spirit of persuasion and seduction Penia (), spirit of poverty and need Penthus (), spirit of grief, mourning and lamentation Pheme (), spirit of rumour, report and gossip Philophrosyne (), spirit of friendliness, kindness and welcome Philotes (), spirit of friendship, affection and sexual intercourse Phobos (), spirit of panic fear, flight and battlefield rout The Phonoi (), spirits of murder, killing and slaughter Phrike (), spirit of horror and trembling fear Phthonus (), spirit of envy and jealousy Pistis (), spirit of trust, honesty and good faith Poine (), spirit of retribution, vengeance, recompense, punishment and penalty for the crime of murder and manslaughter Ponos (), spirit of hard labour and toil Poros (), spirit of expediency, the means of accomplishing or providing, contrivance and device Praxidike (), spirit of exacting justice Proioxis (), spirit of onrush and battlefield pursuit The Pseudologoi, spirits of lies Ptocheia (), spirit of beggary

Soter (), male spirit of safety, preservation and deliverance from harm Soteria (), female spirit of safety, preservation and deliverance from harm Sophrosyne (), spirit of moderation, self-control, temperance, restraint, and discretion Thanatos (), spirit of death and mortality Tyche (), spirit of fortune, chance, providence and fate Zelos ( ), spirit of eager rivalry, emulation, envy, jealousy and zeal

Chthonic deities

Amphiaraus (), a hero of the war of the Seven Against Thebe who became an oracular spirit of the Underworld after his death Askalaphos (), the son of Acheron and Orphne who tended the Underworld orchards before being transformed into a screech owl by Demeter Cerberus (), the three-headed hound who guarded the gates of Hades Charon (), ferryman of Hades Empusa (), a monstrous underworld spirit or spirits with flaming hair, the leg of a goat and a leg of bronze Erebos (), the primeval god of darkness, his mists encircled the underworld and filled the hollows of the earth Hecate (), goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy Judges of the Dead o Aiakos (), former mortal king of Aegina, guardian of the keys of Hades and judge of the men of Europe o Minos (), former mortal king of Crete and judge of the final vote o Rhadamanthys (), former mortal lawmaker and judge of the men of Asia Keuthonymos (), an Underworld spirit and father of Menoetes Cronus (), deposed king of the Titans; after his release from Tartarus he was appointed king of the Island of the Blessed Lamia (), a vampiric Underworld spirit or spirits in the train of Hecate Lampades (), torch-bearing Underworld nymphs o Orphne (), a Lampad nymph of Hades, mother of Askalaphos Makaria (), daughter of Hades and goddess of blessed death Melinoe (), daughter of Persephone and Zeus who presided over the propitiations offered to the ghosts of the dead Menoetes (), Underworld spirit who herded the cattle of Hades Mormo (), a fearsome Underworld spirit or spirits in the train of Hecate Nyx (), the primeval goddess of night Persephone (), queen of the underworld, wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth Rivers of the Underworld o Akheron (), the river of pain o Kokytos (K), the river of wailing o Lethe (), the river of forgetfulness

Phlegethon (), the river of fire Styx (), the river of hate Tartarus (), the primeval god of the dark, stormy pit of Hades Thanatos (), spirit of death and minister of Hades
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Sea deities

Aegaeon (), god of violent sea storms and ally of the Titans Akheilos (), shark-shaped sea spirt Amphitrite (), sea goddess and consort of Poseidon Brizo (), goddess of sailors Carcinus (), a giant crab who allied itself with the Hydra against Heracles. When it died, Hera placed it in the sky as the constellation Cancer. Ceto (), goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters Charybdis (), a sea monster and spirit of whirlpools and the tide Cymopoleia (), a daughter of Poseidon and goddess of giant storm waves Delphin (), the leader of the dolphins, Poseidon placed him in the sky as the constellation Delphin Doris (), goddess of the sea's bounty Eidothea (), prophetic sea nymph and daughter of Proteus Eurybia (), goddess of the mastery of the seas Glaucus (), the fisherman's sea god Gorgons (), three monstrous sea spirits o Stheno () o Euryale () o Medusa (), the only mortal of the three The Graeae (), three ancient sea spirits who personified the white foam of the sea; they shared one eye and one tooth between them Deino () Enyo () Pemphredo () The Harpies (), winged spirits of sudden, sharp gusts of wind Hippocampi (), the horses of the sea The Ichthyocentauri (), a pair of centaurine sea-gods with the upper bodies of men, the lower fore-parts of horses, ending in the serpentine tails of fish o Bythos o Aphros Ladon (), a hundred-headed sea serpent who guarded the western reaches of the sea, and the island and golden apples of the Hesperides Leucothea (), a sea goddess who aided sailors in distress Nereides (), sea nymphs o Arethusa (), a daughter of Nereus who was transformed into a fountain o Galene (), goddess of calm seas

Nereus (), the old man of the sea, and the god of the sea's rich bounty of fish Nerites (), a sea spirit who was transformed into a shell-fish by Aphrodite Oceanus (), Titan god of the Earth-encircling river Oceanus, the font of all the Earth's fresh-water Palaemon (), a young sea god who aided sailors in distress Phorcys (), god of the hidden dangers of the deep Pontos (), primeval god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures Poseidon (), king of the sea and lord of the sea gods; also god of rivers, flood and drought, earthquakes, and horses Proteus (), a shape-shifting, prophetic old sea god, and the herdsman of Poseidon's seals Psamathe (), goddess of sand beaches Scylla (), monstrous sea goddess The Sirens (), three sea nymphs who lured sailors to their death with their song The Telchines (), sea spirits native to the island of Rhodes; the gods killed them when they turned to evil magic Tethys (), wife of Oceanus, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains and clouds Thalassa (), primeval spirit of the sea and consort of Pontos Thaumas (), god of the wonders of the sea Thetis (), leader of the Nereids who presided over the spawning of marine life in the sea Thoosa (), goddess of swift currents Triteia (), daughter of Triton and companion of Ares Triton (), fish-tailed son and herald of Poseidon Tritones (), fish-tailed spirits in Poseidon's retinue

Sky deities

Achelois (), "she who washes pain away", a minor moon goddess Aeolus (Aiolos) (), king of the winds Aether (), primeval god of the upper air Alectrona (), solar goddess of the morning or waking up Anemoi, gods of the winds o Boreas (), god of the north wind and of winter o Eurus (), god of the unlucky east wind o Notus () god of the south wind o Zephyrus (), god of the west wind Arke (), messenger of the Titans and twin sister of Iris Astraios (), Titan god of stars and planets, and the art of astrology The Astra Planeti ( ), gods of the five wandering stars or planets o Stilbon (), god of Hermaon, the planet Mercury o Eosphorus (), god of Venus the morning star

Hesperus (), god of Venus the evening star Pyroeis (), god of Areios, the planet Mars Phaethon (), god of Dios, the planet Jupiter Phaenon (), god of Kronion, the planet Saturn Aura (), goddess of the breeze and the fresh, cool air of early morning Aurai (), nymphs of the cooling breeze Chaos (), the nothingness from which all else sprang, she also represented the lower atmosphere which surrounded the earth Chione (), goddess of snow and daughter of Boreas Eos (), Titan goddess of the dawn Helios ( ), Titan god of the sun and guardian of oaths Hemera (), primeval goddess of daylight and the sun Hera (), Queen of Heaven and goddess of the air and starry constellations Herse (), goddess of the morning dew Iris (), goddess of the rainbow and divine messenger The Menae (), fifty goddesses of phases of the moon and the fifty lunar months of the four-year Olympiad Nephelai (), cloud nymphs o Cleochareia, a river nymph who was married to King Lelex of Laconia Orithyia (), goddess of cold, gusty mountain winds Ouranos (), primeval god of the heavens Pandia (), daughter of Selene and Zeus; goddess of the full moon and of the earth-nourishing dew The Pleiades (), goddesses of the constellation Pleiades o Alcyone () o Sterope () o Celaeno () o Electra () o Maia () o Merope () o Taygete () Selene (), Titan goddess of the moon Zeus (), King of Heaven and god of the sky, clouds, rain, thunder and lightning
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Rustic deities

Aetna (), goddess of the volcanic Mount Etna in Sicily Amphictyonis (), goddess of wine and friendship between nations, a local form of Demeter Antheia (), goddess of flowers and flowery wreaths Anthousai (), flower nymphs Aristaeus (), god of bee-keeping, cheese-making, herding, olivegrowing and hunting

Artemis (), goddess of wild animals, birds and fresh-water fish, and of hunting, fishing and fowling Attis (), vegetation god and consort of Cybele Britomartis (), Cretan goddess of hunting and nets used for fishing, fowling and the hunting of small game Cabeiri (), two gods or spirits who presided over the Mysteries of the islands of Lemnos and Samothrace Centaurs (), a race of half-man, half-horse beings o Chiron (), the eldest and wisest of the Centaurs The Cercopes (), a pair of monkey-like thieves who plagued the land of Lydia in western Anatolia o Akmon () o Passalos () Chariclo (), wife of the centaur Chiron Chloris (), goddess of flowers and wife of Zephyrus Comus (), god of revelry, merrymaking and festivity Corymbus (), god of the fruit of the ivy Cybele (), a Phrygian mountain goddess associated with Rhea Dionysus (), god of wine, drunken orgies and wild vegetation Dryades (), tree and forest nymphs Gaia (), primeval goddess of the earth Epimeliades (), nymphs of highland pastures and protectors of sheep flocks Hamadryades (), oak tree dryades Hecaterus (), god of the hekaterisa rustic dance of quickly moving handsand perhaps of the skill of hands in general Hephaestus (), god of metalworking Hermes (), god of herds and flocks, of roads and boundary stones The Horae (), goddesses of the seasons and natural order o Eunomia (), spirit of good order, and springtime goddess of green pastures o Dike (), spirit of justice, may have represented springtime growth o Eirene (), spirit of peace and goddess of the springtime o Thallo (), goddess of spring buds and shoots, identified with Eirene o Auxo (), goddess of spring growth o Karpo (), goddess of the fruits of the earth Korybantes (), the crested dancers who worshipped Cybele Maenades (), crazed nymphs in the retinue of Dionysus o Methe (), nymph of drunkenness Meliae (), nymphs of honey and the ash tree Naiades (), fresh water nymphs o Daphne () o The Hesperides () o Metope () The Nymphai Hyperboreioi ( ), who presided over aspects of archery

Hekaerge (), represented distancing Loxo (), represented trajectory Oupis (), represented aim Oreades (), mountain nymphs o Adrasteia (), a nursemaid of the infant Zeus o Echo (), a nymph cursed never to speak except to repeat the words of others Oceanides (), fresh water nymphs o Beroe (), a nymph of Beruit, the daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis, who was wooed by both Dionysus and Poseidon o Calypso () o Clytie () o Eidyia, the youngest of the Oceanides The Ourea (), primeval gods of mountains The Palici (), a pair of rustic gods who presided over the geysers and thermal springs in Sicily Pan (), god of shepherds, pastures, and fertility Potamoi, river gods o Achelous () o Acis () o Akheron () o Alpheus () o Asopus () o Cladeus () o Eurotas () o Kokytos (K) o Lethe () o Peneus () o Phlegethon ()) o Styx () o Scamander () Priapus (), god of garden fertility Pyrrhikhos (), god of the rustic dance Rhea (), the great mother and queen of the mountain wilds Satyrs (), rustic fertility spirits o Krotos (), a great hunter and musician who kept the company of the Muses on Mount Helicon Silenus (), an old rustic god of the dance of the wine-press Telete (), goddess of initiation into the Bacchic orgies Zagreus (), in the Orphic mysteries, the first incarnation of Dionysus
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Agricultural deities

Aphaea, minor goddess of agriculture and fertility Bootes (), agricultural demi-god inventor of the wagon and the plough Carme (), a Cretan spirit who presided over the harvest festival

Carmanor (), a Cretan harvest god Cyamites (), demi-god of the bean Demeter (), goddess of fertility, agriculture, grain and harvest Despione (), fertility goddess and daughter of Demeter and Poseidon Dionysus (), god of viticulture and wine Eunostus (), goddess of the flour mill Hestia (), maiden goddess of the hearth who presided over the baking of bread, mankind's stable food Persephone (), queen of the underworld, wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth Plutus (), god of wealth, including agricultural wealth

Deified mortals

Achilles (), hero of the Trojan War Aiakos (), a king of Aegina, when he died he was appointed as a Judge of the Dead in the Underworld Aeolus (Aiolos) (), a king of Thessaly, made the immortal king of the winds by Zeus Amphiaraus (), a hero of the war of the Seven Against Thebe who became an oracular spirit of the Underworld after his death Ariadne (), a Cretan princess who became the immortal wife of Dionysus Aristaeus (), a Thessalian hero, his inventions saw him immortalised as the god of bee-keeping, cheese-making, herding, olive-growing and hunting Asclepius (), a Thessalian physician who was struck down by Zeus, to be later recovered by his father Apollo Attis (), a consort of Cybele, granted immortality as one her her attendants The Dioscuri (), divine twins o Castor () o Polydeuces () Endymion (), lover of Selene, granted eternal sleep so as never to age or die Ganymede (), a handsome Trojan prince, abducted by Zeus and made cup-bearer of the gods Glaucus (), the fisherman's sea god, made immortal after eating a magical herb Hemithea and Parthenos ( and ), princesses of the Island of Naxos who leapt into the sea to escape their stepfather's wrath; Apollo transformed them into demi-goddesses Heracles (), ascended hero Minos (), a king of Crete, when he died he was appointed as a Judge of the Dead in the Underworld Ino (), a Theban princess who became the sea goddess Leucothea The Leucippides (), wives of the Dioscuri o Phoebe (), wife of Pollux o Hilaeira (), wife of Castor

Orithyia (), an Athenian princess abducted by Boreas and made the goddess of cold, gusty mountain winds Palaemon (), a Theban prince, made into a sea god along with his mother, Ino Psyche, goddess of the soul Rhadamanthys (), a Cretan lawmaker, when he died he was appointed as a Judge of the Dead in the Underworld

Other deities

Aceso (), goddess of the healing of wounds and the curing of illnesses Acratopotes (), god of unmixed wine and incontinence Adrestia (), a daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, or an epithet of Nemesis Aegle (), goddess of radiant good health Agdistis (), Phrygian hermaphroditic deity Alexiares and Anicetus ( and ), twin sons of Heracles who presided over the defence of fortified towns and citadels Anakes () Asclepius (), god of healing Astraea (), virgin goddess of justice Charites (), goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility o Aglaea (), goddess of beauty, adornment, splendour and glory o Euphrosyne (), goddess of good cheer, joy, mirth and merriment o Thalia (), goddess of festive celebrations and rich and luxurious banquets Ceraon (), demi-god of the meal, specifically the mixing of wine Chrysus (), spirit of gold Circe (), goddess-witch of Aeaea Daemones Ceramici ( ), five malevolent spirits who plagued the craftsman potter o Syntribos (), the shatterer o Smaragos (), the smasher o Asbetos (), the charrer o Sabaktes (), the destroyer o Omodamos (), crudebake Deipneus (), demi-god of the preparation of meals, specifically the making of bread Efreisone (), personification of the olive branch Eileithyia (), goddess of childbirth Enyalius (), minor god of war Enyo (), goddess of destructive war Epione (), goddess of the soothing of pain The Erinyes (), the Furies, goddesses of retribution

Alecto (), the unceasing one Tisiphone (), avenger of murder Megaera (), the jealous one Harpocrates (), god of silence Hedylogos (), god of sweet talk and flattery Hermaphroditus (), god of hermaphrodites and effeminate men Hygieia (), goddess of cleanliness and good health Hymenaios (), god of marriage and marriage feasts Ichnaea (), goddess of tracking Iaso (), goddess of cures, remedies and modes of healing Iynx (), goddess of the love charm Matton (), demi-god of the meal, specifically the kneading of dough Muses (), goddesses of music, song and dance, and the source of inspiration to poets o Titan Muses, daughters of Gaia and Ouranos Aoide (), muse of song Melete (), muse of meditation and practice Mneme (), muse of memory o Olympian Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne Calliope (), muse of epic poetry Clio (), muse of history Erato (), muse of erotic poetry Euterpe (), muse of lyric poetry Melpomene (), muse of tragedy Polyhymnia () (), muse of sacred poetry Terpsichore (), muse of dance and choral poetry Thalia (), muse of comedy and bucolic poetry Urania (), muse of astronomy Paeon (, , or ), physician of the Olympian gods Panacea (), goddess of healing Pasithea (), goddess of rest and relaxation Telesphorus (), demi-god of convalescence, who "brought to fulfillment" recuperation from illness or injury
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Mortals
A-B

Abas Abderus Acacallis Acamas () Acarnan () Acastus Acestes

Achaeus () Achilles (Akhilleus) ( or ) Acoetes Acrisius Actaeon (Aktaion) Actaeus Actor () Admetus () Adonis () Adrastus () Aeacus (Aiakos) () Aeetes Aegeus () Aegialeia () Aegialeus Aegimius Aegina () Aegisthus () Aegyptus () Aeneas (Aineas) () Aeolus () Aepytus Aerope Aesacus Aeson (Aison) Aethalides Aethlius Aethra () Aetolus () Agamedes Agamemnon () Agapenor Agasthenes Agave Agelaus (Agelos) Agenor () Aglaea () Agraulus Agrius Agron Ajax the great (Aas the great) ( ) Ajax the lesser (Aas the lesser) ( ) Alcaeus (Alkaios) () Alcathous Alcestis () Alcidice

Alcimede Alcinous ( or ) Alcmaeon Alcmene (Alkmn) () Alcyone ( or ) Aleus Almus Aloeus Alope Althaea () Althaemenes Amarynceus Amphiaraus () Amphictyon () Amphidamas () Amphilochus () Amphimachus () Amphinomus (Amphnomos) () Amphion Amphithea () Amphitryon (Amphitrion) () Amyclas () Amycus Amymone Amyntor () Amythaon Anaxagoras () Anaxibia Anaxo Ancaeus Anchialus () Anchises () Andraemon Andreus Androgeus Andromache () Andromeda () Anius Antenor () Anticlea (Antiklia) Antigone () Antilochus () Antimachus () Antinous (Antinos) Antion Antiope ()

Antiphates Antiphus Aphareus Apheidas Apis Apsyrtus Arachne (Arakhne) () Arcas () Arcesius (Arksios) Arete Argea Argeius Argos () Ariadne () Arion () Aristodemus () Aristomachus () Arsinoe () Asclepius () Asius Assaracus Astacus Asterius Astyanax () Astydameia () Astyoche Astypalaea () Atalanta () Athamas () Atreus () Atymnius Auge Augeas () Autesion Autolycus Automedon () Autonoe Bateia Battus Baucis Bellerophon Belus Bias Borus Briseis Briseus

Britomartis Broteas Bunus Busiris Butes Byblis

C-G

Cadmus Caeneus (Caenis when female) Calchas Callidice Callirhoe Callisto Calyce Calydon Canace Canthus Capaneus Capys Car Carme Carnabon Cassandra Cassiopeia Castor Catreus Caunus Cebriones Cecrops Ceisus Celeus Cephalus Cepheus, King of Aethiopia Cepheus, King of Tegea Cerdo Cestrinus Ceyx Chalciope Chalcodon Chione Chiron Chloris Chryseis Chryses

Chrysippus Chrysothemis Chthonius Cilix Cinyras Cleite Cleodaeus Cleopatra Clymene Clymenus Clytemnestra Clytius Codrus Comaetho Copreus Corcyra Corinthus Coronis Coronus Cranaus Creon Cresphontes Crete Cretheus Creusa Crisus Croesus Cychreus Cycnus Cylla Cynortas Cyparissus Cypselus Cytisorus Cyzicus Daedalion Daedalus Damocles Dana Danaus Dardanus Dascylus Deianeira Deimachus Deioneus () or Deion () Deiphobus

Deiphontes Deipyle Demonassa Demonice Demophon Deucalion Dexamenus Dia Dictys Diomedes Diores Dioscuri (Castor and Polydeuces) Dirce Dius Dolius Dolon Dorus Dryope Echemus Echetus Echion Eetion Elatus (latos) Electra Electryon Eleius Elephenor Eleusis Elpenor Elymus (Elumos) Endeis Endymion Epaphus Epeius Epicasta Epidaurus Epopeus Erechtheus Erginus (Erginos) Erichthonius Eriphyle Eteocles Eumaeus (Eumaios) Eumelus Europa Eurotas

Euryalus Eurycleia (also Eurkleia, Euryclea) Eurylochus Eurymachus Eurypylus Eurystheus Eurytion Eurytus Ganymede

H-L

Haemon Hector (Hektor) Hecuba (Hekuba) Helen Helenus Helios Helle Heracles (Herakls) Hermaphroditus Hermione Hippocoon Hippodamia, wife of Pilops Hippodamia, wife of Pirithous Hippolyta Hippolytus Hippomedon Hippomenes Hylas Iambe Icarius Icarus Idomeneus Ino Io Iolaus Iole Iphicles Iphigenia Iphthime Irus Ismene Ixion Jason Jocasta

Labdacus Larts Laius Laodamas Laomedon Leda Lelex Lycaon Lycus

M-P

Machaon Marsyas Medea Medn Medusa (the mortal gorgon) Melampus Melanthus Meleager Memnon Menelaus Menestheus Messene Midas Minos Munippus Myles Myrrha Myrtilus Narcissus Nausicaa Neleus Neoptolemus Nephele Nestor Nimrit/Maya Niobe Nycteus Odysseus Oebalus Oedipus Oeneus Oenomaus Ogygus Oileus

Olenus Orestes Orion Orpheus Oxyntes Pandarus Pandion I Pandion II Pandora Pandora II Paris Parthenopeus Patroclus Peleus Pelias Pelopia Pelops Penlop (Penelopeia) Peneus Penthesilea Pentheus Periphetes Perseus (Perseos) (, ) Phaethon (Phaton) Phegeus Philemon Philoctetes Phineas Phineus Phocus Phoenix (Phoinix) Phrixus Phyleus Pirithous Pittheus Podalirius Polites Polycaon Polydorus Polynices Polyxena Priam Procrustes (Prokrustes) Proetus Prosymnus Protesilaus

Psyche Pterelaos Pygmalion Pylades Pyramus Pyrrhag

R-Z

Rhadamanthys Rhesus Sarpedon Semele Sisyphus Sparta Sthenelus Tantalus Telamon Telemachus (Telmakhos, Telemachos) Telephus Teucer Theoclymenus Thersander Thersites Theseus (Theseos) Thisbe Thyestes Thymoetes Tithonus Tlepolemus Trophonius Tydeus Tyndareus Xuthus Zetes Zethus

References
1. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith (1870), vol.
2, p. 350

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