List of Greek mythological figures

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A listing of Greek mythological beings. Many of the gods and goddesses had Roman and Etruscan equivalents. See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatures.

1 Immortals
2 Mortals
- 2.1 A-B
- 2.2 C-G
- 2.3 H-L
- 2.4 M-P
- 2.5 R-Z

[edit] Immortals

[edit] Olympian deities

Greek name (transliteration)	English name	Description
Aφροδίτη (Aphroditē)	Aphrodite	Goddess of beauty and love.
Aπόλλων (Apollōn)	Apollo	God of the light, music, healing, prophecy, and poetry.
Άρης (Arēs)	Ares	God of war, primarily violent war and bloodshed.
Άρτεμις (Artemis)	Artemis	Goddess of the hunt and the moon.
Ἀθηνά (Athēna)	Athena	Goddess of wisdom, strategy, and war.
Δήμητρα (Dēmētra)	Demeter	Goddess of agriculture.
Άδης (Hades)	Hades	God of the Dead and lord of the Underworld. Brother of Poseidon and Zeus
Ἡφαιστος (Hēphaistos)	Hephaestus	God of fire and the forge.
Ἡρα (Hēra)	Hera	Goddess of marriage, family, and motherhood. Zeus' jealous wife.
Ἑρμής (Hērmēs)	Hermes	God of travel, thieves, and commerce. Messenger of the gods.
Ἑστία (Hestia)	Hestia	Goddess of the hearth and domestic life. Eventually replaced by Dionysus.
Ποσειδων (Poseidōn)	Poseidon	God of the sea. Brother of Hades and Zeus and father of Polyphemus
Ζεύς (Zeus)	Zeus	King of the gods. God of air, thunder and lightning. Brother of Poseidon and Hades. Destroyed his father who was a titan. Loves women and cheats on Hera very much in mythology.

[edit] Primordial deities

Greek name	English name	Description
Αιθήρ (Aithēr)	Aether	God of the upper air.
Χάος (Khaos)	Chaos	Non-gendered deity of the nothingness from which all else sprang.
Χρόνος (Khronos)	Chronos	God of eternal time.
Έρεβος (Erebos)	Erebus	God of darkness.
Έρος	Eros	God of love.
Γαία (Gaia)	Gaea	Goddess of the Earth.
Ημέρα	Hemera	Goddess of daylight.
Νύξ	Nyx	Goddess of night.
Τάρταρος (Tartaros)	Tartarus	The Titan (father of the gods) lives in the pit of tartaros in the darkest deepest part of the underworld controlled by Hades.
Ουρανός (Ouranos)	Uranus

[edit] Other deities

Achelois
Achelous
Acheron (Αχέρων)
Aeolus (Aiolos) (Αίολος)
Agdistis
Alastor
Alectrona
Alexiares and Anicetus
Amphitrite (Αμφιτρίτη)
Anakes
Antheia
Aphaea
Aristaeus
Asclepius (Ασκληπιός)
Astraea (Αστραία)
Ate
Attis
Bia
Boreas (Βορέας)
Brizo
Cabiri
Caerus
Calypso (Καλυψώ)
Ceto
Charon
Circe (Κίρκη)
Cotys
Cragus
Cybele (Κυβέλη)
Dinlas
Dionysus (Dionysos) or Bacchus (Διόνυσος)
Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι)
- Castor (Κάστορ)
- Polydeuces (Πολυδεύκης)
Doris (Δωρίς)
Efreisone (Ευφροσύνη)
Eileithyia
Elpis (Ελπίς)
Enyalius
Enyo
Eos
Eosphorus
The Erinyes, or "Furies"
Eris (Έρις)
Eros (Έρος)
Ethehofos
Eurynome, the god of Death.
Eurus (Euros)
Glaucus
Hades (Άδης)
Hêbê (Ήβη)
Hecate (Εκάτη)
Hêlios (Ήλιος)
Heracles (Ηρακλής)
Hespera
Horae (Ώρες)
- Thallo (Θαλλώ)
- Auxo (Αυξώ)
- Karpo (Καρπώ)
- Eunomia (Ευνομία)
- Dike (Δίκη)
- Irene (Ειρήνη)
Hybris (Ύβρις)
Hygeia (Υγεία)
Hypnos (Ύπνος)
Iris (Ίρις)
Moira (Μοίρα)
The three Moirae, or "Fates": (Μοίρες)
- Clotho (Κλωθώ)
- Lachesis (Λάχεσις)
- Atropos (Άτροπος)
Mania (Μανία)
Metis (Μέτις)
Momus
Morpheus (Μορφέας)
Muses (Μούσες)
- Calliope (Καλλιόπη)
- Clio (Κλειώ)
- Erato (Ερατώ)
- Euterpe (Ευτέρπη)
- Melpomene (Μελπομένη)
- Polyhymnia (Πολυμνία)
- Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη)
- Thalia (Θάλεια)
- Urania (Ουρανία)
Nemesis (Νέμεσις)
Nereus (Νηρέας)
Nike (Νίκη)
Notus (Νότος)
Pan (Παν)
Perséphonê (Περσεφόνη)
Peitho (Πειθώ)
Pleiades (Πλειάδες)
- Alcyone (Αλκυόνη)
- Sterope (Στερόπη)
- Celaeno (Κελαινώ)
- Electra (Ηλέκτρα)
- Maia (Μαία)
- Merope (Μερόπη)
- Taygete (Ταϋγέτη)
Phorcys (Φόρκυς)
Proteus (Πρωτεύς)
Priapus
Selene (Σελήνη)
Thanatos (Θάνατος)
Thetis (Θέτις)
Triton (Τρίτων)
Typhon (Τυφών)
Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος)