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Mercury |
Hermes (pronounced /ˈhɜrmiːz/; Greek Ἑρμῆς) is the great Messenger of the gods in Greek mythology as well as a guide to the Underworld. An Olympian god, he is also the patron of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and...
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| x Aphrodite |
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Venus |
Aphrodite (Greek: Ἀφροδίτη; Roman: Venus) (pronounced /ˌæfrɵˈdaɪtiː/; Ancient Greek: IPA: [apʰɾodíːtɛː]) is the Greek goddess of love, beauty and raw sexuality. According to Greek poet Hesiod, she was born when Cronus cut off Ouranos' genitals and...
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| x Apollo |
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Phoebus |
In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (in Greek, Ἀπόλλων—Apóllōn or Ἀπέλλων—Apellōn), is one of the most important and diverse of the Olympian deities. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of...
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| x Ares |
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Mars |
In Greek mythology, Ares (Ancient Greek: Ἄρης [árɛːs], Μodern Greek: Άρης [ˈaris]) is a major deity and a member of the Twelve Olympians, a son of Zeus and Hera. Though often referred to as the Olympian god of warfare, he is more accurately the god...
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| x Artemis |
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Diana |
Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. In the classical period of Greek mythology, Artemis (Greek: (nominative) Ἄρτεμις, (genitive) Ἀρτέμιδος) was often described as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin...
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| x Athena |
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Minerva |
In Greek mythology, Athena (also called Athene and Pallas Athene, Attic: Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnâ or Ἀθηναία, Athēnaía, Epic: Ἀθηναίη, Athēnaíē, Ionic: Ἀθήνη, Athḗnē, Doric: Ἀθάνα, Athána; Latin: Minerva) is the goddess of wisdom, war, strategy, industry,...
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| x Demeter |
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Ceres |
Demeter (pronounced /dɨˈmiːtər/; Greek: Δημήτηρ, lit. "Earth-Mother" from the Doric Dā form of Greek De "Earth" and Meter "Mother". Or possibly "distribution-mother" from the noun of the Indo-European mother-earth *dheghom *mater, also called simply...
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| x Dionysus |
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Liber |
In classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos (pronounced /ˌdaɪ.ɵˈnaɪsəs/; Greek: Διόνυσος or Διώνυσος) is the god of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, and a major figure of Greek mythology, and one of the twelve Olympians, amongst...
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| x Hades |
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Pluto |
Hades (from Greek ᾍδης, Hadēs, originally Ἅιδης, Haidēs or Άΐδης, Aidēs, meaning "the unseen") refers both to the ancient Greek underworld, the abode of Hades, and to the god of the underworld. Hades in Homer referred just to the god; the genitive...
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| x Hephaestus |
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Vulcan |
Hephaestus (8 spellings; pronounced /həˈfɛstəs/ or /hɨˈfɛstəs/; Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος Hēphaistos) was a Greek god whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan. He was the god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire...
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| x Hera |
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Juno |
In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera (pronounced /ˈhɪərə/ or /ˈhɛrə/, Greek Ήρα) or Here (Ήρη in Ionic and Homer) was the wife and older sister of Zeus. Her chief function was as goddess of women and marriage. In Roman...
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| x Poseidon |
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Neptune |
In Greek mythology, Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the sea and, as "Earth-Shaker," of earthquakes. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods...
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| x Zeus |
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Jupiter |
In Greek mythology, Zeus (pronounced /ˈzjuːs/) () is the King of the Gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky and thunder. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak. In addition to his Indo-European inheritance, the...
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Gaia (pronounced /ˈɡeɪ.ə/ or /ˈɡaɪ.ə/) "land" or "earth", from the Ancient Greek Γαῖα; also Gæa or Gea (Koine and Modern Greek Γῆ) is the primal Greek goddess personifying the Earth.
Gaia is a primordial deity in the Ancient Greek pantheon and...
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| x Uranus |
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Uranus (pronounced /ˈjʊərənəs, jʊˈreɪnəs/) is the Latinized form of Ouranos (Οὐρανός), the Greek word for sky ( a cognate of the English word air and the Hindi word oura (to fly)). In Greek mythology Ouranos or Father Sky, is personified as the son...
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In Greek mythology, Atlas (Eng. /'æt ləs/ Gk. Ἄτλας) was the primordial Titan who supported the heavens from the ranges now called the Atlas Mountains. Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetus and the Oceanid Asia or Klyménē (Κλυμένη):
Hyginus...
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In Greek mythology, Theia, goddess or divine, (sometimes written Thea or Thia), also called Euryphaessa, wide-shining, was a Titan. The name Theia alone means simply, "goddess"; Theia Euryphaessa (Θεία Εὐρυφάεσσα) brings overtones of extent (εὐρύς...
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| x Coeus |
In Greek mythology, Coeus (Ancient Greek: Κοῖος, Koios) was one of the Titans, the giant sons and daughters of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth); his equivalent in Latin poetry—though he scarcely makes an appearance in Roman mythology— was Polus, the...
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This page is about the Greek mythological figure. For the bird, see Rhea (bird).
Rhea (pronounced /ˈriː.ə/; ancient Greek Ῥέα) was the Titaness daughter of Uranus, the sky, and Gaia, the earth, in classical Greek mythology. She was known as "the...
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In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, "forethought") is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and Menoetius. He was a champion of human-kind known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from...
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In Greek mythology the sun was personified as Helios (pronounced /ˈhiːli.ɒs/, Greek: Ἥλιος, Latinized as Helius.) Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod (Theogony 371) and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans...
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The Hecatonchires, or Hekatonkheires (pronounced /ˌhɛkətɒnˈkaɪriːz/; Greek: Ἑκατόγχειρες ( (listen) (help·info) "Hundred-Handed Ones," Latinized Centimani), were figures in an archaic stage of Greek mythology, three giants of incredible strength and...
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In Greek mythology, Achelous (English, pronounced /ækɨˈloʊəs/; Greek: Ἀχελῷος (Achelōos)) was the patron deity of the "silver-swirling" Acheloos River, which is the largest river of Greece, and thus the chief of all river deities, every river having...
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Alpheus (Greek: Αλφειός, meaning whitish) was in Greek mythology a river (the modern Alfeios River) and river-god.
Like most river-gods, he is a son of Oceanus and Tethys. Telegone bore his son, the king Orsilochus. He was also the grandfather of...
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| x Asopus |
Asopus or Asôpos (Greek Ασωπός) is the name of five different rivers in Greece and Turkey and also in Greek mythology the name of the gods of those rivers.
As mythological figures the Boeotian river Asopus and the Phliasian river Asopus are much...
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| x Kladeos |
Kladeos (Greek: Κλάδεος) or Latin: Cladeus was a river god in Greek mythology, one of the sons of Oceanus and Tethys.
The River Kladeos flows from the north, through Olympia and empties into the Alfeios River. The river in the winter is protected...
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In Greek mythology, Eurotas (Greek: Εὐρώτας) was a son of Myles and grandson of Lelex. He was the father of Sparta (the city of Sparta was named after her) by Clete. He was the brother of Lacedaemon, who was also the husband of his daughter Sparta,...
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In Greek mythology, Peneus (Πηνειός) was a river god, one of the three-thousand Rivers, a child of Oceanus and Tethys. The nymph Creusa bore him one son, Hypseus, who was King of the Lapiths, and three daughters, Cyrene, Daphne, and Stilbe
Eros, the...
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| x Crataeis |
In Greek mythology, Crataeis (Κραται-ίς, -ίδος, alt. Crataiis) was a nymph. According to Homer's Odyssey, Circe tells Odysseus that Crataeis is the mother and father of Scylla, the sea monster. In Book XII, Homer writes:
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According to Greek myth, Apollo chased the nymph Daphne (Greek: Δάφνη, meaning "laurel"), daughter either of Peneus and Creusa in Thessaly, or of the river Ladon in Arcadia. The pursuit of a local nymph by an Olympian god, part of the archaic...
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Dryads (Δρυάδες, sing.: Δρυάς) are tree nymphs in Greek mythology. In Greek drys signifies 'oak,' from an Indo-European root *derew(o)- 'tree' or 'wood'. Thus dryads are specifically the nymphs of oak trees, though the term has come to be used for...
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| x Metope |
In Greek mythology, Metope (Greek: Μετώπη) was a river nymph, the daughter of the river Ladon. Her waters were near the town of Stymphalus in the Peloponnesus. She married the river Asopus by whom she had several daughters, including Aegina ,Salamis...
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| x Cleochareia |
In Greek mythology, Cleochareia (or Kleokhareia) was a naiad, a river nymph. She was married to King Lelex of Laconia and her father was the river god Eurotas. She is the ancestress of the Spartan royal family and gave birth to two children: Myles...
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In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (Ἀμφιτρίτη) was a sea-goddess and wife of Poseidon. Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became merely the consort of Poseidon, and was further diminished by poets to a symbolic representation of...
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For other uses, see Arethusa
Arethusa (Ἀρέθουσα) means "the waterer". In Greek mythology, she was a nymph and daughter of Nereus (making her a Nereid), and later became a fountain on the island of Ortygia in Syracuse, Sicily.
The myth of her...
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| x Eidyia |
In Greek mythology, Eidyia was a nymph who was queen to Aeetes, king of Colchis. Mother of Medea and Apsyrtus, she was also the youngest of the Oceanides. Some sources called her the goddess of knowledge.
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In Greek mythology, an Oread or Orestiad (Ὀρεάδες / Όρεστιάδες from ὄρος, "mountain") was a type of nymph that lived in mountains, valleys, ravines. They differ from each other according to their dwelling: the Idae were from Mount Ida, Peliades from...
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Alcyoneus or Alkyoneus (Greek: Ἀλκυονεύς) was the eldest of the Thracian Gigantes of Greek mythology. He was born (like all other Gigantes) in full armor with a spear in his hand. He was the most prominent of the Gigantes who led a major rebellion...
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Tityos was a giant from Greek mythology. He was the son of Elara; his father was Zeus. Zeus hid Elara from his wife, Hera, by placing her deep beneath the earth. This was where she gave birth to Tityos, who is also sometimes said to be the son of...
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Adephagia (Ancient Greek: Ἀδηφαγία) in Greek mythology was the goddess and personification of gluttony. She is only mentioned in one source, as having a temple on the island of Sicily at which she was worshipped alongside of Demeter.
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Aeolus (Greek: Αἴολος Aiolos [ájjolos], Modern Greek: [ˈe.o.los]( listen), Latinized as Æolus) was the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology.
In truth, the name was shared by three mythic characters. These personages are often difficult to tell...
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Agdistis (Gr. Ἄγδιστις) was a deity of Greek, Roman and Anatolian mythology, possessing both male and female sexual organs, connected with the Phrygian worship of Attis and Cybele. Her androgyny was seen as symbolic of a wild, uncontrolled nature...
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| x Alastor |
Alastor (English translation: "avenger") can refer to a number of people and concepts related to Greek mythology:
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| x Alectrona |
Alectrona was an early Greek goddess (of the sun), who became a daughter of Helios once myths of Classical antiquity came along. Her center of worship was at Rhodes, which is also the center of worship of her father, Helios. She was possibly a...
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Alexiares and Anicetus are minor twin gods in Greek Mythology. They are the sons of Heracles and Hebe, and along with their father, the guardians of Mount Olympus. Their names mean "he who wards off war" and "the unconquerable" respectively. They...
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| x Anakes |
Anakes were deities worshipped in Attica and Argos. The word is a title which means lords or kings, for they were the sons of Zeus (and were also known as Dioscuri). Some have associated the Anake(s) cult with worship of the goddess Helen. It is...
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Antheia was one of the Charites, or Graces, of Greek mythology and "was the goddess of flowers and flowery wreaths worn at festivals and parties." Her name is derived from the Ancient Greek word anthos, meaning flower, and she was depicted on vases...
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Aphaea (Greek Ἀφαία; not dark or vanisher) was a Greek goddess who was worshipped exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf. She originated as early as the 14th century BCE as a local deity associated with...
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A minor god in Greek mythology, which we read largely through Athenian writers, Aristaeus or Aristaios (Greek: Ἀρισταῖος), "ever close follower of the flocks", was the culture hero credited with the discovery of many useful arts, including bee...
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Asclepius (pronounced /æsˈkliːpiəs/, Greek Ἀσκληπιός pronounced /asˈklɛːpiːʉs/, transliterated Asklēpiós; Latin Aesculapius) is the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek religion. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts;...
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| x Bia |
In Greek mythology, Bia (Ancient Greek: βία, English translation: "Force") was the personification of force, daughter of Pallas and Styx. She was the sister of Nike, Cratos, and Zelus; she and her siblings were constant companions of Zeus. They...
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In Greek mythology, the Anemoi (in Greek, Ἄνεμοι — "winds") were wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction, from which their respective winds came, and were each associated with various seasons and weather conditions. They were sometimes...
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Brizo (Greek: Βριζώ; derived from ancient Greek word βρίζω meaning "to slumber") is an ancient Greek goddess who was known as the protector of mariners, sailors, and fishermen. She was worshipped primarily by the women of Delos, who set out food...
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In Greek mythology, the Cabeiri, (Cabiri, Kabeiroi, Kabiri or Greek: Κάβειροι) were a group of enigmatic chthonic deities. They were worshiped in a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaestus, centered in the north Aegean islands of...
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In Greek mythology, Caerus (Greek: Καιρός, Kairos) was the personification of opportunity, luck and favorable moments. He was depicted with only one lock of hair. His Roman equivalent was Occasio or Tempus. Caerus is called the youngest child of...
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In Greek mythology, Circe (pronounced /ˈsɜrsiː/; Greek Κίρκη Kírkē "falcon") is a minor goddess of magic (or sometimes a nymph, witch, enchantress or sorceress) living on the island of Aeaea.
Circe's father was Helios (or Helius), the god of the sun...
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Cotys I or Kotys I (Ancient Greek, "Κότυς") was born during the reign of Seuthes I. He became king after he killed the previous Thracian king Hebryzelmis. On gaining the Odrysian kingdom the Athenians made him their ally. In order to make his...
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Cybele (Phrygian: Matar Kubileya/Kubeleya "Kubeleyan Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; Greek: Κυβέλη Kybele, Κυβήβη Kybebe, Κύβελις Kybelis; pronounced /ˈsɪbəliː/), was the Phrygian deification of the Earth Mother. As with Greek Gaia (the "Earth")...
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| x Efreisone |
In Greek mythology, Eiresione (Greek Εἰρεσιώνη) was the personification of an object very important in many Greek rituals and ceremonies: a branch of olive or laurel, covered with wool and fruit, dedicated to Apollo and carried about by singing boys...
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