The following is a list of gods, goddesses, and many other divine and semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion.
The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes. A temple would house the statue of a god or goddess, or multiple deities, and might be decorated with relief scenes depicting myths. Divine images were common on coins. Drinking cups and other vessels were painted with scenes from Greek myths.
| English name! | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀχλύς (Akhlús) | The goddess of poisons, and the personification of misery and sadness. Said to have existed before Chaos itself. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Αἰθήρ (Aithḗr) | The god of light and the upper atmosphere. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Αἰών (Aiōn) | The god of eternity, personifying cyclical and unbounded time. Sometimes equated with Chronos. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀνάγκη (Anánkē) | The goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Χάος (Kháos) | The personification of nothingness from which all of existence sprang. Depicted as a void. Initially genderless, later on described as female. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Χρόνος (Khrónos) | The god of empirical time, sometimes equated with Aion. Not to be confused with the Titan Cronus (Kronos), the father of Zeus. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἔρεβος (Érebos) | The god of darkness and shadow, as well as the void that existed between Earth and the Underworld. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἔρως (Érōs) | The god of love and attraction. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Γαῖα (Gaîa) | Personification of the Earth (Mother Earth); mother of the Titans. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἡμέρα (Hēméra) | The personification of the day. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Νῆσοι (Nêsoi) | The goddesses of islands. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Νύξ (Núx) | The goddess and personification of the night. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Οὔρεα (Oúrea) | The gods of mountains. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Φάνης (Phánēs) | The god of procreation in the Orphic tradition. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Πόντος (Póntos) | The god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Τάρταρος (Tártaros) | The god of the deepest, darkest part of the underworld, the Tartarean pit (which is also referred to as Tartarus itself). | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Θάλασσα (Thálassa) | Personification of the sea and consort of Pontus. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Οὐρανός (Ouranós) | The god of the heavens (Father Sky); father of the Titans. |
The Titan gods and goddesses are depicted in Greek art less commonly than the Olympians.
| Greek name | English name | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Twelve Titans | |||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κοῖος (Koîos) | God of intellect and the axis of heaven around which the constellations revolved. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κρεῖος (Kreîos) | The least individualized of the Twelve Titans, he is the father of Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. Implied to be the god of constellations. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Κρόνος (Krónos) | God of harvests and personification of destructive time. The leader of the Titans, who overthrew his father Uranus only to be overthrown in turn by his son, Zeus. Not to be confused with Chronos. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ὑπερίων (Hyperíōn) | God of light. With Theia, he is the father of Helios (the Sun), Selene (the Moon), and Eos (the Dawn). | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἰαπετός (Iapetós) | God of mortality and father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Mνημοσύνη (Mnēmosýnē) | Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ὠκεανός (Ōceanós) | God of the all-encircling river Oceans around the Earth, the fount of all the Earth's fresh-water. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Φοίβη (Phoíbē) | Goddess of the "bright" intellect and prophecy, and consort of Coeus. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ῥέα (Rhéa) | Goddess of fertility, motherhood and the mountain wilds. She is the sister and consort of Cronus, and mother of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Τηθύς (Tēthýs) | Goddess of fresh-water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Θεία (Theía) | 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. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Θέμις (Thémis) | Goddess of divine law and order. | ||
| Other Titans | |||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἄνυτος (Ánytos) | God who reared the young goddess Despoina, the daughter of Demeter. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀστερία (Astería) | Goddess of nocturnal oracles and falling stars. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀστραῖος (Astraîos) | God of dusk, stars, and planets, and the art of astrology. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἄτλας (Átlas) | God forced to carry the heavens upon his shoulders by Zeus. Presumed to be the god of endurance and astronomy. Also Son of Iapetus. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Διώνη (Diṓnē) | Goddess of the oracle of Dodona. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἥλιος (Hḗlios) | God of the Sun and guardian of oaths. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἠώς (Ēṓs) | Goddess of the Dawn. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús) | God of afterthought and the father of excuses. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Λήλαντος (Lēlantos) | God of moving unseen and The father of the nymph Aura by Periboea | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Λητώ (Lētṓ) | Goddess of motherhood and mother of the twin Olympians, Artemis and Apollo. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Μενοίτιος (Menoítios) | God of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality. Killed by Zeus. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Μῆτις (Mē̂tis) | Goddess of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness, and wisdom. Mother of Athena. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Πάλλας (Pállas) | God of warcraft. He was killed by Athena during the Titanomachy. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Πέρσης (Pérsēs) | Son of Crius and Eurybia. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Προμηθεύς (Promētheús) | God of forethought and crafty counsel, and creator of mankind. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Σελήνη (Selḗnē) | Goddess of the Moon. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Στύξ (Stýx) | Goddess of the Underworld river Styx and personification of hatred. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Συκεύς (Sykeús) | God whom Gaia turned into a fig tree to help him escape from Zeus. | ||
| Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Τιτὰν (Titan) | God of The calendar of the seasons brother of Helios, usually just Helios himself | ||
The Gigantes were the offspring of Gaia (Earth), born from the blood that fell when Uranus (Sky) was castrated by their Titan son Cronus, who fought the Gigantomachy, their war with the Olympian gods for supremacy of the cosmos, they include:
For a more complete list, see Potamoi#List of potamoi
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|---|---|---|
| Titan Muses | ||
| Aoide (Ἀοιδή) | muse of song | |
| Arche (Αρχή) | muse of origins | |
| Melete (Μελέτη) | muse of meditation and practice | |
| Mneme (Μνήμη) | muse of memory | |
| Thelxinoe (Θελξινόη) | muse "charmer of minds" | |
| Olympian Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne | ||
| Calliope (Καλλιόπη) | muse of epic poetry | |
| Clio (Κλειώ) | muse of history | |
| Euterpe (Ευτέρπη) | muse of musical poetry | |
| Erato (Ερατώ) | muse of lyric poetry | |
| Melpomene (Μελπομένη) | muse of tragedy | |
| Polyhymnia (Πολυμνία) or (Πολύμνια) | muse of sacred poetry | |
| Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη) | muse of dance and choral poetry | |
| Thalia (Θάλεια) | muse of comedy and bucolic poetry | |
| Urania (Ουρανία) | muse of astronomy | |
| Muses worshiped at Delphi, daughters of Apollo | ||
| Cephisso (Κεφισσώ) | also Hypate (Υπάτη), "the upper (chord of the lyre)" | |
| Apollonis (Απολλωνίς) | also Mese (Μέση), "the middle (chord of the lyre)" | |
| Borysthenis (Βορυσθενίς) | also Nete (Νήτη), "the lowest (chord of the lyre)" | |
| Muses worshiped at Sicyon | ||
| Polymatheia (Πολυμάθεια) | muse of knowledge |
See main article: List of minor Greek mythological figures.