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List of Greek mythological figures

The following is a list of gods, goddesses, and many other divine and semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion.

Immortals

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.

Major gods and goddesses

Greek primordial deities

Titans and Titanesses

The Titan gods and goddesses are depicted in Greek art less commonly than the Olympians.

Gigantes

Athena (left) fighting Enceladus (inscribed retrograde) on an Attic red-figure dish, c. 550–500 BC (Louvre CA3662).[11]

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:

Other "giants"

Personified concepts

Chthonic deities

Sea deities

Poseidon and Amphitrite framed by erotes and riding in a chariot drawn by hippocamps; below them are fishermen at work, with nymphs and creatures of the sea in the waters (color-enhanced Roman-era mosaic)

Sky deities

Rustic deities

For a more complete list, see Potamoi#List of potamoi

Agricultural deities

Health deities

Sleep deities

Charities

Horae

Muses

Other deities

Deified mortals

Athena pouring a drink for Heracles, who wears the skin of the Nemean Lion

Mortals

Heroes

Notable women

Kings

Seers/oracles

Amazons

Achilles and Penthesileia (Lucanian red-figure bell-krater, late 5th century BC)

Inmates of Tartarus

Minor figures

See also

References

  1. ^ March, Jennifer (2014). Dictionary of classical mythology. "Aphrodite". ISBN 9781782976356.
  2. ^ March, Jennifer (2014). Dictionary of classical mythology. "Apollo". ISBN 9781782976356.
  3. ^ March, Jennifer (2014). Dictionary of classical mythology. "Ares". ISBN 9781782976356.
  4. ^ March, Jennifer (2014). Dictionary of classical mythology. "Artemis". ISBN 9781782976356.
  5. ^ March, Jennifer (2014). Dictionary of classical mythology. "Athena". ISBN 9781782976356.
  6. ^ March, Jennifer (2014). Dictionary of classical mythology. "Demeter". ISBN 9781782976356.
  7. ^ March, Jennifer (2014). Dictionary of classical mythology. "Dionysus". ISBN 9781782976356.
  8. ^ March, Jennifer (2014). Dictionary of classical mythology. "Hades". ISBN 9781782976356.
  9. ^ "12 Greek Gods and Goddesses". Encyclopedia Britannica. Archived from the original on Jan 26, 2024.
  10. ^ Kereny, p. 92: "There is no story of Hestia's ever having taken a husband or ever having been removed from her fixed abode."
  11. ^ Beazley Archive 200059, LIMC Gigantes 342 Archived 2015-12-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  12. ^ Guirand, Felix, ed. (16 December 1987). New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology. Crescent Books. ISBN 978-0-517-00404-3.
  13. ^ Oppian, Halieutica 1. 383 ff (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd A.D.) : "The Delphines (Dolphins) both rejoice in the echoing shores and dwell in the deep seas, and there is no sea without Delphines (Dophins); for Poseidon loves them exceedingly, inasmuch as when he was seeking Amphitrite the dark-eyed daughter of Nereus who fled from his embraces, Delphines (the Dolphins) marked her hiding in the halls of Okeanos (Oceanus) and told Poseidon; and the god of the dark hair straightway carried off the maiden and overcame her against her will. Her he made his bride, queen of the sea, and for their tidings he commended his kindly attendants and bestowed on them exceeding honour for their portion."
  14. ^ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), BENDIDEIA
  15. ^ Public Domain Leonhard Schmitz (1870). "Epidotes". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
  16. ^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Talthybius

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