Greek mythology is filled with all kinds of interesting characters. It contains petty gods, demi-god heroes, and vicious monsters. The youngest generation of the gods are the Olympians and their offspring. These are the most famous deities, but there used to be another generation of gods that ruled over the universe. That generation is referred to as “Titans (male) and Titanides (female)”. The majority of Greek mythology revolves around the Olympians and their offspring, some of them demi-gods that were fathered on mortals. We attempt to provide a clear overview of all interesting characters down below.
The mythology of the Greek world spread to the Romans and found syncreticsim with the Egyptian mythology. Where the Greco-Roman mythology was largely the same, both would borrow elements from the Egyptian pantheon and its stories.
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Greek gods and goddesses (the Olympians and their offspring)
- Ares – God of war and courage.
- Aphrodite – Goddess of love and beauty.
- Apollo – God of many, many things.
- Artemis – Goddess of hunting, animals, nature, childbirth, and chastity.
- Athena – Goddess of wisdom, strategy, and craftsmanship.
- Demeter – Goddess of harvest, fertility, and agriculture.
- Dionysus – God of festivals, booze, madness, human arts, civilization, law, and innovation.
- Eirene – Goddess of peace.
- Hades – God of the dead; Ruler of the Underworld.
- Hecate – Goddess of magic, witches, herbology, and crossroads.
- Hephaestus – God of the smithy, forging, fire, and volcanoes.
- Hera – Goddess of family, fertility, femininity, and marriage.
- Hermes – Messenger god of Olympus. Also a god of many, many things.
- Hestia – Goddess of the household, hearth, sacrifice, and state.
- Pan – God of the wild, shepherds, flocks, hunting, and music.
- Persephone – Goddess of fertility, Queen of the Underworld.
- Poseidon – God of the seas, earthquakes, storms, and horses.
- Plutus – God of wealth.
- Selene – Goddess of the moon.
- Zeus – Supreme god of the Greek pantheon. God of the skies, thunder, and natural order.
Titans and Titanides (Cronus and his siblings, nephews, and nieces)
- Coeus – Titan personification of intelligence.
- Crius – Titan personification of leadership and heavenly constellations.
- Cronus – Titan personification of time; former ruler of the universe.
- Eos – Titanide personification of dawn.
- Helios – Titan (or god?) personification of the sun.
- Hyperion – Titan personification of light (and the sun).
- Iapetus – Titan personification of mortality.
- Metis – Titanide personification of wisdom and deep thought.
- Mnemosyne – Titanide personification of memory.
- Oceanus – Titan personification of the oceans that surround the world.
- Phoibe – Titanide personification of intelligence.
- Prometheus – Titan creator of humanity; he who stole the fire of the gods.
- Rhea – Titanide personification of earth, which she took over from Gaia.
- Tethys – Titanide personification of underground rivers and springs.
- Thea – Titanide personification of light.
- Themis – Titanide personification of law and order.
- Typhon – Monster titan, designed for battle.
Primordial beings (those that came before the Titans and Titanides, and some of their offspring)
- Chaos – Primordial personification of chaos: the primordial being in Greek cosmology.
- Ceto – Primordial sea goddess
- Charon – the ferryman of the Underworld.
- Eros – Primordial personification of love.
- Gaia – Primordial personification of Earth; Mother Earth.
- Hypnos – god of sleep.
- Icelus –
- Nyx – Primordial personification of darkness.
- Morpheus – god of dreams.
- Phobetor – personification of nightmares.
- Phorcys – Primordial sea god.
- Pontus – Primordial personification of oceans.
- Thanatos – personification of death.
- Uranus – Primordial personification of the heavens.
Demigods and other special mortals
- Achilles – one of the most formidable warriors of Greece.
- Adonis – the lover of Aphrodite.
- Aeacus – legendary king and one of the judges of souls in Hades.
- Aegina – lover of Zeus, mother of Aeacus and Telamon.
- Agamemmnon of Sparta – King of Sparta who led the Greek army in the Trojan war.
- Althaea – the mother who committed infanticide for a good reason.
- Arachne – the girl who challenged Athena.
- Ariadne – princess of Crete who helped Theseus escape the labyrinth.
- Atalanta – fierce huntress, one of the Argonauts.
- Bellerophon – tamer of the Pegasus and challenger of the gods.
- Cassandra of Troy – princess of Troy who was both gifted and cursed with foresight.
- Cephissus
- Circe – powerful sorceress who transformed humans into animals.
- Europa
- Hector of Troy – prince of Troy and its most skilled warrior.
- Helen of Troy – the most beautiful woman in the world, her move to Troy sparked the Trojan war.
- Herakles – son of Zeus, famous for completing the twelve labors.
- Hippomenes
- Icarus
- Jason the Argonaut – the hero whose quest was to acquire the Golden Fleece.
- Lycaon – the king who was punished for his crimes against humanity and was turned into a werewolf.
- Meleager – the hunter who killed the Calydonian boar.
- Menelaus of Sparta – King of Sparta who was cuckolded by Paris of Troy.
- Minos
- Narcissus
- Odysseus – King of Ithaka who was famed for his sharp wits.
- Orpheus – famous artist who took part in many adventures, one of the Argonauts.
- Paris of Troy – the prince of Troy who abducted Helen of Sparta.
- Peleus – formidable warrior and father of Achilles.
- Perseus – son of Zeus, slayer of Medusa.
- Priam of Troy – King of Troy during the Trojan war.
- Rhadamanthus
- Sarpedon
- Semele – mother of Dionysus by Zeus.
- Telamon – one of the Argonauts.
- Theseus – prince of Athens who defeated the Minotaur.
Nymphs
- Calypso – the nymph who was a major obstruction in the Odyssey.
- Dryope
- Echo
- Endeis
- Liriope
- Penelopeia
- Syrinx
- Thetis – sea nymph, mother of Achilles.
- Thoosa – sea nymph, lover of Poseidon and mother of Polyphemus.
Monsters and other special creatures
- Calydonian boar – a wild beast that terrorized the region of Calydon.
- Chimera – vicious monster that faced off against Bellerophon.
- Cyclopes
- Echidna – sea monster that was mother to many other legendary monsters.
- Erymanthian boar
- Erinyes – the Furies, goddesses of vengeance.
- Hecatoncheires
- Hydra – multi-headed menace that formed one of the twelve labors of Heracles.
- Kerberos – the hellhound we all know and love.
- Keres
- Medusa – the Gorgon who could petrify with her eyes.
- Moirai – the Fates, the three sisters who watched over the strings of Fate.
- Minotaur – half-man, half-bull, complete terror.
- Pegasus
- Polyphemus – the fierce cyclops that assaulted Odysseus and his men.
- Python – savage snake that guarded the oracle of Delphi.
- Therianthropes
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