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List of Greek mythological characters
List of Greek mythological characters
(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.)
See also: Family Tree of the Greek Gods
The Twelve Gods of Olympus are:
- Aphrodite
- Apollo
- Ares
- Artemis
- Athena
- Demeter
- Hephaestus
- Hera
- Hermes
- Hestia (Hestia eventually relinquished her spot to Dionysus).
- Poseidon
- Zeus
Other important deities in the pantheon:
- Achelois
- Aeolus
- Aether
- Alectrona
- Antheia
- Boreas
- Brizo
- Caerus
- Circe
- Dionysus
- Efreisone
- Elpis
- Enyalius
- The Erinyes, or "Furies"
- Eris
- Eros
- Eos
- Eurus
- Glaucus
- Hades
- Hebe
- Hecate
- Helios
- Hespera[?]
- Hybris
- Hygeia
- Hypnos
- Iris
- Moira
- The three Moirae, or "Fates":
- Mania
- Mormo
- Morpheus
- Nemesis
- Nike
- Notus
- Pan
- Persephone
- Proteus
- Thanatos
- Zephyrus
Some primeval gods
Some important Titans:
- Atlas
- Coeus
- Crius
- Cronus
- Dione
- Epimetheus
- Helios
- Hyperion
- Iapetus
- Leto
- Metis
- Mnemosyne
- Oceanus
- Penia
- Phoebe
- Porus
- Prometheus
- Selene
- Tethys
- Theia
- Themis
- Thetis
Some important mortals:
- Achilles
- Actaeon
- Aeacus
- Aeneas
- Agamedes
- Agamemnon
- Agron
- Ajax the great
- Ajax the lesser
- Alcmene
- Amphisbaena
- Amphitryon
- Anchises
- Andromeda
- Arachne
- Arion
- Atalanta
- Bellerophon
- Briseis
- Callisto
- Cassandra
- Cassiopeia
- Cepheus
- Chryses
- Clytemnestra
- Daedalus
- Dioscuri (Castor and Polydeuces)
- Dryope
- Elymus
- Europa
- Hector
- Hecuba
- Helen
- Heracles
- Hylas
- Icarus
- Io
- Iolaus
- Iphicles
- Jason
- Leda
- Lycaon
- Medea
- Menelaus
- Midas
- Minos
- Odysseus
- Olenus
- Orion
- Orpheus
- Pandora
- Peleus
- Perseus
- Priam
- Sisyphus
- Tantalus
- Theseus
- Trophonius
- Tyndareus
Some important mythical creatures:
- Argus
- Calydonian Boar
- Centaur
- Cerberus
- Charon
- Charybdis
- Chimera
- Chiron
- Cyclopes
- Dryad
- Echidna
- Empusa
- Erymanthian Boar
- Geryon
- Gorgon
- Harpies
- Hippocampus
- Hydra
- Lamia
- Medusa
- Minotaur
- Nereid
- Naiad
- Nymph
- Pegasus
- Satyr
- Scylla
- Silenus
- Siren
- Sphinx
- Stymphalian Birds
- Talos
- Triton
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