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 list does not include creatures; for these, see List of Greek mythological creatures.)
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
Primordial deities
Titans and Titanesses
The Titans and Titanesses are depicted in Greek art less commonly than the Olympians.
Gigantes and other "giants"
Personified concepts
Chthonic deities
Sea deities
Sky deities
Rustic deities
Agricultural deities
Health deities
Other deities
Mortals
Deified mortals
Heroes
Notable women
Kings
Seers/Oracles
Amazons
Inmates of Tartarus
- The Danaides, forty-nine daughters of Danaus who murdered their husbands and were condemned to an eternity of carrying water in leaky jugs
- Ixion, a king of the Lapiths who attempted to rape Hera and was bound to a flaming wheel in Tartarus
- Sisyphus, a king of Thessaly who attempted to cheat death and was sentenced to an eternity of rolling a boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down
- Tantalus, a king of Anatolia who butchered his son Pelops and served him as a meal to the gods; he was punished with the torment of starvation, food and drink eternally dangling just out of reach
Minor figures
- See List of minor Greek mythological figures
See also
- Classical mythology
- Family tree of the Greek gods
- List of deities
- List of Greek mythological creatures
- List of Trojan War characters
- List of Roman deities
References
External links
- Greek God Explorer
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- Media related to Mythology of Greece at Wikimedia Commons