Greek Gods A-Z

Greek Gods A-Z List

This concise list of Greek gods also includes the parents and consorts of Greek demi-gods, gods and mortal Greek heroes from Greek mythology. ADDucation’s mega list of Greek gods and goddesses also includes siblings and offspring along with fascinating trivia, key facts and references. Read less with this concise Greek gods list or learn more with ADDucation’s comprehensive Greek gods and goddesses mega list, the choice is yours!

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Greek Gods	Deity of	Group	Parents	Consort/s
Adonis	God of desire and beauty.	Minor god.	Cinyras & Metharme (or Phoenix & Alphesiboea or Theias, King of Assyria & his daughter *Myrrha/Smyrna*	Aphrodite, Persephone.
Aether	God of light and the upper atmosphere.	Primordial	Erebus and Nyx. Or Chronos and Ananke. Or Chaos.	Hemera, Gaia.
Aeolus/ Aiolos	One of the three keepers of the winds.	Sky god.	Hippotes and Arne.	*Melanippe* or Cyane.
Antaeus		Half-giant.	Poseiden and Gaia.	*Tinjis*
Anteros	God of requited love.	Minor god.	Ares and Aphrodite (or nymphs).	Eros
Apollo	God of music, prophecy, education, healing and disease.	Olympian	Zeus and Leto.	Daphne Leucothea Kyrene Marpesia Kastalia Hekuba Kassandra Coronis (Princess of the Lapiths). Thalia Calliope (A muse). Hyacinth Cyparissus
Ares	God of war and battle.	Olympian	Zeus and Hera.	Maybe *Aphrodite* Chryse or *Dotis* Eos Pelopeia Maybe Enyo sister and war-goddess. Queen Otrera (mother of the Amazons),
Asclepius (Asklepios)	God of healing and medicine.	Deified mortal.	Apollo and *Coronis* (Triccaean princess). Or Apollo and Arsinoe.	*Epione* (goddess of soothing pain) Makhaon Podaleirios Iaso Aigle Aceso Panakeia Hygeia
Astraeus	God of the dusk, stars, planets and astrology.	Titan 2nd Gen.	Crius and Eurybia. (Maybe one of the 100 Gigantes born of Tartarus & Gaia). Another Astraeus is one of the elderly Silens.	Eos

Atlas	God of endurance and astronomy.	Titan 2nd Gen.	Iapetus and *Clymene* (Oceanid ) or Asia.	*Pleione*
Attis (Atus, Attus, or Attin)	God of vegetation.	Mortal	Galaos and Nana (Naiad nymph of the River Sangarius).	*Cybele*
Bellerophon		Hero	Glaucus and Eurymede. Or Poseidon and *Eurynome*.	*Philonoe* (Wife, daughter of Iobates).
Boreas	God of the north wind and winter.	Sky God > wind god.	Astraeus and Eos.	*Oreithyia* (wife). Chione (lover). Tisiphone (one of the Erinyes).
Castor and Pollux / Polydeuces (the Dioscuri)	Gods of sailors, horsemanship and travelers.	Deified mortals.	Tyndareus (King of Sparta) and Leda (Spartan queen). Or Zeus and Leda.
Chaos	Personification of nothingness.	Primordial	See notes.	Erebos.
Coeus	Intellect, intelligence and the axis of heaven.	Titan	Uranus and Gaia.	Phoebe.
Crius (Megamedes)	God of constellations	Titan (Elder)	Uranus and Gaia.	*Eurybia* (wife).
Chronos (with h)	God of time.	Primordial Orphic^9*	Hydrus and Gaia. or none because Chronos is one of the protogenoi that emerged at dawn of creation.	Ananke.
Cronos (Kronos, Porus, Poros)	God of agriculture.	Titan (Elder)	Uranus and Gaia. Or Aether and Gaia. Or Uranus and Gaia.	Rhea (sister). *Philyra*.
Dionysus (Dionysos)	God of viticulture, wine-making, wine, drunkenness, madness and parties.	Olympian	Zeus & Semele Thyone (Princess). Or Zeus & Dione.	*Ariadne*.
Epimetheus	God of afterthought and the father of excuses.	Titan 2nd Gen.	Iapetus and Clymene.	*Pandora*.
Erebus	God of darkness and shadow.	Primordial	Chaos.	Nyx.
Eros	Winged god of love, sexual desire and attraction.	Primordial	Ares and Aphrodite	Psyche (wife).
Ganymede	God of rain.	Divine hero.	Tros of Dardania and Callirrhoe	Zeus.
Geras	Greek personification of old age	Spirit/ Daimon	Erebus and Nyx. Or Nyx alone by parthenogenesis.	–
Hades (Plouton & Ploutos)	King of the underworld. God of the dead.	Primordial	Cronus and *Rhea*.	*Persephone*

Helios	Titan of the Sun. Personification of the Sun, guardian of oaths. Charioteer of the sun.	Titan 2nd Gen.	Hyperion and Theia.	Rhode (wife). Selene (sister). Hecate Leucothea Oceanids: Perse/ Perseis *Clymene* Klytie *Aegle* (Naiad nymph). And others…
Hephaestus (Hephaistos)	God of metalworking, fire, building, fine arts and volcanism.	Olympian	Hera alone. Or Zeus and Hera. Or Talos (giant automaton made of bronze).	Aphrodite (half wife). Aglaea (half wife). Cabeiro/Cabiro (Haliad nymph lover). Aitna (mountain goddess lover).
Heracles	God of physical strength. Divine protector of mankind. Gatekeeper of Olympus.	Demigod/ God	Zeus and Alcmene. Amphitryon (foster father).	Megara (first wife). *Omphale* (second wife). *Deianira* (third wife and half sister). *Hebe* (fourth and final wife). For Heracles lovers refer to ADDucation’s Mega list of Greek gods and goddesses.
Hermes (Argei-phontes)	God of travel, trade, athletics, language, thievery and good luck.	Olympian	Zeus and Maia (nymph). Or Dionysus and Aphrodite.	Acalle/Acacallis (daughter of King Minos). Alcidamia, Agraulus or Pandrosus. Antianeira Aphrodite Aptale Carmenta Chione Chthonophyle Erytheia *Merope* *Daira* Dryope Eupolemeia Herse Iphthime nymph. *Ocyrrhoe* (Oceanid nymph). Phylodameia (minor Danaid). Peitho Hecate *Penelope* *Palaestra* *Polymele* Rhene (nymph). *Thronia/Thronie* (nymph).
Hydrus (Hydros)	Primordial waters.	Primordial Orphic.		Gaia.
Hyperion	Light, wisdom and watchfulness.	Titan	Uranus & Gaia.	Theia (sister).
Hypnos (Hypnus)	Greek personification of sleep.	Spirit/ Daimon	Erebus and Nyx. Or Nyx alone by parthenogenesis.	Pasithea
Iapetus	God of mortality. The piercer.	Titan	Uranus & Gaia.	Asia or Clymene.
Jason (Iason and the Argonauts)	Leader of the Argonauts.	Mortal	Aeson (King of Iolcus) & Polymele (daughter of Autolycus). Or Aeson and Alcimede. Or Aeson and Amphinome.	*Medea* (1st wife, King Pelias’ daughter). *Creusa* (2nd wife, daughter of King Creon of Corinth).
Lelantos	God of the unseen, air, hunter’s skill of stalking prey.	Titan 2nd Gen.	Coeus & Phoebe.	Periboa
Menoetius	God of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality.	Titan 2nd Gen.	Iapetus and Clymene. Or Iapetus and Asia.
Midas	King of Phrygia.	Mortal	Gordius and Cybele.	–
Minos	First king of Crete. Judge of the dead in the underworld.	Deified mortal.	Zeus and Europa. Or Lycastus and Ide.	*Pasiphae* or *Crete. Dexithea/ Dexinoe* *Pareia* *Androgenia*
Momus	God of mockery, ridicule, scorn, complaint and criticism.	Olympian	Erebus and Nyx. Or Nyx alone by parthenogenesis.	–
Moros (Morus)	God of doom and fate.	Primordial	Erebus and Nyx. Or Nyx alone by parthenogenesis.	–

Morpheus	God of dreams.	Minor god	Hypnos	–
Narcissus	Narcissus was a Greek mortal.	Mortal	Cephissus and Liriope (nymph). Or Endymion and Selene.	–
Nereus	God of rich bounty of fish.	God	Pontus and Gaia.	*Doris*
Oceanus	God of the river.	Titan	Uranus and Gaia. Or Aether and Gaia.	Tethys Parthenope
Odysseus	King of Ithaca.	Mortal	Laertes and Anticlia. Or Sisyphus and Anticlia.	*Penelope* Circe Calypso *Callidice* *Thoas’* daughter. *Polymele* *Evippe*
Oedipus	King of Thebes.	Mortal	King Laius and Queen Jocasta.	Jocasta (wife, in an unknowingly incestuous relationship).
Ophion	Ruler of Earth.	Titan (or Primordial God).	*Eurynome* alone. Speculatively Uranus and Gaia.	*Eurynome*
Orpheus		Mortal	Oeagrus (King of Thrace) or Apollo and Calliope (A muse).	*Eurydice*
Pallas	God of warcraft and of the springtime campaign season.	Titan 2nd Gen.	Crius and Eurybia.	Styx
Pan (aka Aegipan)	God of fields, groves, wooded glens, the wild, forest, theatrical criticism, hunting and rustic music (pan-pipes).		Hermes and Penelope. Or Apollo and Penelope. Or Hermes and Driope. Or Hermes and Aphrodite. Or Hermes and Hecate.	*Syrinx* Echo Peitho Pitys Eupheme
Pegasus		Immortal creature.	Poseidon and the Gorgon *Medusa*.
Perses	Greek god of destruction.	Titan 2nd Gen.	Crius and Eurybia	*Asteria* (his cousin).
Perseus		Hero	Zeus and Danaë (Acrisius is the stepfather).	Andromeda
Phanes	God of procreation and the generation of new life.	Primordial Orphic.	Chronos (time) and Ananke (Inevitability). Or Hydrus and Gaia.
Phosphorous (Eosphorus & Hesperus)	The bringer of light (from Venus – the morning star)		Astraeus and Eos
Pontus	God of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures.	Primordial	Gaia alone by parthenogenesis. Or Aether and Gaia. Or Uranus and Gaia.	*Thalassa*
Poseidon	King of the Seas. God of rivers, earthquakes and horses.	Olympian	Cronus and Rhea.	Divine consorts: Amphitrite (wife and Queen of the sea). *Aphrodite* Demeter *Gaia* Halie/Halia (sea-goddess, daughter of Thalassa). *Helle^3/ Athamantis (mortal deified as sea-goddess). *Keroessa/Ceroessa* (daughter of Zeus and Io). Nerites (lover, sea god). For Poseidon’s giant and nymph consorts refer to ADDucation’s Mega list of Greek gods and goddesses.
Prometheus	God of forethought.	Titan 2nd Gen.	Iapetus and Clymene.
Tartarus	God of the underworld.	Primordial	Aether and Gaia.	Gaia.
Thanatos	Personification of non-violent death.	Spirit, Daimon	Erebus and Nyx. Or Nyx alone by parthenogenesis.	–
Thaumas	Personification of the the wonders of the sea.	Sea god.	Pontus and Gaia.	*Electra* (Amber tingd clouds, an *Oceanid*).
Uranus (Ouranus)	God of the heavens. Father of the Titans.	Primordial	Gaia or Aether and Gaia. Or Aether and Hemera. Or Nyx alone by parthenogenesis.	Gaia.
Zagreus		Minor god.	Zeus (in serpent form) and Persephone and then Semele.
Zeus	King of Heaven. God of sky, weather, fate and kingship.	Olympian	Cronos and Rhea.	Like most Greek gods Zeus had dozens of consorts. Please refer to ADDucation’s Mega list of Greek gods and goddesses for the full list.

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Notes about ADDucation Greek gods A to Z list:

This list is primarily compiled from the works of Hesiod (Theogony c700 BC) and Homer (Iliad and Odyssey 760-710 BC) because these authority sources are credited by ancient authors with establishing Greek religious customs. We have also referenced other sources, including later Roman sources. Please refer to ADDucation’s Mega list of Greek Gods and Goddesses which also includes some semi-divine (demi-gods) and mortals for clarity and completeness.
Latin spellings have been used throughout instead of the original Greek or Transliteration spellings, although some have been included for clarity.

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This Greek gods list was compiled by Joe Connor, last updated August 13, 2019.
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