Greek Gods A-Z 🔱
Greek Gods List 🔱🧑🏼 A-Z
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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| Ares | God of war and battle. | Olympian | Zeus and Hera |
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| Asclepius (Asklepios) | God of healing and medicine. | Deified mortal. |
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Epione (goddess of soothing pain)
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| 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 |
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Philonoe (Wife, daughter of Iobates). | |
| Boreas | God of the north wind and winter. | Sky God > wind god | Astraeus and Eos |
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| Castor and Pollux / Polydeuces (the Dioscuri) |
Gods of sailors, horsemanship and travelers. | Deified mortals |
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| 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 Orphic9* |
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Ananke. |
| Cronos (Kronos, Porus, Poros) |
God of agriculture. | Titan (Elder) |
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| Dionysus (Dionysos) | God of viticulture, wine-making, wine, drunkenness, madness and parties. | Olympian |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| Hephaestus (Hephaistos) |
God of metalworking, fire, building, fine arts and volcanism. | Olympian |
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| Heracles | God of physical strength. Divine protector of mankind. Gatekeeper of Olympus. | Demigod / God | Zeus and Alcmene. Amphitryon (foster father) |
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 |
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| 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 |
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Pasithea. |
| Iapetus | God of mortality. The piercer. | Titan | Uranus & Gaia. | Asia or Clymene |
| Jason (Iason and the Argonauts) |
Leader of the Argonauts. | Mortal |
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| 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. |
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| Midas | King of Phrygia. | Mortal | Gordius and Cybele | – |
| Minos | First king of Crete. Judge of the dead in the underworld. | Deified mortal |
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| Momus | God of mockery, ridicule, scorn, complaint and criticism. | Olympian |
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| Moros (Morus) |
God of doom and fate. | Primordial |
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| Morpheus | God of dreams. | Minor god | Hypnos | – |
| Narcissus | Narcissus was a Greek mortal. | Mortal |
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| Nereus | God of rich bounty of fish. | God | Pontus and Gaia | Doris |
| Oceanus | God of the river. | Titan |
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| Odysseus | King of Ithaca. | Mortal |
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| 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) |
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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). |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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Thalassa |
| Poseidon | King of the Seas. God of rivers, earthquakes and horses. | Olympian | Cronus and Rhea | Divine consorts:
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 |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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 23 Oct 2020.
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Is there someone named Nyx in Greek or Roman?
Hi Lavae, in the Greek creation story Nyx is the greek goddess (personification) of the night (known as Nox in Roman mythology). Nyx and Erebus appeared out of Chaos (the void) and bore Aether (light) and Hemera (day).