page_title: List of Greek mythological figures
section_title: Deified mortals
hierarchical_section_title: List of Greek mythological figures / Mortals / Deified mortals
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Herakles und Athena. Tondo von einer rotfigurigen Attischen Kylix, 480-470 v. Chr. Aus Vulci. English: Heracles and Athena. Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, 480–470 BC. From Vulci. Français&#160;: Héraclès et Athéna. Médaillon d'un kylix attique à figures rouges, 480-470 av. J.-C. Provenance&#160;: Vulci.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς), hero of the Trojan War
  Aiakos (Αἰακός), a king of Aegina, appointed as a Judge of the Dead in the Underworld after his death
  Aeolus (Αἴολος), a king of Thessaly, made the immortal king of all the winds by Zeus
  Alabandus (Ἀλάβανδος), he was the founder of the town of Alabanda
  Amphiaraus (Ἀμφιάραος), a hero of the war of the Seven Against Thebes who became an oracular spirit of the Underworld after his death
  Ariadne (Αριάδνη), a Cretan princess who became the immortal wife of Dionysus
  Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος), a Thessalian hero, his inventions saw him immortalised as the god of bee-keeping, cheese-making, herding, olive-growing, and hunting
  Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός), a Thessalian physician who was struck down by Zeus, to be later recovered by his father Apollo
  Attis (Ἄττις), a consort of Cybele, granted immortality as one of her attendants
  Bolina (Βολίνα), a mortal woman transformed into an immortal nymph by Apollo
  The Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι), divine twins
  Castor (Κάστωρ)
  Pollux (Πολυδεύκης)
  Endymion (Ἐνδυμίων), lover of Selene, granted eternal sleep so as never to age or die
  Ganymede (Γανυμήδης), a handsome Trojan prince, abducted by Zeus and made cup-bearer of the gods
  Glaucus (Γλαῦκος), the fisherman's sea god, made immortal after eating a magical herb
  Hemithea (Ἡμιθέα) and Parthenos (Παρθένος), princesses of the Island of Naxos who leapt into the sea to escape their father's wrath; Apollo transformed them into demi-goddesses
  Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς), ascended hero
  Ino (Ἰνώ), a Theban princess who became the sea goddess Leucothea
  Lampsace (Λαμψάκη), a semi-historical Bebrycian princess honored as goddess for her assistance to the Greeks
  The Leucippides (Λευκιππίδες), wives of the Dioscuri
  Phoebe (Φοίβη), wife of Pollux
  Hilaera (Ἱλάειρα), wife of Castor
  Minos (Μίνως), a king of Crete, appointed as a Judge of the Dead in the Underworld after his death
  Orithyia (Ὠρείθυια), an Athenian princess abducted by Boreas and made the goddess of cold, gusty mountain winds
  Palaemon (Παλαίμων), a Theban prince, made into a sea god along with his mother, Ino
  Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης), was the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a famous archer, fought at the Trojan War.
  Phylonoe (Φυλονόη), daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, made immortal by Artemis
  Psyche (Ψυχή), goddess of the soul
  Semele (Σεμελη), mortal mother of Dionysus, who later was made the goddess Thyone (Θυωνη)
  Tenes (Τέννης), was a hero of the island of Tenedos
caption: Athena pouring a drink for Heracles, who wears the skin of the Nemean Lion
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