List of Greek deities

The following is a list of deities from Greek mythology.

A

* **Aceso:** the goddess of healing and curing.
* **Acheron:** the god of the Underworld River of Pain.
* **Achlys:** the goddess of the death mist, misery, sadness, and poisons.
* **Adephagia:** the spirit of gluttony.
* ***Adikia:*** the spirit of injustice.
* ***Aeacus:*** a judge of the dead in the Underworld.
* **Aegle:** the goddess of healthy radiance.
* **Aergia:** the spirit of laziness and sloth.
* **Aether:** the primordial god of the upper air.
* **Agathodaemon:** the spirit of vineyards and grainfields.
* **Agon:** the spirit of contest.
* **Aidos:** the spirit of modesty and respect.
* **Aiode:** the Titaness of song.
* **Aisa:** a spirit of fate.
* **Alala:** the spirit of the war cry.
* **Alastor:** the spirit of blood feuds.
* **Aletheia:** the spirit of truth, truthfulness, and sincerity.
* **Alexiares:** the god of the defense of towns.
* **The Algea:** spirits of pain and suffering.
* **Alke:** the spirit of courage and prowess.
* **Amechania:** the spirit of helplessness and want of means.
* **The Amphilogiae:** the spirits of disputes, debate, and contention.
* **Amphiaraus:** a deified mortal who presided over the oracle at Oropos in Boeotia.
* **Anaideia:** the spirit of ruthlessness, shamelessness, and unforgivingness.
* **Ananke:** the primordial goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity.
* **Anchiale:** the Titaness of the warming heat of fire.
* **The Androctasiae:** the spirits of battlefield slaughter.
* **Angelia:** the spirit of messages, tidings, and proclamations.
* **Anicetus:** the god of the defense of towns.
* **Anthea:** the goddess of flowers and wreaths.
* **Apate:** the spirit of deceit, guile, fraud, and deception.
* ***Apheleia:*** the spirit of simplicity.
* **Aphrodite:** the goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, sexuality, and procreation.
* **Apollo:** the god of music, poetry, art, oracles, prophecy, archery, healing, plague, disease, medicine, the sun, light, knowledge, truth, and the protector of youth.
* **Aporia:** the spirit of difficulty, perplexity, powerlessness, and want of means.
* **The Arae:** spirits of curses.
* **Ares:** the god of war.
* **Arete:** the spirit of virtue, excellence, goodness, and valor.
* **Artemis:** the goddess of hunting, wild animals, the wilderness, childbirth, virginity, archery, the moon, and the protector of young women.
* ***Ascalaphus:*** the spirit who tended the Underworld orchards.
* **Asclepius:** the god of medicine and patron god of doctors.
* **Asteria:** the Titaness of nocturnal oracles and falling stars.
* **Astraeus:** the Titan of the dusk, stars, planets, and astrology.
* **Ate:** the spirit of delusion, infatuation, blind folly, recklessness, and ruin.
* **Athena:** the goddess of wisdom, crafts, strategic warfare, diplomacy, poetry, medicine, and commerce.
* **Atlas:** the Titan of endurance who was cursed to holding the sky on his shoulders for all of eternity.
* **Aura:** the Titaness of breezes.
* **Auxesia:** the goddess of spring growth.

B

* **Bia:** the goddess of force, power, might, bodily strength, and compulsion.

C

* ***Caerus:*** the spirit of opportunity.
* **Carpo:** the goddess of fruit.
* ***Ceuthonymus:*** an obscure Underworld spirit.
* **Chaos:** the primordial goddess of the lower atmosphere.
* **The Charites:** the goddess of grace, beauty, adornment, joy, mirth, festivity, dance, and song.
	+ ***Aglaea:*** the goddess of beauty, splendor, glory, and adornment.
	+ ***Euphrosyne:*** the goddess of good cheer, mirth, merriment, and joy.
	+ ***Thalia:*** the goddess of festivity and banquets.
* ***Charon:*** an Underworld deity who ferried souls across the River Styx.
* **Chronos:** the primordial god of time.
* **Cleta:** a goddess of fame and glory.
* **Clymene:** the Titaness of fame, renown, and infamy.
* **Cocytus:** the god of the Underworld River of Wailing.
* **Coeus:** the Titan of intellect, the axis of the earth, and heavenly oracles.
* **Corus:** the spirit of surfeit.
* **Cratos:** the god of strength, might, power, and sovereign rule.
* **Crius:** the Titan of constellations.
* **Cronus:** the Titan of the harvest and time.

D

* **Damia:** a goddess of fertile earth.
* **Deimos:** the god of terror and dread.
* **Demeter:** the goddess of agriculture, the harvest, grains, and fertility of the earth.
* **Dikaiosyne:** the spirit of justice and righteousness.
* **Dione:** the Titaness of the Oracle of Dodona.
* **Dionysus:** the goddess of wine, winemaking, the grape harvest, madness, fertility, theatre, and ecstasy.
* **The Dioscuri:** twin gods of horsemen and sailors.
* **Dolos:** the spirit of trickery, cunning deception, craftiness, treachery, and guile.
* **Dysnomia:** the spirit of lawlessness and poor civil constitution.
* **Dyssebia:** the spirit of impiety.

E

* **Eileithyia:** the goddess of childbirth, labor pains, and midwives.
* **Ekecheiria:** the spirit of truce, armistice, and the cessation of hostility.
* **Eleos:** the spirit of mercy, pity, and compassion.
* **Elpis:** the spirit of hope.
* **Enyo:** a goddess of war.
* **Eos:** the Titaness of the dawn.
* **Epiales:** the spirit of nightmares.
* **Epione:** the goddess of soothing pain.
* **Epimetheus:** the Titan of afterthought and excuses.
* **Erebus:** the primordial god of darkness.
* **The Erinyes:** three goddesses of retribution and vengeance.
	+ ***Alecto***
	+ ***Megaera***
	+ ***Tisiphone***
* **Eris:** the goddess of strife and discord.
* **Eros:** the primordial god of procreation.
* **The Erotes:** gods of love.
	+ ***Anteros:*** the god of requited love.
	+ ***Eros:*** the god of love and sexual desire.
	+ ***Hedylogos:*** the god of sweet talk and flattery.
	+ ***Hermaphroditus:*** the god of hermaphrodites and effeminate men.
	+ ***Himeros:*** the god of sexual desire.
	+ ***Hymenaeus:*** the god of weddings and the wedding hymn.
	+ ***Pothos:*** the god of sexual desire.
* **Eudaemonia:** a goddess of happiness, prosperity, and opulence.
* **Eurybia:** the Titaness of the mastery of the seas.
* **Eurynome:** the Titaness of water meadows and pasturelands.
* **Eurynomus:** the spirit who stripped the flesh from corpses.

F

G

* **Gaea:** the primordial goddess of the earth.
* **Gorgyra:** an Underworld nymph.

H

* **Hades:** the god of the Underworld, the dead, and riches.
* **Harmonia:** the goddess of harmony and concord.
* **Hebe:** the goddess of youth and the patron goddess of brides.
* **Hecate:** the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, the moon, ghosts, and necromancy.
* **Helios:** the Titan of the sun and the guardian of oaths.
* **Hemera:** the primordial goddess of the day.
* **Hephaestus:** the god of fire, volcanoes, metalworking, blacksmiths, craftsmen, stone masonry, and forges.
* **Hera:** the Queen of Olympus and goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, family, and motherly love.
* **Heracles:** the god of strength.
* **Hermes:** the god of messengers, trade, thieves, travel, travelers, roads, sports, athletics, boundaries, herdsmen, literature, poetry, writing, language, oratory, invention, and the guide of souls to the Underworld.
* **Hestia:** the goddess of the hearth, the home, family, domesticity, and architecture.
* **The Horae:** goddesses of the seasons. They were the keepers of the gates of Olympus.
	+ ***Dike:*** the goddess of justice.
	+ ***Eirene:*** the goddess of peace and spring.
	+ ***Eunomia:*** the goddess of good order, lawful conduct, and green pastures.
* **Hygeia:** the goddess of good health.
* **Hyperion:** the Titan of light.
* **Hypnos:** the god of sleep.

I

* **Iapetus:** the Titan of mortality.
* **Iaso:** the goddess of cures and remedies.
* **Iris:** the goddess of the rainbow and a messenger of the gods.

J

K

* **The Keres:** spirits of violent and cruel deaths.

L

* **Lelantos:** the Titan of air and the hunter's skill of stalking prey.
* **Lethe:** the goddess of the River of Oblivion.
* **Leto:** the Titaness of womanly demure, modesty, and motherhood.
* ***The Litae:*** the goddesses of prayers.

M

* **Macaria:** the goddess of blessed deaths.
* **Melete:** the Titaness of practice.
* **Melinoe:** the goddess of ghosts.
* **Melisseus:** the god of honey and bee-keeping.
* ***Menoetes:*** an spirit who tended the cattle of the Underworld.
* **Menoetius:** the Titan of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality.
* **Metis:** the Titaness of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness, and wisdom.
* ***Minos:*** a judge of the dead in the Underworld.
* **Mnemosyne:** the Titaness of memory and remembrance.
* **The Moirae:** three goddesses of fate.
	+ ***Clotho:*** the goddess who spun the thread of life.
	+ ***Lachesis:*** the goddess who measured the thread of lfie.
	+ ***Atropos:*** the goddess who cut the thread of life.
* **The Muses:** nine goddesses of music, song, and dance who inspired poets and artists.
	+ ***Calliope:*** the goddess of eloquence and epic poetry.
	+ ***Clio:*** the goddess of history.
	+ ***Erato:*** the goddess of erotic poetry and mime.
	+ ***Euterpe:*** the goddess of lyric poetry.
	+ ***Melpomene:*** the goddess of tragedy.
	+ ***Polyhymnia:*** the goddess of religious hymns.
	+ ***Terpsichore:*** the goddess of choral song and dancing.
	+ ***Thalia:*** the goddess of comedy and bucolic poetry.
	+ ***Urania:*** the goddess of astronomy and astronomical writings.

N

* **Nemesis:** the goddess of retribution, indignation, revenge, and balance.
* **The Nesoi:** primordial goddesses of islands.
* **Nike:** the goddess of victory.
* **Nyx:** the primordial goddess of the night.

O

* **The Oceanides:** nymphs of the fresh water sources of the earth.
* **Oceanus:** the Titan of the sea.
* **The Oneiroi:** spirits of dreams.
* ***Ophion*:** a Titan who ruled the world at some point.
* **The Ourea:** primordial gods of mountains.

P

* **Paedia:** a goddess of play and amusement.
* **Pallas:** the Titan of warcraft.
* **Panacea:** the Greek goddess of cures and panaceas.
* **Pandaesia:** a goddess of rich banquets.
* **Pannychis:** a goddess of night festivities and parties.
* **Pasithea:** the Greek goddess of rest and relaxation.
* **Peitho:** the Greek goddess of persuasion, seduction, and charming speech.
* **Persephone:** the queen of the Underworld and goddess of the spring.
* **Perses:** the Titan of destruction.
* **Phanes:** a primordial god of procreation.
* **Phlegethon:** the god of the River of Fire.
* **Phobos:** a god of panic and fear.
* **Phoebe:** a Titaness of the moon, prophecy, and oracular intellect.
* **Phorcys:** the god of the hidden dangers of the deep sea.
* **Pontus:** the primordial god of the sea.
* **Poseidon:** the god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses.
* **Prometheus:** the Titan of forethought and crafty counsel.
* **Psyche:** the Greek goddess of the soul.

Q

R

* ***Rhadamanthys:*** a judge of the dead in the Underworld.
* **Rhea:** the Titaness of motherhood, female fertility, menstruation, and generation.

S

* **Selene:** the Titaness of the moon.
* **Styx:** the Titaness of the River Styx and hatred.

T

* **Tartarus:** the primordial god of the Tartarean pit.
* **Tethys:** the Titaness of fresh water.
* **Thalassa:** the primordial goddess of the sea.
* **Thallo:** the goddess of spring buds and green shoots.
* **Thanatos:** the god of death.
* **Theia:** the Titaness of sight and the light of the sky.
* **Themis:** the Titaness of divine law and order.
* **Trophonius:** a deified mortal who presided over the Oracle of Lebadeia.
* **Tyche:** the goddess of fortune, chance, and fate.

U

* **Uranus:** the primordial god of the skies and heavens.

V

W

X

Y

Z

* **Zelus:** the god of rivalry, emulation, jealousy, envy, and zeal.
* **Zeus:** the god of the sky, thunder, lightning, law, and order. He was also the king of the gods.