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Deities — Greek and Roman
The deities filed under Greek and Roman.
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Deities in Greek and Roman
Aegean, Italy and the Roman provinces, roughly 1600 BCE to 400 CE.
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Zeus Greek god of the sky and king of the gods -
Athena Goddess of wisdom and war in ancient Greek religion and mythology -
Aphrodite Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation -
Apollo God in Greek and later Roman mythology -
Artemis Goddess of the hunt and the wild in ancient Greek religion and mythology -
Venus Roman goddess of love, sexuality, procreation and pleasure -
Poseidon One of the twelve Olympians presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses -
Hermes Olympian god in Greek religion and mythology; the emissary and messenger of the gods; the god of trade, heraldry, merchants, commerce, roads, thieves, trickery, sports, travelers, and athletes; the son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia -
Jupiter Chief deity of Roman state religion
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Hera Greek goddess, wife and sister of Zeus -
Ares Greek god of war and combat -
Hades God of the underworld in Greek mythology -
Dionysus Ancient Greek god of winemaking and wine -
Demeter Greek goddess of the harvest, grains, and agriculture -
Prometheus Titan, culture hero, and trickster figure in Greek mythology who defied the gods; son of Iapetus -
Heracles Divine hero in Greek mythology, son of Zeus and Alcmene -
Hephaestus Greek god of blacksmiths -
Hestia Greek goddess of the hearth and the home
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Cronus Ruler of the Titans in Greek mythology -
Eros Greek god of love and sex -
Neptune Roman god of water, particularly the sea, considered equivalent to the Greek Poseidon -
Uranus Primordial Greek deity, god of the Sky; one of the Greek primordial deities -
Mars Roman god of war, guardian of agriculture -
Juno Ancient Roman goddess
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Mercury Roman god of trade, merchants, thieves and travel -
Persephone Greek goddess of the seasons and the queen of the underworld; married with Hades -
Perseus Legendary Greek hero and founder of Mycenae, demigod son of Zeus and Danae; famous for beheading the Gorgon Medusa -
Saturn God in ancient Roman mythology -
Atlas Deity in Greek mythology
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Asclepius Greek god of medicine -
Gaia Greek primordial deity, the personification of the Earth -
Diana Goddess of the hunt, the moon and birthing, equated with the Greek goddess Artemis -
Minerva Roman goddess of wisdom and sponsor of arts, trade, and defense -
Rhea Female Titan in Greek mythology, mother of Zeus and mother of Hera -
Lucifer Name for the "Morning star" (the planet Venus, or other stars) in Latin, sometimes used as a name for the devil or Satan -
Vulcan God of both beneficial and hindering fire -
Oceanus Ancient Greek god of the earth-encircling river, Oceanos -
Selene Ancient Greek goddess and personification of the Moon, daughter of Hyperion and Theia -
Cupid Roman deity, counterpart of Eros -
Helios Greek god and personification of the Sun -
Pluto God in Roman religion, Plouton in Greek -
Themis In ancient Greek mythology, a titaness, the personification of divine order, fairness, law, natural law, and custom, whose symbols are the scales of justice -
Ceres Roman goddess of agriculture -
Nyx Greek goddess of the night -
Eos Greek goddess of the dawn -
Tartarus Deep abyss, place of punishment, in ancient Greek mythology -
Nike Goddess of victory in Greek mythology -
Circe Enchantress-goddess in Greek mythology -
Janus Roman deity -
Hecate Greek goddess -
Mnemosyne Personification of memory in Greek mythology, mother of the nine muses -
Orion Giant huntsman in Greek mythology -
Pan Greek god of the mountain wilds, shepherds, flocks, rustic music, fertility, spring, and theatrical criticism, with the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat -
Adonis Greek god of beauty and desire -
Charon Ferryman of Hades in Greek-Roman mythology -
Leto Greek mythological figure and mother of Apollo and Artemis -
Chaos Greek primordial deity -
Hebe Ancient Greek goddess of youth -
Styx Greek divinity of the river Styx -
Tethys Ancient Greek mythological figure; mother of the river gods and the Oceanids -
Amphitrite Oceanid or Nereid of Greek mythology -
Theia Female Titan in Greek mythology; mother of Helios, Selene and Eos
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Triton Greek god, messenger of the sea -
Vesta Goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion -
Eris Greek goddess of discord -
Hyperion Titan in Greek mythology -
Phoebe Titaness in Greek mythology
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Fortuna Roman goddess of fortune - Iapetos Titan in Greek mythology
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Nemesis Goddess of Greek mythology -
Pontus Sea god of Greek mythology
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Typhon Deadly monster of Greek mythology -
Echidna Ancient Greek mythological monster, the mother of monsters -
Epimetheus Mythological figure -
Pantheon Moirae Personifications of fate in Greek mythology
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Hercules Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles -
Iris The personification of the rainbow in ancient Greek religion and mythology -
Thanatos Personification of death in Greek mythology -
Aether Primordial Greek deity, personification of the upper air - Coeus Titan in Greek mythology, one of the twelve titans
- Erebos Primordial deity in Greek mythology
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Io Nymph seduced by Zeus in Greek mythology - Kreios Titan in Greek mythology, name that means ram
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Scylla Nymph transformed into a sea monster by Circe in Greek mythology -
Calypso Oceanid of Greek mythology -
Anatolia and the ancient Balkans Cybele Anatolian mother goddess -
Metis Oceanid of Greek mythology, goddess of wisdom, daughter of Oceanid and Tethys -
Aurora Goddess of dawn in Roman mythology -
Charybdis Figure in Greek mythology transformed in a sea monster by Zeus -
Hemera Ancient Greek goddess of the day -
Iranian traditions Mitra Indo-Iranian divinity, later worshipped as the Zoroastrian Mithra and the Roman mystery god Mithras -
Daphne Greek mythological figure -
Harmonia Ancient Greek goddess of harmony and concord, spouse of Cadmus; her opposite is Eris -
Hypnos Personification of sleep in Greek mythology -
Nereus Sea god of Greek mythology -
Morpheus Greek deity associated with sleep and dreams -
Phobos Personification of fear in Greek mythology -
Proserpina Ancient Roman goddess -
Sol Invictus Solar deity of the later Roman Empire -
Bellona Ancient Roman goddess of war, similar to the ancient Greek Enyo -
Flora Goddess of prosperity in Roman mythology -
Hermaphroditus Son of Aphrodite and Hermes in Greek mythology -
Hygieia Goddess in Greek mythology, personification of health
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Priapus Ancient Greek deity -
Proteus Sea divinity in Greek mythology -
Ancient Egypt Serapis Graeco-Egyptian god -
Mesopotamia and the Levant Astarte Middle Eastern goddess, worshipped from the Bronze Age through classical antiquity -
Chronos Personification of Time in ancient Greek religion -
Psyche Mythical lover of Eros/Cupid -
Ceto Greek sea goddess -
Maia Pleiad and mother of Hermes -
Phorcys Greek sea god -
Pleiades Celestial nymphs in Greek mythology -
Tyche Greek goddess of fortune -
Aeolus God of winds, son of Hippotes in Greek mythology -
Boreas Greek mythological personification and god of the North wind, storms,, winter, loneliness, solitude, absence, lack, sadness, depression, calmness and serenity -
Callisto Nymph in Greek mythology -
Dione Greek goddess, mother of Aphrodite -
Eileithyia Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery -
Lady Justice Deity
The whole collection
Greek and Roman
The Olympians and their Roman equivalents, the mystery cults, and the poets whose accounts disagree.