Chaos - empty space which produced Ge (The Earth)
| Name | Attributes | Spouses | Family |
| Astraeus | father of stars | ||
| Atlas | carries world | ||
| Coeus | |||
| Cronos | sister, Rhea | Zeus, Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Poseidon, Hades | |
| Iapetus | Prometheus, Atlas, Epimetheus | ||
| Hyperion | sun | ||
| Helios | sun, identified with Hyperion/Apollo | ||
| Prometheus | gave fire to man |
| Name | Attributes | Parents/Family | Wives |
| Achelous | river god | daughter, Callirhoe | |
| Adonis | Syrian deity | ||
| Anteros | mutual love | half- brother of Eros | |
| Apollo | (Cynthus, Phoebus, Loxias, Musagetes, the Pythian, ) | father of Aristhaeus, Asclepius | Cyrene, Coronis |
| Ares | war | ||
| Asclepius | healing | son of Apollo and Coronis | |
| Asopus | river god | ||
| Attis | vegetation | ||
| Charon | ferries souls to Hades if paid | ||
| Dionysus | |||
| Enipeus | |||
| Enyalios | |||
| Epahus | son of Zeus and Io | ||
| Erebus | darkness | son of Chaos | |
| Erechteus | |||
| Eros | love | son of Zeus/Hermes and Aphrodite | |
| Evenus | river god | ||
| Hades | Underworld | son of Cronus and Rhea | |
| Helios | sun | Perse, mother of Circe | |
| Hephaestus | earth, fire metalwork | son of Zeus and Hera | father of Charis Aphrodite? |
| Hermaphroditus | joined with nymph Salmacis | son of Hermes and Aphrodite | |
| Hermes (Atlantiades, Cyllenius) | travellers, traders, thieves, winged messenger | son of Zeus and Maia | |
| Hymen | weddings | ||
| Hypnus | sleep | ||
| Iasion/Iasius/Iasus | lover of Demeter | son of Zeus and Electra | |
| Myrtilus | son of Hermes | ||
| Nereus | sea | son of Pontus and Ge | Doris |
| Palaemon/Melicertes | sea | son of Athamas and Ino | |
| Pan | man/goat, shepherds, mischief, panic | ||
| Phorcys | sea | father of Ladon, Gracae, Echidne, Gorgons | |
| Poseidon | sea and thunder (Hippios, Bluehaired) | ||
| Priapus | fertility, lust, donkey | son of Dionysos and Aphrodite | |
| Proteus | subject of Poseidon | ||
| Triton | sea | son of Poseidon and Amphitrite | |
| Zeus | chief | father of Arcas, Castor, Polydeuces | |
| Phaeton | charioteer of sun | son of Helios and Clymene | |
| Idas | son of Poseidon + twin of Lunceus | ||
| Silenus | wise satyr | tutor of Dionysus | |
| Uranus |
| Name | Attributes | Parents/Family | Husbands |
| Aphaia | |||
| Aphrodite | love (the Cytherean) | ||
| Arethusa | river goddess | ||
| Artemis | Cynthia | twin of Apollo | |
| Athene | wisdom | ||
| Demeter | |||
| Dia | mother | ||
| Earth Gaea/Ge | mother of Uranus etc. | ||
| Eos | dawn | ||
| Eris | quarrels | ||
| Hecate | underworld, sorcery | ||
| Hera | orig living things, marriage childbirth | Chronus and Rhea | Zeus |
| Hestia | hearth | Zeus and Hera | |
| Hygeia | health | ||
| Ilithyia / Eileithyia | childbirth | Hera | |
| Leucothea | foaming sea 'white goddess' | ||
| Metis | mother of Athene | ||
| Mnemosyne | memory | daughter of Uranus + mother of the Musae | Zeus |
| Nemesis | retribution | Oceanus | |
| Nike | victory/competition | Pallas and Styx | |
| Perse | Oceanus | Helios | |
| Persephone | Zeus and Demeter | ||
| Psyche | soul personified | ||
| Rhodos/Rhode | Poseidon | Helios | |
| Selene | identified with Artemis | ||
| Tyche/Tuche | luck | Zeus | |
| Leto | d Coeus + Phoebe | Artemis and Zeus | Apollo |
| Rhea | Ge and Uranus | ||
| Tethys | Oceanus | ||
| Themis | law, justice | Ge and Uranus
mother of Horae and Moerae | Zeus (before Hera) |
The nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, (Memory)
daughter of Uranus
| Calliope - epic poetry | Clio - history | Erato - mime |
| Euterpe - lyric poetry, music | Melpomene - tragedy | Polyhymnia - hymns |
| Terpsichore - song, dance | Thalia - comedy | Urania - astronomy |
(orig. just Charis, wife of Hephaestus)
| Aglaia | Euphrosyne | Thalia |
(Latin Parcae)
daughters of Zeus and Themis
| Clotho | spins thread of life |
| Lachesis | measures thread |
| Atropos | cuts thread |
| Acis | Caenis | Calypso | Cassiopeia | Echo | Egeria |
| Galatea | Idaea | Leuce | Oenone | Parthenope | Pluto |
| Syrinx | Tyro |
50 beautiful sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus + Doris
| Amphitrite | Thetis | Peliea ? |
sea nymphs, 40 daughters of Oceanus
fresh-water nymphs
(Hours)
Daughters of Zeus and Themis identified with nature
and the seasons
| Irene-peace |
nymphs who looked after infant Dionysius on Mt Nys
'daughters of evening' Maidens who guarded golden
apples with the dragon, ladon
'snatchers' Spirits of the wind who carried people
to their deaths, later winged monsters
|
Bassaris | ||||||
daughters of Phorcys and Ceto, sisters of the Gracae
|
Medusa |
Stheno | Euryale | ||||
Three old women living on Mt Atlas who shared one
eye and one tooth
Three daughters of Mother Earth by the blood of Uranus
who personified conscience and punished sacrilege. Called Eumenides
- 'Kindly Ones' to ward them off?
| Alecto | Magaera/Megaeia | Tisiphone |
daughters of Atlas + Pleione
| Electra | Halcyone | Maia eldest | Merope |
daughters of Hecate
Lamia d Belus
Descendants of the Seven Against Thebes
offspring of Ixion and a cloud, half men, half horses
| Ch(e)iron (Philyrides) |
Arion - horse son of Zeus
Half brothers of the Centaurs led by Pirithoos, son
of Ixion and Dia who married Hippodamia.
| Elatus | Phlegyas |
Gigantes : 24 sons of Ge and Uranus
| Alcyoneus | Enceladus | Ephialtes | Minas | Pallas | Polybotes |
| Porphyrion |
| Enceladus | Periphetes | Tityus |
giant cannibals led by Lamus
100 handed giants, sons of Ge + Uranus
| Gyes/Gyges | Cottus | Briareus/Acgaeon |
one-eyed giants
| Arges | Brontes | Polyphemus | Steropes |
| Direction | Name | Parents | Children |
| North | Boreas | Calais, Zetes | |
| South-East | Eurus | Astraeus and Eos | |
| South-West | Notus/Auster | Astraeus and Eos | |
| West | Zephyrus | ||
| Cerberus - dog who guarded Hades |
| Ceryneian Hind - had brass feet and gold antlers Caught by Heracles |
| Crommyum Sow - wild sow killed by Theseus |
| Laelaps - hound |
| Orthrus - two headed dog, son Ech +T |
| Pegasus - winged horse |
| Erymanthian Boar - captured by Herakles |
| Name | Appearance | Parents | |
| Minotaur | ½ man, ½ bull | Pasiphae and Cretan Bull | killed by Theseus |
| Echidne | ½ woman, ½ serpent | ||
| Typhon | Ge and Tartarus | ||
| Chimeira | lion head, goat body, serpent tail, firy breath | Echidne and Typhon | killed by Bellerophon |
| Hydra of Lerna | Echidne and Typhon | ||
| Charybdis | sea swallower | ||
| Scylla | turned into 6 headed monster by Ampitrite | Zeus | |
| Geryon | |||
| Hellen | ancestor of Hellenes | son of Phrrya and Deucalion | |
| Ion | ancestor of Ionians | ||
| Pelops | sons: Chrysippus, Atreus | wife: Hippodameia |
legendary king of Troy, son of Laomedon (originally
called Podarces). Father of 50 sons and 50 daughters, 19 by Hecuba.
Sons
| Deiphobus | Hector | Helenus | Paris | Polites | Polydorus yg |
| Troilus |
Daughters
| Polyxena | Laodice | Cassandra twin of Helenus |
'sown men' : sprang from dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus.
Five survived their fight.
| Cthonius | Echion | Hyperenor | Pelorus | Udaeus |
sailed with Jason
| Acastus | Caeneus | Calais | Cepheus | Echion | Iphicles |
| Oileus | Periclymenus | Zetes |
| Achilles - son of Peleus and Thetis, father of Neoptolemus by Deidameia, d of Lycomedes |
| Ajax - fought Hector at Troy |
| Theseus |
| Aegeus - (T's father) |
| Acamas, Demophon, Hippolytos |
| Heracles ( Amphitroniades, Alcides) |
Labrys (f) Twoheaded axe
| Potnia | mother goddess |
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This collection of names compiled by Kate Monk. Copyright January
1997, Kate Monk. Last updated November, 97. Copies may be made
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