Athena pouring a drink for Heracles, who wears the skin of the Nemean Lion • Lampsace (Λαμψάκη), a semi-historical Bebrycian princess honored as goddess for her assistance to the Greeks • Minos (Μίνως), a king of Crete, appointed as a Judge of the Dead in the Underworld after his death • Ino (Ἰνώ), a Theban princess who became the sea goddess Leucothea • The Leucippides (Λευκιππίδες), wives of the Dioscuri • Phoebe (Φοίβη), wife of Pollux • Hilaeira (Ἱλάειρα), wife of Castor • 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 • Phylonoe (Φυλονόη), daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, made immortal by Artemis • Psyche (Ψυχή), goddess of the soul Health deities • Apollo, god of healing and medicine • Asclepius (Ασκληπιός), god of healing • Aceso, goddess of the healing of wounds and the curing of illnesses • Aegle, goddess of radiant good health • Epione (Ἠπιόνη), goddess of the soothing of pain • Hygieia (Υγεία), goddess of cleanliness and good health • Iaso (Ἰασώ), goddess of cures, remedies, and modes of healing • Panacea (Πανάκεια), goddess of healing • Telesphorus (Τελεσφόρος), demi-god of convalescence, who brought to fulfillment recuperation from illness or injury Other deities • Acratopotes (Ἀκρατοπότης), god of unmixed wine and incontinence • Adrastea (Αδράστεια), a daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, or an epithet of Nemesis • Agdistis (Ἄγδιστις), Phrygian hermaphroditic deity • Alexiares and Anicetus (Αλεξιαρης and Ανικητος), twin sons of Heracles who presided over the defence of fortified towns and citadels • Aphroditus (Ἀφρόδιτος), Cyprian hermaphroditic Aphrodite • Astraea (Αστραία), virgin goddess of justice • Auxesia (Αυξησία) and Damia (Δαμία), two local fertility goddesses • Charites (Χάριτες), goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility • Aglaea (Αγλαΐα), goddess of beauty, adornment, splendor and glory • Euphrosyne (Εὐφροσύνη), goddess of good cheer, joy, mirth, and merriment • Thalia (Θάλεια), goddess of festive celebrations and rich and luxurious banquets • Hegemone (Ηγεμόνη) mastery • Antheia (Άνθεια), goddess of flowers and flowery wreaths • Pasithea (Πασιθέα), goddess of rest and relaxation • Cleta (Κλήτα) the glorious • Phaenna (Φαέννα) the shining • Eudaimonia (Ευδαιμονία) happiness • Euthymia (Ευθυμία) good mood • Calleis (Καλλείς) beauty • Paidia (Παιδία) play, amusement • Pandaisia (Πανδαισία) banquet for everyone • Pannychis (Παννυχίς) all-night (festivity) • Ceraon (Κεραων), demi-god of the meal, specifically the mixing of wine • Chrysus (Χρύσος), spirit of gold • Circe (Κίρκη), goddess-witch of Aeaea • Daemones Ceramici (Δαίμονες Κεραμικοί), five malevolent spirits who plagued the craftsman potter • Syntribos (Σύντριβος), the shatterer • Smaragos (Σμάραγος), the smasher • Asbetos (Ασβετος), the charrer • Sabaktes (Σαβάκτης), the destroyer • Omodamos (Ομόδαμος), crudebake • Deipneus (Δειπνεύς), demi-god of the preparation of meals, specifically the making of bread • Eiresione (Ειρεσιώνη), personification of the olive branch • Eileithyia (Εἰλείθυια), goddess of childbirth • Enyalius (Ενυάλιος), minor god of war • Enyo (Ἐνυώ), goddess of destructive war • Harpocrates (Ἁρποκράτης), god of silence • Hermaphroditus (Ἑρμάφρόδιτός), god ofhermaphrodites and effeminate men • Hymenaios (Ὑμέναιος), god of marriage and marriage feasts • Ichnaea (Ιχναία), goddess of tracking • Iynx (Ιύνξ), goddess of the love charm • Matton (Μάττων), demi-god of the meal, specifically the kneading of dough • Muses (Μούσαι), goddesses of music, song and dance, and the source of inspiration to poets • Titan Muses, daughters of Gaia and Uranus • Aoide (Ἀοιδή), muse of song • Arche (Αρχή), muse of origins • Melete (Μελέτη), muse of meditation and practice • Mneme (Μνήμη), muse of memory • Thelxinoe (Θελξινόη), muse charmer of minds • Olympian Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne • Calliope (Καλλιόπη), muse of epic poetry • Clio (Κλειώ), muse of history • Erato (Ερατώ), muse of erotic poetry • Euterpe (Ευτέρπη), muse of lyric poetry • Melpomene (Μελπομένη), muse of tragedy • Polyhymnia (Πολυμνία) or (Πολύμνια), muse of sacred poetry • Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη), muse of dance and choral poetry • Thalia (Θάλεια), muse of comedy and bucolic poetry • Urania (Ουρανία), muse of astronomy • Younger Muses, daughters of Apollo • Cephisso (Κεφισσώ) • Apollonis (Απολλωνίς) • Borysthenis (Βορυσθενίς) • Hypate (Υπάτη) the upper (chord of the lyre) • Mese (Μέση) the middle (chord of the lyre) • Nete (Νήτη) the lower (chord of the lyre) • Polymatheia (Πολυμάθεια), muse of knowledge • Palaestra (Παλαίστρα), goddess of wrestling • Rhapso (Ραψώ), minor goddess or nymph whose name apparently refers to sewing Mortals Heroes • Abderus, aided Heracles during his eighth labour and was killed by the Mares of Diomedes • Achilles (Αχιλλεύς or Αχιλλέας), hero of the Trojan War and a central character in HomersIliad • Aeneas (Αινείας), a hero of the Trojan War and progenitor of the Roman people • Ajax the Great (Αίας ο Μέγας), a hero of the Trojan War and king of Salamis • Ajax the Lesser (Αίας ο Μικρός), a hero of the Trojan War and leader of the Locrian army • Amphitryon (Αμφιτρύων), Theban general who rescued Thebes from the Teumessian fox; his wife was Alcmene, mother of Heracles • Bellerophon, hero who slew the Chimera • Castor, the mortal Dioscuri twin; after Castors death, his immortal brother Pollux shared his divinity with him in order that they might remain together • Chrysippus, a divine hero of Elis • Daedalus, creator of the labyrinth and great inventor, until King Minos trapped him in his own creation. • Diomedes, a king of Argos and hero of the Trojan War • Eleusis, eponymous hero of the town of Eleusis • Eunostus, a Boeotian hero • Ganymede, Trojan hero and lover of Zeus, who was given immortality and appointed cup-bearer to the gods • Hector, hero of the Trojan War and champion of the Trojan people • Iolaus, nephew of Heracles who aided his uncle in one of his Labors • Jason, leader of the Argonauts • Meleager, a hero who sailed with the Argonauts and killed the Calydonian Boar • Odysseus, a hero and king of Ithaca whose adventures are the subject of Homers Odyssey; he also played a key role during the Trojan War • Orpheus, a legendary musician and poet who attempted to retrieve his dead wife from the Underworld • Pandion, the eponymous hero of the Attic tribe Pandionis, usually assumed to be one of the legendary Athenian kings Pandion I or Pandion II. • Perseus (Περσεύς), son of Zeus and the founder-king of Mycenae and slayer of the Gorgon Medusa • Theseus, son of Poseidon and a king of Athens and slayer of the Minotaur Notable women • Alcestis (Άλκηστις), daughter of Pelias and wife of Admetus, who was known for her devotion to her husband • Amymone, the one daughter of Danaus who refused to murder her husband, thus escaping her sisters punishment • Andromache (Ανδρομάχη), wife of Hector • Andromeda (Ανδρομέδα), wife of Perseus, who was placed among the constellations after her death • Antigone (Αντιγόνη), daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta • Arachne (Αράχνη), a skilled weaver, transformed by Athena into a spider for her blasphemy • Ariadne (Αριάδνη), daughter of Minos, king of Crete, who aided Theseus in overcoming the Minotaur and became the wife of Dionysus • Atalanta (Αταλάντη), fleet-footed heroine who participated in the Calydonian Boar hunt • Briseis, a princess of Lyrnessus, taken by Achilles as a war prize • Caeneus, formerly Caenis, a woman who was transformed into a man and became a mighty warrior • Cassandra, a princess of Troy cursed to see the future but never to be believed • Clytemnestra, sister of Helen and unfaithful wife of Agamemnon • Danaë, the mother of Perseus by Zeus • Deianeira, the third wife and unwitting killer of Heracles • Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, she aided her brother Orestes in plotting revenge against their mother for the murder of their father • Europa, a Phoenician woman, abducted by Zeus • Hecuba (Ἑκάβη), wife of Priam, king of Troy, and mother of nineteen of his children • Helen, daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose abduction brought about the Trojan War • Hermione (Ἑρμιόνη), daughter of Menelaus and Helen; wife of Neoptolemus, and later Orestes • Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; Agamemnon sacrificed her to Artemis in order to appease the goddess • Ismene, sister of Antigone • Jocasta, mother and wife of Oedipus • Medea, a sorceress and wife of Jason, who killed her own children to punish Jason for his infidelity • Medusa, a mortal woman transformed into a hideous gorgon by Athena • Niobe, a daughter of Tantalus who declared herself to be superior to Leto, causing Artemis and Apollo to kill her fourteen children • Pandora, the first woman • Penelope, loyal wife of Odysseus • Phaedra, daughter of Minos and wife of Theseus • Polyxena, the youngest daughter of Priam, sacrificed to the ghost of Achilles • Semele, mortal mother of Dionysus Kings • Abas, a king of Argos • Acastus, a king of Iolcus who sailed with the Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian Boar hunt • Acrisius, a king of Argos • Actaeus, first king of Attica • Admetus (Άδμητος), a king of Pherae who sailed with the Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian Boar hunt • Adrastus (Άδραστος), a king of Argos and one of the Seven Against Thebes • Aeacus (Αιακός), a king of the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf; after he died, he became one of the three judges of the dead in the Underworld • Aeëtes, a king of Colchis and father of Medea • Aegeus (Αιγεύς), a king of Athens and father of Theseus • Aegimius, a king of Thessaly and progenitor of the Dorians • Aegisthus (Αίγισθος), lover of Clytemnestra, with whom he plotted to murder Agamemnon and seized the kingship of Mycenae • Aegyptus (Αίγυπτος), a king of Egypt • Aeson, father of Jason and rightful king of Iolcus, whose throne was usurped by his half-brother Pelias • Aëthlius, first king of Elis • Aetolus (Αιτωλός), a king of Elis • Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων), a king of Mycenae and commander of the Greek armies during the Trojan War • Agasthenes, a king of Elis • Agenor (Αγήνωρ), a king of Phoenicia • Alcinous (Αλκίνους or Ἀλκίνοος), a king of Phaeacia • Alcmaeon, a king of Argos and one of the Epigoni • Aleus, a king of Tegea • Amphiaraus (Ἀμφιάραος), a seer and king of Argos who participated in the Calydonian Boar hunt and the war of the Seven Against Thebes • Amphictyon (Ἀμφικτύων), a king of Athens • Amphion and Zethus, twin sons of Zeus and kings of Thebes, who constructed the citys walls • Amycus, son of Poseidon and king of the Bebryces • Anaxagoras (Ἀναξαγόρας), a king of Argos • Anchises (Αγχίσης), a king of Dardania and father of Aeneas • Arcesius, a king of Ithaca and father of Laertes • Argeus, a king of Argos • Argus, a son of Zeus and king of Argos after Phoroneus • Assaracus, a king of Dardania • Asterion, a king of Crete • Athamas (Ἀθάμας), a king of Orchomenus • Atreus (Ἀτρεύς), a king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and Menelaus • Augeas (Αυγείας), a king of Elis • Autesion, a king of Thebes • Bias, a king of Argos • Busiris, a king of Egypt • Cadmus, founder-king of Thebes • Car, a king of Megara • Catreus, a king of Crete, prophesied to die at the hands of his own son • Cecrops, an autochthonous king of Athens • Ceisus, a king of Argos • Celeus, a king of Eleusis • Cephalus, a king of Phocis who accidentally killed his own wife • Cepheus, a king of Ethiopia • Cepheus, a king of Tegea and an Argonaut • Charnabon, a king of the Getae • Cinyras, a king of Cyprus and father of Adonis • Codrus, a king of Athens • Corinthus, founder-king of Corinth • Cranaus, a king of Athens • Creon, a king of Thebes, brother of Jocasta and uncle of Oedipus • Creon, a king of Corinth who was hospitable towards Jason and Medea • Cres, an early Cretan king • Cresphontes, a king of Messene and descendent of Heracles • Cretheus, founder-king of Iolcus • Criasus, a king of Argos • Cylarabes, a king of Argos • Cynortas, a king of Sparta • Cyzicus, king of the Dolionians, mistakenly killed by the Argonauts • Danaus, a king of Egypt and father of the Danaides • Dardanus, founder-king of Dardania, and son of Zeus and Electra • Deiphontes, a king of Argos • Demophon of Athens, a king of Athens • Diomedes, a king of Argos and hero of the Trojan War • Echemus, a king of Arcadia • Echetus, a king of Epirus • Eetion, a king of Cilician Thebe and father of Andromache • Electryon, a king of Tiryns and Mycenae; son of Perseus and Andromeda • Elephenor, a king of the Abantes of Euboea • Eleusis, eponym and king of Eleusis, Attica • Epaphus, a king of Egypt and founder of Memphis • Epopeus, a king of Sicyon • Erechtheus, a king of Athens • Erginus, a king of Minyean Orchomenus in Boeotia • Erichthonius, a king of Athens, born of Hephaestus attempt to rape Athena • Eteocles, a king of Thebes and son of Oedipus; he and his brother Polynices killed each other • Eteocles, son of Andreus, a king of Orchomenus • Eurotas, a king of Sparta • Eurystheus, a king of Tiryns • Euxantius, a king of Ceos, son of Minos and Dexithea • Gelanor, a king of Argos • Haemus, a king of Thrace • Helenus, seer and twin brother of Cassandra, who later became king of Epirus • Hippothoön, a king of Eleusis • Hyrieus, a king of Boeotia • Ilus, founder-king of Troy • Ixion, a king of the Lapiths who attempted to rape Hera and was bound to a flaming wheel in Tartarus • Laërtes, father of Odysseus and king of the Cephallenians; he sailed with the Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian Boar hunt • Laomedon, a king of Troy and father of Priam • Lycaon of Arcadia, a deceitful Arcadian king who was transformed by Zeus into a wolf • Lycurgus of Arcadia, a king of Arcadia • Lycurgus of Nemea, a king of Nemea • Makedon, a king of Macedon • Megareus of Onchestus, a king of Onchestus in Boeotia • Megareus of Thebes, a king of Thebes • Melampus, a legendary soothsayer and healer, and king of Argos • Melanthus, a king of Messenia • Memnon, a king of Ethiopia who fought on the side of Troy during the Trojan War • Menelaus, a king of Sparta and the husband of Helen • Menestheus, a king of Athens who fought on the side of the Greeks during the Trojan War • Midas, a king of Phrygia granted the power to turn anything to gold with a touch • Minos, a king of Crete; after his death, became one of the judges of the dead in the Underworld • Myles, a king of Laconia • Nestor, a king of Pylos who sailed with the Argonauts, participated in the Calydonian Boar hunt and fought with the Greek armies in the Trojan War • Nycteus, a king of Thebes • Odysseus, a hero and king of Ithaca whose adventures are the subject of Homers Odyssey; he also played a key role during the Trojan War • Oebalus, a king of Sparta • Oedipus, a king of Thebes fated to kill his father and marry his mother • Oeneus, a king of Calydon • Oenomaus, a king of Pisa • Oenopion, a king of Chios • Ogygus, a king of Thebes • Oicles, a king of Argos • Oileus, a king of Locris • Orestes, a king of Argos and a son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; he killed his mother in revenge for her murder of his father • Oxyntes, a king of Athens • Pandion I, a king of Athens • Pandion II, a king of Athens • Peleus, king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles; he sailed the with Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian Boar hunt • Pelias, a king of Iolcus and usurper of Aesons rightful throne • Pelops, a king of Pisa and founder of the House of Atreus • Pentheus, a king of Thebes who banned the worship of Dionysus and was torn apart by Maenads • Perseus (Περσεύς), founder-king of Mycenae and slayer of the Gorgon Medusa • Phineus, a king of Thrace • Phlegyas, a king of the Lapiths • Phoenix, son of Agenor, founder-king of Phoenicia • Phoroneus, a king of Argos • Phyleus, a king of Elis • Pirithoös, king of the Lapiths and husband of Hippodamia, at whose wedding the Battle of Lapiths and Centaurs occurred • Pittheus, a king of Troezen and grandfather of Theseus • Polybus of Corinth, a king of Corinth • Polybus of Sicyon, a king of Sicyon and son of Hermes • Polybus of Thebes, a king of Thebes • Polynices, a king of Thebes and so
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