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Serapis was a Greco-Egyptian god who combined aspects of Egyptian and Hellenistic religions. He was a composite of the Egyptian gods Osiris and Apis, and the Greek god Zeus. Serapis was associated with many other gods, including Asklepios, Dionysos, and Hades. Sidero: Σιδηρώ stepmother of Tyro Socus: Σῶκος
Achelous, the god of the Achelous River, the largest river in Greece, who gave his daughter in marriage to Alcmaeon Anemoi , (Άνεμοι), gods of the winds. Usually named as Boreas (Βορέας) god of the north wind and of winter, Eurus (Εύρος), god of the unlucky east or southeast wind, Notus (Νότος) god of the south wind, and ...
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains ...
In ancient Greek religion and mythology a daimon was imagined to be a lesser deity or guiding spirit. [4] The word is derived from Proto-Indo-European daimon "provider, divider (of fortunes or destinies)," from the root *da- "to divide". [ 5 ]
In Greek mythology, the primordial deities are the first generation of gods and goddesses.These deities represented the fundamental forces and physical foundations of the world and were generally not actively worshipped, as they, for the most part, were not given human characteristics; they were instead personifications of places or abstract concepts.
Ajax (Ancient Greek: Αἴας Aias according to Graves means "of the earth". [1]) was a Greek mythological hero, son of Oileus, the king of Locris. He was called the "Ajax the Less", the "lesser" or "Locrian" Ajax, [2] to distinguish him from Ajax the Great, son of Telamon. He was the leader of the Locrian contingent during the Trojan War.