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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 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 ...
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. Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair. Key: Solid lines show children.
Cole.S.G, Demeter in the ancient Greek city and the countryside in eds S. Alcock, R. Osborn Placing the gods.Sanctuaries and secret spaces in Ancient Greece(Oxford 1994), p. 199-216; Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Volume III: Books 4.59-8, translated by C. H. Oldfather, Loeb Classical Library No. 340.
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
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
Philomelus the son of Demeter and Iasion, and the brother of Plutus. His son Parias gave his name to the Parians and the city of Parion (a town in Mysia on the Hellespont ). [ 1 ]
Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν), king of the sea and lord of the sea gods; also god of rivers, flood and drought, earthquakes, and horses; Sangarius (Σαγγάριος), a river-god; The Telchines (Τελχινες), sea spirits native to the island of Rhodes; the gods killed them when they turned to evil magic; They built the Trident of Poseidon.
A statue of Neptune in the city of Bristol.. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and the brother of Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter.Beckoned by the curse of Polyphemus, his one-eyed giant son, he attempts to make Odysseus' journey home much harder than it actually needs to be.