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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
The following is a list of gods, goddesses, and many other divine and semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion. Major gods and goddesses The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes.
While the Greek gods are immortal and unaffected by aging, the mortality of humans forces them to move through the stages of life, before reaching death. [2] The group of figures referred to as "heroes" (or " demigods "), unique to Greek religion and mythology, are (after the time of Homer ) individuals who have died but continue to exert power ...
Calchas (Κάλχας), a powerful Greek prophet and omen reader, who guided the Greeks through the war with his predictions. Diomedes (Διομήδης, also called "Tydides"), the youngest of the Achaean commanders, famous for wounding two gods, Aphrodite and Ares. Helen (Ἑλένη) the wife of Menelaus, the King of Sparta. Paris visits ...
The Greek pantheon of gods included mortal-born heroes and heroines who were elevated to godhood through a process which the Greeks termed apotheosis. [1] Some of these received the privilege as a reward for their helpfulness to mankind example: Heracles, Asclepius and Aristaeus, others through marriage to gods, example: Ariadne, Tithonus and Psyche, and some by luck or pure chance example ...
Menestheus (mythology) Menetus (mythology) Menippe and Metioche; Mermerus (mythology) Merope (daughter of Oenopion) Metamorphoses in Greek mythology; List of minor Greek mythological figures; Molion; Molossus (son of Neoptolemus) Molurus; Molus (Argive soldier) Molus (mythology) Mopsus; Mopsus (Argonaut) Mopsus (son of Manto) Myconus (mythology ...
This is a list of mythological characters who appear in narratives concerning the Trojan War. ... Participants on the Greek side ... Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods ...
Heroes of Greek mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total. + Greek hero cult (11 P) A. Achilles (1 C, 31 P) ...