Greek gods, goddesses, legendary figures, and Monsters
*Name in brackets represents the Roman name for the Greek god or goddess.




Achilles – Hero
Aphrodite (Venus) – Goddess of love and beauty
Apollo – God of the sun, prophecy, music, and archery
Arachne – Legendary woman
Ares (Mars) – God of war
Arion – Male, legendary hero
Artemis (Diana) – Goddess of the hunt and the moon
Athena (Minerva) – Goddess of wisdom and combat
Atlas – Greater titan, “strength personified”
Bellerophon – Hero
Calypso – goddess
Centarus – Half man / half horse creatures
Cerberus – Three-headed dog
Circe – The Black sorceress
Cronus (Saturn) – Ruler of the titans, god of agriculture
Cyclops – A one eyed giant
The Delphic oracle – A woman soothsayer
Demeter (Ceres) – Goddesses of agriculture
Dionysus (Bacchus) – God of wine
Enceladus – Giant
Eros (Cupid) – God of love and mischief
Fates (Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropus) – Decide man’s fate
Gaea (Terra) – Mother and wife of Uranus
Griffon – Body of a lion, other body parts of other animals
Hades (Pluto) – God of the underworld and death
Hecate – Goddesses of magic
Hephaestus (Vulcan) – God of fire and blacksmiths
Hera (Juno) – Queen of the gods, goddess of marriage
Heracles (Hercules) – Demigod
Hermes (Mercury) – Messenger of the gods
Hestia (Vesta) – Goddess of the home
Hypnos (Somnus) – God of sleep
Iris – Goddess of rainbows
Jason – Hero
Medusa – Women who had the hair of snakes
Midus – King of Phrygia (everything he touched turned to gold)
Minotaur – Half man, half bull creature
Muses – Goddesses of songs
Nemesis – the goddesses of divine revenge
Nike – Goddess of victory
Odysseus – Hero
Orion – A giant hunter
Orpheus – God of music
Paris – A judge
Pan – God of nature
Pandora – The first woman on Earth
Pegasus – a winged horse
Pelops – Founder of the Olympic games
Penelope – Wife of Odysseus
Persephone (Proserpina) – Wife of Hades
Perseus – Hero
Poseidon (Neptune) – God of the sea
Rhea (Ops) – Wife and sister of Cronus
Selene – Goddess of the moon
Sirens – Half woman, half bird creatures
Sisyphus – Legendary hero
Sphinx – Face of a woman, body of a lion, and wings of a bird
Syrinx – A woodland nymph
Theseus – Hero
Tyche – Goddess of good fortune
Uranus – The first god of the sky
Zeus (Jupiter) – Ruler of the gods
 
 

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