List

This is a basic list of many gods and goddesses. If you want more details, go to our descriptions page.

Aphrodite-goddess of love and beauty
Apollo-god of music
Ares-god of war
Artemis-twin of Apollo; lady of wild things
Athena-goddess of wisdom
Atlas-son of Japet; bore the world on his shoulders
Chronos-son of Uranos; king of Mount Olympus for some time
Cupid-son of Aphrodite;shot arrows of love at people so they would fall in love
Demeter-goddess of corn
Dionysus-god of wine
Eos-mother of the four winds
Epimetheus-son of Japet; means afterthought
Gaea-mother earth
Hades-ruler of the underworld
Hebe-goddess of youth
Helios-god of sun
Hephaestos-god of fire
Hera-wife and sister of Zeus; protector of marriage
Hercules-son of Zeus; great hero; half god, half man
Hermes-messenger god
Hestia-virgin goddess
Hyperion-father of the son
Japet-father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas
Metis-mother of Athena
Mnemosyne-goddess of memory
Nike-goddess of victory
Ocean-flowed around the earth
Pandora-wife of Epimetheus; gave mankind and evil
Persephone-daughter of Demeter
Phoebe-mother of Leto
Poseidon-ruler of sea
Prometheus-son of Japet; means forethought
Rhea-wife of Chronos
Tethys-wife of Ocean
Typhon-terrible creature sent to kill Zeus by Gaea
Uranos-father heaven
Zeus-ruler of Mount Olympus and all gods and goddesses