The Greek Gods
- Aphrodite
- Goddess of love, beauty and fertility. Daughter of Ouranos born out of the sea
at Paphos. Wife of Hephaistos and lover of Ares Dionysus and Adonis. Won
the beauty contest judged by Paris.
- Apollo
- God of prophecy, archery and music. Son of Zeus and the Titaness Leto. Twin brother of Artemis. Father of Asclepius.
Killed the earth serpent Python
and gained his seat as an oracle, but forced by Zeus to serve mortal men
as a pennance.
- Ares
- War God of fickle nature.
Son of Zeus and Hera. Father of Phobos "panic" and Demos "fear" who
accompanied him onto the battle field. Lover of Aphrodite.
- Artemis
- Virgin goddess of the wild. Twin sister of Apollo and daughter of
Zeus and Leto.
- Asclepius
- God of healing. Son of Apollo and the lake nymph Coronis. Removed from
the corpse of his mother who had died from a disease sent by Artemis
as a punishment for being unfaithful to
Apollo. Killed by Zeus for
raising the dead.
- Athena
- Virgin goddess of war and crafts. Daughter of Zeus and the Titaness
Metis. Born out of the head of Zeus fully grown. Patron of Athens.
- Demeter
- Goddess of vegetation and fruitfulness. Daughter of Cronos and Rhea and
mother of Persephone.
- Dionysus
- God of vegetation, wine and ecstasy. Son of Zeus and Semele. The
bull-horned god.
- Eos
- Winged goddess of dawn. Daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Rides
across the sky just before sunrise in a chariot pulled by her
horses Shiner and Bright.
- Eros
- God of Love and companion of Aphrodite.
- Hades
- God of the underworld. Son of Cronos and Rhea. Abducted Persephone
to be his bride.
- Hecate
- Goddess of farming during the day and witchcraft, ghosts and tombs at
night. Descended from the Titans.
- Helios
- Sun god. Son of the Titan Hyperion. Often equated with Apollo.
- Hephaistos
- Smith God. Son of Zeus and Hera and husband of Aphrodite. Lame in one leg.
- Hera
- Supreme Goddess. Daughter of Cronos and Rhea and wife of Zeus.
- Hermes
- Messenger god. Son of Zeus and Maia and lover of Aphrodite. Said
to guide the dead into Hades.
- Hestia
- Goddess of the hearth.
- Pan
- God of mountainsides and pastures of sheep and goats. Son of Hermes. A
playful, energetic but irritable god who is famous for his reed pipes.
- Poseidon
- Sea god. Son of Cronos and Rhea. Associated with horses and bulls.
Married to the sea nymph Amphirite and lover of Medusa.
- Selene
- Moon goddess.
- Silenus
- Goat-like God of Pastures. Son of Hermes or Pan and companion of Dionysus.
Said to given King Midas his golden touch.
- Zeus
- Supreme god. Son of Cronos and Rhea and husband of Hera. Associated
with thunder and lightning.