The Greek gods were divinities that the Ancient Greeks believed in as part of the ancient Hellenic religion. The most important and worshipped gods are known as the Twelve Olympians: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, Demeter, Hermes, Artemis, Aphrodite, Ares, Hephaestus and either Hestia or Dionysus. Other important gods include Persephone, Hades, Eros, Pan, Asclepius, Heracles and Hecate.
List of Main Olympians[]
The Twelve Olympians were the most important gods of the Ancient Greeks, who received the most worship and attention. Lists will either include Dionysus or Hestia.
| Image | Greek Name | Roman Name |
Description |
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Aphrodite | Venus | Goddess of love, beauty, sex, pleasure, passion, fertility, procreation, lust, prostitution, and sexuality |
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Apollo | Apollo | God of music, prophecy, healing, the Sun, male beauty, archery, medicine, the arts, poetry, song, city-building, flocks and herds, knowledge, truth, plague, disease, health, and protection of young boys |
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Ares | Mars | God of war |
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Artemis | Diana | Goddess of hunting, archery, the wilderness, forests, wild animals, childbirth, woods, nature, chastity, the Moon, and protection of young girls |
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Athena | Minerva | Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, battle, arts and crafts, handicraft, and weaving |
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Demeter | Ceres | Goddess of agriculture, farming, harvest, grains, fertility, the cycle of life, and sacred law |
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Dionysus | Liber | God of wine, wine-making, grape harvest, viticulture, vegetation, religious ecstasy, ritual madness, and theater |
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Hephaestus | Vulcan | God of the forge, blacksmiths, metal-working, technology, stone-masonry, sculpture, fire, and volcanoes |
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Hera | Juno | Goddess of marriage, family, women, childbirth, and Queen of the Gods |
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Hermes | Mercury | God of messengers, boundaries, roads and journeys, communication, travellers, shepherds, flocks, speed, merchants, trade and commerce, financial gain, athletes, orators, heralds, the herms, cunning, wit, luck, thieves, language, eloquence, writing, liars, trickery, Messenger and Psychopomp of the gods |
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Hestia | Vesta | Goddess of the hearth |
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Poseidon | Neptune | God of the sea, storms, droughts, horses and earthquakes |
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Zeus | Jupiter | God of the sky, lightning, thunder, rain, weather, justice, law, order, hospitality and King of the Gods |
Other Gods on Olympus[]
Other important gods who dwell on Mount Olympus but are not counted among the main twelve/thirteen.
| Greek Name | Roman Name |
Description |
| Aceso | None | Goddess of curing and healing |
| Aglaea | None | Charity and Goddess of glory and beauty |
| Aigle | None | Goddess of radiant good health |
| Alexiares and Anicetus | None | Gods of the the fortification of towns and citadels |
| Ariadne | None | Goddess of the labyrinth |
| Asclepius | Aescalapius | God of medicine |
| Bia | Vis | Goddess of force, power and might |
| Castor and Polydeuces | Castor and Pollux | Deified mortals |
| Clymene | None | Titan Goddess of fame |
| Deimos | Metus | God of terror |
| Dike | Justitia | Goddess of justice |
| Eileithyia | Lucina | Goddess of childbirth |
| Eirene | Pax | Goddess of peace |
| Enyo | Bellona | Goddess of war |
| Epione | None | Goddess of soothing pain |
| Eris | Discordia | Goddess of discord |
| Eros | Cupid | God of love |
| Eunomia | none | Goddess of good order |
| Euphrosyne | None | Charity and Goddess of good cheer and mirth |
| Ganymede | None | Cupbearer of the gods |
| Hebe | Juventas | Goddess of youth |
| Hedone | Voluptas | Goddess of pleasure |
| Heracles | Hercules | Deified mortal and god of strength |
| Himeros | None | God of sexual desire |
| Iaso | None | Goddess of cures and remedies |
| Iris | None | Goddess of the rainbow |
| Kratos | Potestas | God of strength and power |
| Muses | None | Goddesses of arts, sciences and poetry |
| Nike | Victoria | Goddess of victory |
| Panakeia | None | Goddess of panaceas and cures |
| Peitho | Suada | Goddess of seduction and persuasion |
| Phobos | Pavor | God of fear |
| Pothos | None | God of sexual longing and yearning |
| Psyche | Anima | Goddess of the soul |
| Thalia | None | Charity and Goddess of festivity and banquets |
| Themis | None | Titan Goddess of justice |
| Zelos | Invidia | God of rivalry, emulation, jealousy, envy and zeal |
List of Underworld Gods[]
The gods who dwell in the underworld, including its king and queen.
| Image | Greek Name | Roman Name |
Description |
| Acheron | None | Underworld River god of pain | |
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Charon | None | Ferryman of the dead |
| Cocytus | None | Underworld River god of wailing | |
| Epiales | None | God of black nightmares | |
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Erebus | Scotus | Primordial God of darkness; the upper part of the Underworld |
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Erinyes | Fruiae | Goddesses of revenge and retribution |
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Hades | Pluto | God of the dead, minerals, wealth, and King of the Underworld |
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Hecate | Trivia | Goddess of magic, witchcraft, crossroads, spells, sorcery, herbs and plants, necromancy, entrance-ways, the night, light, the Moon, keys, ghosts, and boundaries |
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Hemera | Dies | Primordial Goddess and personification of the day |
| Hypnos | Somnus | God and Personification of Sleep | |
| Keres | Tenebrae | Goddesses and incarnations of violent deaths | |
| Lethe (River) | None | Underworld River Goddess of forgetfulness | |
| Macaria | None | Goddess of blessed death | |
| Melinoë | None | Goddess of ghosts | |
| Moirai | Parcae | Goddesses of fate | |
| Morpheus | None | God of dreams | |
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Nyx | Nox | Primordial Goddess and Personification of the Night |
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Persephone | Proserpina | Goddess of the dead, fertility, grain, vegetation, curses, harvest, flowers, and Queen of the Underworld |
| Phantasos | None | God of surreal dreams | |
| Phlegethon | None | Underworld river god of fire | |
| Phobetor | None | God of nightmares | |
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Tartarus | None | Primordial God of the Pit; the lower part of the Underworld |
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Thanatos | Mors | God and Personification of Death |
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Styx | none | River Goddess whos an Oceanid, river which the ferryman uses to get to the underworld |
Other Gods[]
Other gods who dwell neither on Olympus nor in the Underworld, and are not nymphs.
| Greek Name | Roman Name |
Description |
| Achelous | None | River god |
| Achlys | None | Goddess and personification of the death mist |
| Adikia | None | Goddess and incarnation of injustice |
| Aegipan | None | God of the aegis |
| Aeolus | None | God and keeper of the winds |
| Aergia | Socordia | Goddess and incarnation of laziness and sloth |
| Aether | None | Primordial God of air |
| Aidos | Pudicitia | Goddess and incarnation of shame, modesty and respect |
| Aigaion | None | God of storms and the aegean sea |
| Aion | None | Primordial God of the cycle of time |
| Alala | None | Goddess and incarnation of the war-cry |
| Alastor | None | God and incarnation of family blood feuds |
| Alke | None | Goddess and incarnation of battle strength |
| Alpheus | None | River god |
| Amphitrite | Salacia | Goddess of calm waves and queen of the sea |
| Anaideia | None | Goddess and incarnation of ruthlessness |
| Ananke | Necessitas | Primordial Goddess of inevitability and necessity |
| Angelia | None | Goddess and incarnation of messages |
| Ankhiale | None | Titan Goddess of warmth and heat |
| Anteros | None | God of reciprocated love |
| Apate | Fraus | Goddess and incarnation of deceit |
| Apheliotes | Subsolanus | God of the southeast wind |
| Arai | None | Goddesses and incarnations of curses |
| Arete | Virtus | Goddess and incarnation of virtue and valor |
| Arke | None | Goddess of the faded rainbow |
| Aristaeus | None | God of bee-keeping |
| Asteria | None | Titan Goddess of stars |
| Astraea | None | Goddess of justice |
| Astraeus | None | Titan God of dusk, stars and astrology |
| Ate | Nefas | Goddess and incarnation of delusion and blind folly |
| Atlas | None | Titan God who holds the sky in his arms |
| Aura | None | Titan Goddess of the breeze |
| Auxesia | None | Goddess of spring growth |
| Benthesikyme | None | Goddess of deep waves |
| Boreas | Aquilo | God of the north wind |
| Britomartis | None | Goddess of hunting and fishing |
| Brizo | None | Goddess of mariners, sailors, and fishermen |
| Brykhon | None | River god |
| Caicias | None | God of the northeast wind |
| Ceto | None | Goddess of sea monsters |
| Chaos | None | Primordial God of the void |
| Chloris | Flora | Goddess of flowers |
| Chronus | None | Primordial God of time |
| Circe | None | Sorceress goddess |
| Coeus | Polus | Titan god of intellect |
| Crius | None | Titan god of constellations |
| Cronus | Saturnus | Titan God of the harvest |
| Delphin | None | God of dolphins |
| Despoina | None | Goddess of Arcardian mysteries |
| Dione | None | Titan Goddess of the Dodona oracle |
| Dolos | None | God and personification of trickery, lies and schemes |
| Dysnomia | None | Goddess and incarnation of lawlessness |
| Eidothea | None | Sea goddess |
| Eleos | Misericordia | Goddess and incarnation of mercy, pity and compassion |
| Elisson | None | River god |
| Elpis | Spes | Goddess and personification of hope |
| Eos | Aurora | Titan Goddess of the dawn |
| Epimetheus | None | Titan God of afterthought |
| Epiphron | None | God and incarnation of prudence and carefulness |
| Eubouleus | None | God of sacred swine and cladding |
| Eunostus | None | Goddess of the flour mill |
| Eurus | Vulturnus | God of the east wind |
| Eurybia | None | Goddess of mastery over the sea |
| Gaia | Terra | Primordial Goddess of the earth |
| Geras | Senectus | God and incarnation of old age |
| Glaucus | None | God of fishermen |
| Harmonia | Concordia | Goddess of harmony |
| Helios | Sol | Titan God of the sun |
| Hermaphroditus | None | God of effeminates |
| Herse | None | Goddess of dew |
| Homados | None | God and personification of battle noise |
| Horkos | Jusjurandum | God of oaths and punisher of oath breakers |
| Hygeia | Salus | Goddess of good health |
| Hybris | Petulantia | Goddess and personification of hubris and insolence |
| Hydros | None | Primordial God of primordial waters |
| Hymenaeus | None | God of weddings |
| Hyperion | None | Titan god of the heavenly light |
| Iapetus | None | Titan god of mortality |
| Inachus | None | River god |
| Ioke | None | Goddess and incarnation of onslaught |
| Kakia | None | Goddess and incarnation of vice and immorality |
| Karmanor | None | God of the harvest |
| Karpo | None | Goddess of the fruits of the earth |
| Karpos | None | God of fruit |
| Khione | None | Goddess of snow |
| King Cithaeron | None | Mountain God |
| Koalemos | None | God and incarnation of stupidity |
| Komos | None | God of revelry, merrymaking and festivity |
| Krotos | None | God of percussion |
| Kydoimos | None | God and personification of din and uproar |
| Kymopoleia | None | Goddess of storm waves |
| Ladon | None | River god |
| Lelantos | None | Titan god of invisibility |
| Lethe | None | Goddess of forgetfulness and oblivion |
| Leto | Latona | Titan Goddess of motherhood |
| Leucothea | Mater Matuta | Goddess of aiding sailors |
| Limos | None | Goddess and personification of famine, hunger and starvation |
| Lips | Africus | God of the southwest wind |
| Lyssa | Ira | Goddess and incarnation of rage, fury and rabies |
| Maniai | Insania | Goddesses and incarnations of insanity |
| Menoitios | None | Titan God of rashness and violent rage |
| Methe | None | Goddess and incarnation of drunkenness |
| Mnemosyne | Moneta | Titan Goddess of memory |
| Momus | Querella | God and incarnation of mockery, satire, blame, ridicule and harsh criticism |
| Moros | Fatum | God and incarnation of doom |
| Nemesis | Invidia | Goddess of retribution |
| Nereus | None | God of fish |
| Nerites | None | God of shellfish |
| Nesoi | None | Primordial Goddesses of islands |
| Nosoi | Morbus | Gods of plagues, sickness and disease |
| Notus | Auster | God of the south wind |
| Oceanus | None | Titan god of the ocean |
| Ophion | None | Titan Serpent Ruler God |
| Ouranos | Caelus | Primordial God of the sky |
| Oizys | Miseria | Goddess and incarnation of misery |
| Palaimon | Portunus | God of the protection of sailors |
| Palaistra | None | Goddess of wrestling |
| Palioxis | None | Goddess and personification of backrush, flight and retreat |
| Pallas | None | Titan God of warcraft and battle |
| Pan | Faunus | God of the wild |
| Pandeia | None | Goddess of the full moon |
| Pasiphae | None | Sorceress goddess |
| Pasithea | None | Goddess of rest and relaxation |
| Penthos | Luctus | God and incarnation of grief |
| Perses | None | Titan god of destruction |
| Phanes | None | Primordial God of creation and life |
| Pheme | Fama | Goddess and incarnation of fame and renown |
| Philotes | Amicitia | Goddess and incarnation of friendship |
| Phoebe | None | Titan goddess of the bright intellect |
| Phorkys | None | God of sea dangers |
| Phrike | Horror | Goddess and incarnation of horror |
| Physis | Natura | Primordial Goddess of nature |
| Pistis | Fides | Goddess and incarnation of trust and faith |
| Plutus | None | God of wealth |
| Poine | Ultio | Goddess of retribution and vengeance |
| Ponos | Labor | God and incarnation of hard work, toil and labor |
| Pontus | None | Primordial God of the sea |
| Priapus | Mutunus | God of vegetable gardens |
| Proioxis | None | Goddess and personification of onrush |
| Prometheus | None | Titan God of forethought |
| Promylaia | None | Goddess of flour-milling |
| Proteus | None | God of seals |
| Rhea | Ops | Mother goddess and titaness |
| Rhode | none | Goddess of the island Rhodes |
| Scamander | None | River god |
| Selene | Luna | Titan Goddess of the moon |
| Silenus | Sylvanus | God of drunkness and winemaking |
| Skiron | Corus | God of the northwest wind |
| Sophrosyne | Continentia | Goddess and incarnation of moderation, self-control and temperance |
| Thallo | Auster | Goddess of spring buds and shoots |
| Telete | None | Goddess of festivity and rituals |
| Tethys | None | Titan Goddess of freshwater |
| Thalassa | Mare | Primordial Goddess of the sea |
| Thaumas | None | God of wonders of the sea |
| Theia | None | Titan Goddess of brilliance |
| Thesis | None | Primordial Goddess of creation |
| Thoosa | None | Goddess of swift currents |
| Titan | None | Titan God of the calendar |
| Tmolus | None | Mountain God |
| Triptolemus | None | God of sowing and milling |
| Triton | None | God of waves |
| Tyche | Fortuna | Goddess of luck and fortune |
| Zagreus | None | God in Orphic mysteries |
| Zephyrus | Favonius | God of the west wind |
Roman gods[]
Gods who originated from Rome and doesn't have any direct greek counterparts
| Roman Name | Greek Name |
Description |
| Carmenta | Nicostrate | Goddess of prophecy and childbirth |
| Feronia | None | Goddess of freedom, wildlife, fertility, health and abundance |
| Fontus | None | God of springs and wells |
| Janus | None | God of gates, transitions, choices, time, duality, doorways and portals |
| Juturna | None | Goddess of fountains, wells and springs |
| Pales | None | God of shepherds, flocks and livestock |
| Pomona | None | Goddess of fruitful abundance, fruit trees, plenty, gardens and orchards |
| Roma | None | Goddess and incarnation of Rome |
| Summanus | None | God of nocturnal thunder |
| Vejovis | None | God of healing |
| Virbius | Hippolytus | God of forests |
| Volturnus | None | God of the Tiber and all rivers |
Nymphs[]
Nymphs are female minor deities. They are subdivided into Naiads (river nymph daughters of the river gods), Oceanids (oceanic nymph daughters of Oceanus), Nereids (sea nymph daughters of Nereus), Pleiades (nymph daughters of Pleione), Oreads (mountain nymphs) and more.
| Greek Name | Roman Name |
Description |
| Calypso | None | Atlantid |
| Daphne | None | Naiad |
| Dione | None | Oceanid |
| Doris | None | Oceanid |
| Echo | None | Oread |
| Eurydice | None | Auloniad |
| Maia | None | Pleiad |
| Merope | None | Pleiad |
| Metis | None | Oceanid |
| Nerea | None | Nereid |
| Pleiades | None | Pleiades |
| Pleione | None | Oceanids |
| Syrinx | None | Naiad |
| Thetis | None | Nereid |