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A Complete List of Greek Gods, Their Names & Their Realms of Influence


There have been many Greek gods mentioned across thousands of stories in Greek mythology – from the OLYMPIAN GODS down to the many minor gods. The gods, much like the GREEK GODDESSES of history, have very exaggerated personalities and they are plagued with personal flaws and negative emotions despite their immortality and superhero-like powers. This page is a list of the names of Greek gods in ancient mythology and their roles. It will be continually updated with additions, corrections, and more information on each of the gods.




ACHELOUS

The patron god of the “silver-swirling” Achelous River.

AEOLUS

Greek god of the winds and air

AETHER

Primordial god of the upper air, light, atmosphere, space, and heaven.

ALASTOR

God of family feuds and avenger of evil deeds.

APOLLO

Olympian god of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light, and knowledge.

ARES

God of war. Represented the physical, violent, and untamed aspects of war.

ARISTAEUS

Minor patron god of animal husbandry, bee-keeping, and fruit trees. Son of APOLLO.

ASCLEPIUS

God of medicine, health, healing, rejuvenation, and physicians.

ATLAS

The Primordial Titan of Astronomy. Condemned by Zeus to carry the world on his back after the Titans lost the war.

ATTIS

A minor god of vegetation, fruits of the earth, and rebirth.

BOREAS

A wind god (Anemoi) and Greek god of the cold north wind and the bringer of winter. Referred to as “The North Wind”.

CAERUS

Minor god of opportunity, luck, and favorable moments.

CASTOR

One of the twins, CASTOR AND POLLUX, is known as Dioscuri. Zeus transformed them into the constellation Gemini



CERUS

The large and powerful wild bull was tamed by Persephone and turned into the Taurus constellation.

CHAOS

The nothingness that all else sprung from. A god who filled the gap between Heaven and Earth and created the first beings Gaia, Tartarus, Uranus, Nyx, and Erebus.

CHARON

The Ferryman of Hades. Took the newly dead people across the rivers Styx and Acheron to the Greek underworld if they paid him three oboloi (a Greek silver coin).

CRONOS

The god of time. Not to be confused with Cronus, the Titan father of Zeus.

CRIOS

The Titan god of the heavenly constellations and the measure of the year.

CRONUS

God of agriculture, leader, and the youngest of the first generation of Titans and father of the Titans. Not to be confused with Cronos, the god of time.

DINLAS

Guardian god of the ancient city Lamark, where wounded heroes could find comfort and healing after the battle. He was the son of Aphrodite.

DEIMOS

Deimos is the personification of dread and terror.

DIONYSUS

An Olympian god of the grape harvest, winemaking, wine, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.

EREBUS

Primordial god of darkness.

EROS

God of sexual desire, attraction, love, and procreation.

EURUS

One of the wind gods is known as Anemoi and is the god of the unlucky east wind. Referred to as “The East Wind”.

GLAUCUS

A fisherman who became immortal upon eating a magical herb, an Argonaut who may have built and piloted the Argo, and became a god of the sea.

HADES

God of the Dead and Riches and King of the Underworld.

HELIOS

God of the Sun and also known as Sol.

HEPHAESTUS

God of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges, and the art of sculpture. Created weapons for the gods and married Aphrodite.

HERACLES

The greatest of the Greek heroes, he became the god of heroes, sports, athletes, health, agriculture, fertility, trade, oracles, and the divine protector of mankind. Known as the strongest man on Earth.

HERMES

God of trade, thieves, travelers, sports, athletes, and border crossings, a guide to the Underworld, and a messenger of the gods.

HESPERUS

The Evening Star – the planet VENUS in the evening.

HYMENAIOS

God of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts, and song.

HYPNOS

The Greek god of sleep.

KRATOS

God of strength and power.






MOMUS

God of satire, mockery, censure, writers and poets, and a spirit of evil-spirited blame and unfair criticism.

MORPHEUS

God of dreams and sleep – can take any human form and appear in dreams.

MOROS

The physical embodiment of doom

NEREUS

The Titan god of the sea before Poseidon and father of the Nereids (nymphs of the sea).

NOTUS

Another Anemoi (wind god) and Greek god of the south wind. Known as “The South Wind”.

OCEANUS

Titan god of the ocean. Believed to be the personification of the World Ocean, an enormous river encircling the world.

ONEIROI

Black-winged daimons that personified dreams.

PAEAN

The physician of the Olympian gods.

PALLAS

The Titan god of warcraft and the springtime campaign season.

PAN

God of nature, the wild, shepherds, flocks, goats, mountain wilds, and is often associated with sexuality. Also a satyr (half man, half-goat).

PHOSPHORUS

The Morning Star – THE PLANET VENUS as it appears in the morning.

PLUTUS

The Greek god of wealth.

POLLUX

Twin brothers of Castor, together known as the Dioskouri, were transformed into the constellation Gemini.

PONTUS

ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god of the deep sea, one of the Greek primordial deities and son of Gaia.

POSEIDON

Olympian Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses.

PRIAPUS

Minor rustic fertility god, protector of flocks, fruit plants, bees, and gardens, and known for having an enormous penis.

PRICUS

The immortal father of sea goats, made into the Capricorn constellation.

PROMETHEUS

Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel was given the task of molding mankind out of clay.






PRIMORDIAL

A group of gods that came before all else.

TARTARUS

The god of the deep abyss, a great pit in the depths of the underworld, and father of Typhon.

THANATOS

A minor god and the god of death.

TRITON

Messenger of the sea and the son of Poseidon and AMPHITRITE.

TYPHON

The deadliest MONSTER in Greek mythology and “Father of All Monsters”. The last son of Gaia was fathered by Tartarus and the god of monsters, storms, and volcanoes. He challenged Zeus for control of Mount Olympus.

URANUS

Primordial god of the sky and heavens, and father of the Titans.

ZELUS

The god of dedication, emulation, eager rivalry, envy, jealousy, and zeal.

ZEPHYRUS

A wind god (Anemoi). God of the west wind and known as “The West Wind”.

ZEUS

God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, order, justice, King of the Gods, and the “Father of Gods and men”.






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