List of Greek deities

Burkert:

• Twelve Olympians: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hermes, Demeter, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Ares
• Lesser gods: Hestia, Eileithyia, Enyalius, Hecate, Prometheus, Leto, Thetis, Leucothea, Pan
• Groups of gods: Muses, Charites, Cabeiroi
• Nature gods: Oceanus, Achelous, Gaia, Anemoi, Helios
• Foreign gods: Adonis, Great Mother, Sabazios, Ammon
• Daimon: Agathos Daimon
• From later on: Heracles, Dioscuri, Asclepius
• Others (potential): Tyche, Rivers, Nymphs; Eros

Larson (not in Burkert):

• Other Panhellenic deities: Charites, Erinyes
• Latecomer and regional deities: Cabeiroi, Bendis, Britomartis & Dictynna & Aphaea, Themis, Nemesis, Damia, Auxesia

Oxford Bibliographies (not in Burkert):

• Traditional Greek gods: Nemesis
• Foreign gods: Egyptian (Isis, Serapis), Attis, Men

Gantz:

• Primal elements: Chaos, Gaia, Tartarus, Eros, Erebus, Nyx, Aether, Hemera, Nyx's children (Thanatos, Hypnos, Oneiroi, Hesperides, Moirai, Keres, Nemesis, Eris)
• Gaia and Uranus: Gaia, Uranus, Ourea, Pontus, Titans (Oceanus, Tethys), Aphrodite, Dione, Erinyes, Meliae
• Gaia and Pontus: Nereus (Doris), Thaumas (Electra), Phorcys, Ceto, Eurybia (Crius), Nereids, Iris, Astraeus (Eos), Pallas (Styx), Perses (Asteria), Anemoi (Boreas, Zephyrus, Notus), Eosphorus, Hecate
• Titans: Oceanus, Tethys, Rivers (Achelous, Peneus, Scamandrus), Oceanids (Styx), Hyperion, Theia, Helios, Selene, Eos, Helios children (Lampetia, Aegle, Phaethousa, others), Eos lovers, Coeus, Phoebe, Leto, Asteria, Iapetos (Clymene), Menoetius, Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Cronus, Rhea (Crius, Themis, Mnemosyne)

Hard:

• First beginnings: Chaos, Gaia, Tartarus, Eros, Erebus, Nyx, Aether, Hemera, Uranus, Pontus
• Family of Nyx: Nyx, Moros, Ker, Thanatos, Moirai, Keres, Hypnos, Oneiroi, Geras, Oizys, Apate, Nemesis, Eris, Philotes, Hesperides, Momos, Eris's children (Ate, Horkos)
• Gaia, Uranus, and the Titans: Gaia, Titans (all twelve), Meliae, Erinyes
• Descendants of the Titans: Oceanus, Tethys, River gods (Eridanos, Achelous, Alpheus, Scamander), Oceanids (various), Hyperion, Theia, Helios, Helios's children (Heliades), Selene, Eos (lovers), Eosphorus, Anemoi (Zephyros, Boreas, Notus), Crius, Eurybia, Pallas, Styx, Perses, Iapetus, Clymene, Menoetius, Atlas
• Family of Pontus and Gaia: Pontus, Gaia, [Eurybia], Nereus, Nereids (Thetis, Galateia), Thaumas, Iris, Phorcys, Ceto

Kerenyi:

• Beginnings: Oceanus, Tethys, Night, the Egg, Eros, Chaos, Gaia, etc.
• Titans: Uranus, Gaia, Cronus, Rhea, etc.
• Other pre-Olympian deities: Moirai, Eurybia, Styx, Hecate, Oceanids, Phorcys, Proteus, Nereus, Erinyes, Achelous, Thaumas, Iris, Nereids

Parada:

• Divinities:
  • Major Divinities: Twelve Olympians, Titans, Asclepius, Charites, Ganymede, Hecate, Horae, Iris, Muses, Phanes, Tartarus
  • Sidereal and natural Personifications: Aether, Anatole, Carpo, Dysis, Eos, Eosphorus, Gaia, Helios, Hemera, Horae, Iris, Mesembria, Mist [Achlys], Ourea, Nyx, Oceanus, Physis, Pontus, Selene, Uranus, Anemoi
  • Abstract personifications: Ananke, Anteros, Apate, Astraea, Ate, Bia, Chaos, Chronos, Kratos, Deimos, Dike, Eirene, Erebus, Eris, Eros, Eunomia, Geras, Harmonia, Himeros, Hybris, Hygia, Hypnos, Keres, Lyssa, Maniae, Mnemosyne, Moirai, Momos, Moros, Nemesis, Nike, Oizys, Oneiros, Panacea, Peitho, Pheme, Philotes, Phobos, Plutus, Poine, Pothos, Psyche, Thanatos, Tyche, Zelus
  • Other deities: Anubis, Ceto, Conisalus, Consus, Dioscuri, Egeria, Enyo, Eurybia, Harpocrates, Hora, Hymenaeus, Iaso, Eileithyia, Isis, Metis, Morpheus, Orthanes, Osiris, Paion, Phobetor, Phorcys, Priapus, Thaumas, Taraxippus, Tychon
• Groups: Cabeiroi, Kouretes/Corybantes, Dryads, Epimeliads, Erinyes, Hamadryads, Heliades, Heleads, Hyades, Hydriads, Meliads, Ourea, Naiads, Oreads, Pans, Silenoi, Telchines, Thriae, Tritons, Zeus's Nurses
• Other sections: Immortals

Gantz:

• Children of Cronus: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hades, Hestia
• Children of Zeus: Hephaestus, Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Hermes, Dionysus
• Olympus (doesn't list deities)
• Underworld (doesn't list deities)
• Minor divinities: Satyrs, Silenoi (Silenus), Nymphs (various types), Maenads, Kouretes/Korybantes, Cabeiroi, Dactyloi, Telchines, Thriae, Tyche

Hard:

• Lesser deities and nature spirits: Muses, Charites, Horae, Nymphs, Satyrs, Silenoi, Pan (lovers), Attis, Cybele, Kouretes/Korybantes, Cabeiroi, Dactyloi, Telchines, Glaucus, Priapus, Hymenaeus, Astraea, Demogorgon

List of Greek deities

• Major deities in Greek religion (Burkert)
  • Twelve Olympians
  • Lesser deities [All in Burkert]
  • Nature deities [All in Burkert]
  • Foreign deities worshipped in Greece [All in Burkert, Oxford Bibliographies]
• Early deities (Mostly Gantz, also Hard & Kerenyi)
  • Primal elements [All in Gantz]
  • Descendants of Gaia and Uranus [All in Gantz]
  • Descendants of Gaia and Pontus [All in Gantz]
  • The Titans and their descendants [All in Gantz]
• Groups of minor divinities and nature spirits (Gantz, Hard, also Parada)
• Minor personifications [All remaining]
• Other deities [All remaining]

Lead:

• Bremmer
  • 11-4: gods, their individual identities
  • 14-5: the pantheon
  • 15-20: various individual gods
  • 20-3: more on nature of gods
• Burkert
  • 182-9: anthrop., nature of gods
• Dover
  • 133-4: divine intervention, what gods can cause
• Dowden
• Hansen
  • 32-40: nature of gods & humans
  • 40-43: nature spirits
  • 43-6: relationship of gods & men
  • 264-6: personified abstractions
• Henrichs
• Mikalson
• Larson
• Larson
• Price
• Rose & Hornblower
  • 548-9: epithets
• Sissa & Detienne
  • 29-33: immortal blood
  • 40-2: qualities/emotions of gods
• Stafford
• West
  • 302: gods as growing fast

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Name	Image	Description
Hades Ἅιδης		Ruler of the underworld and the dead.[1] He is the child of Cronus and Rhea, and the consort of Persephone.[2] In the Iliad, Hades and his brothers, Poseidon and Zeus, split the world between themselves, with Hades receiving the underworld.[3] He was referred to under names such as Plouton and "chthonian Zeus", and his epithets included Clymenus ('Renowned') and Eubouleus ('Good Counsellor').[4] In his best-known myth, he kidnaps Persephone, after receiving Zeus's assent, and takes her into the underworld; while there, she consumes some of his food, forcing her to henceforth spend part of each year in the underworld.[5] He had virtually on role in cult, and was worshipped instead as Plouton, throughout Greece.[6] In artistic depictions he often holds a sceptre or key, with his appearance being similar to that of Zeus.[7] His name can also be used to denote to the underworld itself.[8]
Persephone Περσεφόνη		Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.[9] She is the wife of Hades, and queen of the underworld.[10] In her central myth, first narrated in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, she is seized by Hades while frolicking in a meadow, and carried her into the underworld;[11] Zeus asks for her return, but Persephone, having consumed pomengranate seeds during her stay, is forced to from then on spend a part of each year there.[12] She is frequently found alongside her mother in cult, and the two are honoured in the Thesmophoria festival,[13] as well as the Eleusinian Mysteries;[14] she can also be found closely linked in cult with Hades.[15] She also appears in myth as the queen of the underworld, a realm over which she wields significant power, with her being described as helping certain mortals who visit.[16]
Plouton Πλούτων		A name for the ruler of the underworld, who is also known as Hades.[17] Plouton is attested from around 500 BC,[18] before which he was a distinct deity from Hades;[6] the name is a euphemistic title, which alludes to the riches that exist beneath the earth.[17] Plouton appears in cult linked with Persephone and Demeter, and his worship is attested almost exclusively in Attica prior to the Hellenistic period, in relation to Eleusinian cult in particular.[19] In art, he is depicted with a beard (which is sometimes white), and carrying a cornucopia or sceptre.[20]

Name	Image	Description
Eileithyia Εἰλείθυια		Goddess associated with birth.[21] In the Theogony, she is the daughter of Zeus and Hera.[22] Her existence is attested in the Bronze Age,[23] and she was worshipped at a cave in Amnisos on Crete as early as the Middle Minoan period.[24] She was venerated mostly by women,[25] and in the archaic period her worship was found most prominently in Crete, the Peloponnese, and the Cyclades;[26] she is also worshipped in a number of locations as an aspect of Artemis.[27]
Enyalius Ἐνυάλιος		A war god.[28] He is associated in particular with close-quarters fighting, though the degree to which he is a separate deity from Ares has been debated since antiquity.[29] He is attested as early as the Mycenaean period,[30] and his worship is known to have been present in the Peloponnese in particular, with him having a significant cult at Sparta.[31] In literature, he is little more than an epithet or byname for Ares.[32]
Hecate Ἑκάτη		A goddess associated with ghosts and magic.[33] In the Theogony, she is the daughter of Perses and Asteria.[34] She was likely originally from Caria in Asia Minor, and her worship seems to have been taken up by the Greeks during the archaic period.[35] She is attested in Athens in the sixth century BC, and statues of her stood guard throughout the city by the Classical period.[36] She is absent from Homeric epic, and Hesiod celebrates her in a section of his Theogony, treating her as a mighty goddess who helps various members of society.[37] She was said to have been accompanied by the ghosts of maidens and women who died childless, and was linked with dogs and their sacrifice.[38] Beginning in the 5th century BC, she was assimilated with Artemis.[25] In art, she is depicted with either one or three faces (and sometimes three bodies), and is frequently found wearing a polos and carrying torches.[39]
Pan Πάν		God of shepherds and goatherds.[40] He comes from the region of Arcadia, and was conceived of as partly human and partly goat.[41] During the 5th century BC, his worship spread to Athens from Arcadia, before being dispersed across the Greek world;[42] he was venerated in caves, sometimes in conjunction with Hermes and the nymphs.[41] There were numerous conflicting versions of his parentage,[43] and in myth he is a figure who roams the mountains and plays the syrinx;[44] he is a lecherous figure who lusts after both nymphs and young men,[45] though he is typically met with little success in his pursuits.[46] In art, he is portrayed as an ithyphallic figure.[47]
Prometheus Προμηθεύς		Son of the Titan Iapetus.[48] He was credited with the creation of mankind, producing the first human from a lump of clay.[49] He was said to have brought fire to humanity, having covertly stolen it from Olympus; this action earned him the punishment of Zeus, who had him bound to a rock face in the Caucasus Mountains, where an eagle would tear apart his liver each day, before it regenerated over the following night.[50] He is later set free from his punishment by Heracles.[51] The image of his punishment is found in art as early as the 7th century BC, and he is typically found as a bearded figure with an unclothed body and arms bound, while the eagle hovers overhead.[52]
Leto Λητώ		Mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus.[53] She was the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe.[54] When pregnant with her children, she travels to find somewhere give birth, but is rebuffed in each location (in some accounts due to the efforts of a jealous Hera), before arriving at Delos, where she eventually delivers both children (though in an early version Artemis is born instead on Ortygia).[55] In cult, she is frequently linked with her children,[56] though in Asia Minor she is more important as an individual, and from the 6th century BC she was worshipped at the Letoon in Lycia.[57]
Leucothea Λευκοθέα		A sea goddess.[58] In myth, she was originally a mortal women named Ino, who fled from her frenzied husband with her young son, Melicertes, in her arms; she jumped into the sea, taking her son with her, and the two were deified, becoming Leucothea and Palaemon, respectively.[59] Leucothea was venerated across the Mediterranean world,[60] and was linked with initiation rites, a connection which is likely responsible for her identification with Ino.[61]
Thetis Θέτις		The mother of Achilles.[62] She is one of the Nereids, the daughters of Nereus and Doris.[63] She is courted by Poseidon and Zeus until they hear of a prophecy that any son she bears will overthrow his father, prompting Zeus to wed Thetis to the hero Peleus.[64] Prior to their marriage, her future husband pursues her, with her transforming into different shapes as she flees.[65] After the birth of Achilles, she burns her son in an attempt to to make him immortal, an action which led to the end of her marriage.[66] Her cult existed in Thessaly and Sparta,[60] and she was a popular subject in vase paintings, particularly in the 6th and 5th centuries BC.[67]

Name	Image	Description
Achelous Ἀχελώϊος		One of the river gods, sons of Oceanus and Tethys.[68] He was the god of the Achelous River,[69] the largest river in Greece.[70] The oracle of Zeus at Dodona helped to spread his worship,[71] and he was often venerated alongside the nymphs,[72] though his cult began to recede in the 4th century BC.[71] In myth, he fights the hero Heracles for the hand of Deianeira, assuming multiple forms in the battle, including that of a bull; he is beaten when Heracles snaps one of his horns from his head.[73]
Anemoi Άνεμοι		Personifications of the winds.[74] They are typically four in number – Zephyrus (West Wind), Boreas (North Wind), Notus (South Wind), and Eurus (East Wind)[75] – though Hesiod, who describes them as children of Eos and Astraeus, omits Eurus.[76] There survives a reference to a "Priestess of the Winds" from the Mycenaean period, and major deities, especially Zeus, were connected with winds.[77] In myth, Boreas was said to have kidnapped the Athenian princess Orithyia.[78]
Gaia Γαῖα		Personification and goddess of the earth.[79] In Hesiod's Theogony, she is one of the earliest beings in existence, and the progenitor of an extensive genealogy,[80] producing figures such as Uranus and Pontus on her own, and the Titans, Cyclopes, and Hecatoncheires by Uranus.[81] She has the ability of prophecy, and was believed to have preceded Apollo and the oracle of Delphi.[82] In cult, she is more commonly referred to as Ge, and is often venerated alongside Zeus;[31] her worship existed primarily outside of the polis,[83] though Gē Kourotrophos was venerated in Athens.[84]
Helios Ἥλιος		The sun and its god.[85] He is the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia.[86] Though the sun was universally viewed as divine in Classical Greece, it received relatively little worship;[87] the most significant location of Helios's cult was the island of Rhodes, where he was depicted by the giant Colossus of Rhodes statue.[88] He was assimilated with Apollo by the 5th century BC, though
Oceanus Ὠκεανός		God of the all-encircling river Oceans around the Earth, the fount of all the Earth's fresh-water.

Name	Image	Description
Asclepius Ἀσκληπιός		god of medecine. He was a Thessalian physician who was struck down by Zeus for reviving the dead, to be later recovered by his father Apollo
Cabeiri Κάβειροι		gods or spirits who presided over the Mysteries of the islands of Lemnos and Samothrace
Charites Χάριτες		goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility. Named by Hesiod as Aglaea (Αγλαΐα), Euphrosyne (Εὐφροσύνη), Thalia (Θάλεια).
The Dioscuri Διόσκουροι		divine twins, namely Castor (Κάστωρ) and Pollux (Πολυδεύκης)
Heracles Ἡρακλῆς		ascended hero
Muses Μούσαι		goddesses of music, song and dance, and the source of inspiration to poets

Name	Image	Description
Adonis Άδωνις		a life-death-rebirth deity
Ammon Ἄμμων
Attis Άττις		vegetation god and consort of Cybele
Cybele Κυβέλη		a Phrygian mountain goddess
Isis Ἶσις
Men Μήν		a lunar deity worshiped in the western interior parts of Anatolia
Sabazios Σαβάζιος		the nomadic horseman and sky father god of the Phrygians and Thracians
Serapis Σέραπις