English > Greek deity: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks. |
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| Category | antiquity | The historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe |
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| Instances | Aeolus | god of the winds in ancient mythology |
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| Aphrodite, Cytherea | goddess of love / love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology |
| Apollo, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo | (Greek mythology) Greek god of light |
| Ares | (Greek mythology) Greek god of war |
| Ariadne | beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae |
| Artemis, Cynthia | (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt / hunt and the Moon |
| Ate | goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment |
| Athena, Athene, Pallas, Pallas Athena, Pallas Athene | (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom / wisdom / wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare |
| Atropos | The Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life |
| Boreas | (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind |
| Chaos | (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods |
| Clotho, Klotho | The Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life |
| Demeter | (Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology |
| Dionysus | (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama / drama |
| Doris | (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids |
| Eos | (Greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology |
| Erebus | (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld |
| Eris | (Greek mythology) goddess of discord |
| Eros | (Greek mythology) god of love / love |
| Gaea, Gaia, Ge | (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology |
| Hades, Aides, Aidoneus | (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology |
| Hebe | (Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring |
| Hecate | (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches / witches |
| Helios | (Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun |
| Hephaestus, Hephaistos | (Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology |
| Hera, Here | queen / queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology |
| Hermaphroditus | (Greek mythology) son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body |
| Hermes | (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods |
| Hestia | (Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology |
| Hygeia | (Greek mythology) the goddess of health |
| Hymen | (Greek mythology) the god of marriage |
| Lachesis | The Greek goddess of fate who determines the length of the thread of life |
| Minos | son of Zeus and Europa |
| Momus, Momos | god of blame and mockery |
| Nemesis | (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance |
| Nereus | (Greek mythology) a sea god son of Pontus and Gaea |
| Nike | (Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory |
| Nyx | (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night |
| Olympian, Olympic god | A classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans |
| Ouranos, Uranus | (Greek mythology) god of the heavens |
| Pan, goat god | (Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks |
| Panacea | (Greek mythology) the goddess of healing |
| Pasiphae | (Greek mythology) daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne |
| Persephone, Despoina, Kore, Cora | (Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter |
| Phaethon | (Greek mythology) son of Helios |
| Poseidon | (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology |
| Proteus | (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon |
| Pythia, Pythoness | (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles |
| Selene | (Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology |
| Thanatos | (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death / death / death |
| Titan | (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus |
| Titaness | (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology |
| Triton | (Greek mythology) a sea god |
| Tyche | (Greek mythology) the goddess of fortune |
| Zephyr | (Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind |
| Zeus | (Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology |
| Narrower | Aether | personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians |
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| Grace | (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm |
| Moirai, Moirae | Any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny |
| Muse | In ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne |
| Pontus, Pontos | (Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea |
| Rhadamanthus | (Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld |
| satyr, forest god | One of a class of woodland deities |
| silenus | Any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs) |
| Broader | deity, divinity, god, immortal | Any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force |
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| Spanish | divinidad griega |
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| Catalan | divinitat grega |
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