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This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Poets describe her as "grey-eyed" or having especially bright, keen eyes. She is a special patron of heroes such as Odysseus. She is the patron of the city Athens (from which she takes her name) and is attributed to various inventions in arts and literature. Her symbol is the olive tree. She is commonly shown as being accompanied by her sacred ...
His symbols include the thunderbolt, eagle, oak tree, bull, scepter, and scales. Hera: Juno: Queen of the gods and the goddess of marriage, women, childbirth and family. The youngest daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Sister and wife of Zeus. Being the goddess of marriage, she frequently tried to get revenge on Zeus' lovers and their children.
Pages in category "Women in Greek mythology" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 293 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Greek pantheon of gods included mortal-born heroes and heroines who were elevated to godhood through a process which the Greeks termed apotheosis. [1] Some of these received the privilege as a reward for their helpfulness to mankind example: Heracles, Asclepius and Aristaeus, others through marriage to gods, example: Ariadne, Tithonus and Psyche, and some by luck or pure chance example ...
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Matton (mythology) Meganeira; Megapenthes; Megareus; Melia (mythology) Melos of Delos; Meneclus; Menestheus (mythology) Menetus (mythology) Menippe and Metioche; Mermerus (mythology) Merope (daughter of Oenopion) Metamorphoses in Greek mythology; List of minor Greek mythological figures; Molion; Molossus (son of Neoptolemus) Molurus; Molus ...
Many of the Greek deities are known from as early as Mycenaean (Late Bronze Age) civilization. This is an incomplete list of these deities [n 1] and of the way their names, epithets, or titles are spelled and attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B [n 2] syllabary, along with some reconstructions and equivalent forms in later Greek.