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Calchas (Κάλχας), a powerful Greek prophet and omen reader, who guided the Greeks through the war with his predictions. Diomedes (Διομήδης, also called "Tydides"), the youngest of the Achaean commanders, famous for wounding two gods, Aphrodite and Ares. Helen (Ἑλένη) the wife of Menelaus, the King of Sparta. Paris visits ...
Greek name English name Description The Twelve Titans Κοῖος (Koîos) Coeus: God of intellect and the axis of heaven around which the constellations revolved. Κρεῖος (Kreîos) Crius: The least individualized of the Twelve Titans, he is the father of Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. Implied to be the god of constellations. Κρόνος ...
Ancient Greek mercenaries in Achaemenid service (1 C, 9 P) C. Ancient Cretan generals (6 P) H. Hellenistic generals (4 C, 21 P) M. Ancient Macedonian generals (4 C ...
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Sandraudiga, goddess whose name may mean "she who dyes the sand red", suggesting she is a war deity or at least has a warrior aspect; Týr, god of war, single combat, law, justice, and the thing, who later lost much of his religious importance and mythical role to the god Wōden; Wōden, god associated with wisdom, poetry, war, victory, and death
A polemarch (/ ˈ p ɒ l ə ˌ m ɑːr k /, from Ancient Greek: πολέμαρχος, polemarchos) was a senior military title in various ancient Greek city states . The title is derived from the words polemos (war) and archon (ruler, leader) and translates as "warleader" or "warlord". The name indicates that the polemarch's original function ...
Pages in category "Greek mythological heroes" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abderus;
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, [1] and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names of persons.There are hundreds of thousands and even millions of individuals whose Greek name are on record; they are thus an important resource for any general study of naming, as well as for the study of ancient Greece itself.