A list of the Greek gods - click on their names to find out more about them
Here you'll find a list of Greek gods (with the name of the corresponding Roman god) and when you click on each entry, a new page will open, with his story. Please make sure to scroll down the page in order to see pictures of that god, and other related things too.
Speaking about pictures of gods - you'll be able to see how they were represented throughout the ages. You'll also find out what words are related to the names of the greek gods, what planets were named after them and many other interesting things.
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Apollo (Apollo)
Ares (Mars ) - the god of war
Atlas - the Titan who held the Heaven on his shoulders
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Achelous - god of the river with the same name
Aeolus or Aiolos or Aeolos - god of the Winds. For the other characters named Aeolus, click here.
Anemoi (Venti) - the generic name of the wind gods
Asklepios - god of Medicine
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Boreas - god of the Northern Wind
Briareus - a Giant
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Chaos - the initial Chaos
Charon - a genius of the underworld
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Chronos - the god of Time (Saturn)
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Dionysus - the god of wine and agriculture (Bacchus)
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Eros - the god of Love (Cupidon or Cupid)
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Glaucus - a sea-god
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Hades - the god of the dead (Pluto)
Hephaistos - the god of Fire (Vulcanus)
Hermaphroditus - the son of Hermes and Aphrodite
Hermes - the messenger of the gods (Mercury)
Hopladamos - one of the Gigantes, who accompanied Rhea when she was pregnant with Zeus
Hymenaios - was considered the god of the marriage ceremonies, but he was, in fact, a mortal
Hypnos (Somnus) - the personification of sleep
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Iacchus or Iakkhos - a god related to the Eleusinian mysteries or a personification of Dionysus
Ismenos or Ismenus - the god of the river with the same name, in Boeotia
Istros - the god of the river Danube
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Ladon - the god of the river with the same name, in Arcadia
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Marsyas - a satyr who loved music... to death
Meander or Maiandros - the god of the river Meander
Morpheus - the god of sleep
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Nereus - or The Old Man of the Sea, a Titan who was the father of the Nereids
Nilus - the god of the Egyptian Nile River
Notus - the god of the South wind
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Oceanus or Okeanos - a Titan, personification of the river which encircled the world, according to the ancient Greeks and Romans
Oneiroi - the Dreams
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Pan - the god of the shepherds
Peneus - the god of the river with the same name, in Thessalia
Penthos or Penthus - the spirit of grief, mourning and tears
Pikolous - a giant who was turned into the plant called "moli"
Plutus - the personification of wealth
Pontus or Pontos - a sea god
Poseidon - the god of the sea (Neptune)
Priapus - a fertility god
Prometheus - the Titan who gave man the fire
Proteus - an Old Man of the Sea, a sea god who can change shape
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Uranus - the personification of the sky/heavens
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Zephyrus - the god of the West wind
Zeus - the ruler of all the gods (Jupiter)
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