List Of Greek Mythological Figures

The following is a list of gods, goddesses, and many other divine and semi-divine figures from ancient Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion.

Immortals

The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes. A temple would house the statue of a god or goddess, or multiple deities, and might be decorated with relief scenes depicting myths. Divine images were common on coins. Drinking cups and other vessels were painted with scenes from Greek myths.

Major gods and goddesses

Greek primordial deities

Titans and Titanesses

The Titan gods and goddesses are depicted in Greek art less commonly than the Olympians.

File:Eos Memnon Louvre G115.jpg, Eos (Dawn) and the hero Memnon (490–480 BC)
File:Ilion---metopa.jpg, Helios in his four-horse chariot (3rd century BC)
File:0029MAN-Themis.jpg, Themis, from the Temple of Nemesis (ca. 300 BC)
File:Antakya Arkeoloji Muzesi 02366 nevit.jpg, Oceanus wearing crab-claw horns, with Tethys ( Roman-era mosaic)
File:Creation Prometheus Louvre Ma445.jpg, Athena watches Prometheus create humans (3rd century AD)

Gigantes

The Gigantes were the offspring of Gaia (Earth), born from the blood that fell when Uranus (Sky) was castrated by their Titan son Cronus, who fought the Gigantomachy, their war with the Olympian gods for supremacy of the cosmos, they include:
*Alcyoneus (Ἀλκυονεύς), a giant usually considered to be one of the Gigantes, slain by Heracles.
*Chthonius (Χθόνιος).
* Damysus (Δάμυσος), the fastest of all the Giants in Greek mythology.
*Enceladus (Ἐγκέλαδος), typically slain by Athena, said to be buried under Mount Etna in Sicily.
* Mimas (Μίμας), according to Apollodorus, he was killed by Hephaestus, or by others Zeus or Ares.
*Pallas (Πάλλας), according to Apollodorus, he was flayed by Athena, who used his skin as a shield.
*Picolous (Πικόλοος), who fled the battle but was slain by Helios.
*Polybotes (Πολυβώτης), typically slain by Poseidon.
*Porphyrion (Πορφυρίων), one of the leaders of the Gigantes, typically slain by Zeus.
* Thoas/Thoon (Θόων), he was killed by the Moirai.

Other "giants"

* Aloadae (Ἀλῳάδαι), twin giants who attempted to climb to Olympus by piling mountains on top of each other.
**Otus or Otos (Ότος).
**Ephialtes (Εφιάλτης).
*Anax (Αναξ) was a giant of the island of Lade near Miletos in Lydia, Anatolia.
* Antaeus (Ἀνταῖος), a Libyan giant who wrestled all visitors to the death until he was slain by Heracles.
* Antiphates (Ἀντιφάτης), the king of the man-eating giants known as Laestrygones which were encountered by Odysseus on his travels.
*Argus Panoptes (Ἄργος Πανόπτης), a hundred-eyed giant tasked with guarding Io.
* Asterius (Αστεριος), a Lydian giant.
*Cacus (Κακος), a fire-breathing Latin giant slain by Heracles.
*Cyclopes (Hesiodic), three one-eyed giants who forged the lightning bolts of Zeus, Trident of Poseidon, and Helmet of Hades.
**Arges (Ἄργης).
**Brontes (Βρόντης).
**Steropes (Στερόπης).
*Cyclopes (Homeric), a tribe of one-eyed, man-eating giants who herded flocks of sheep on the island of Sicily.
**Polyphemus (Πολύφημος), a Cyclops who briefly captured Odysseus and his men, only to be overcome and blinded by the hero.
*The Gegenees (Γηγενέες), a tribe of six-armed giants fought by the Argonauts on Bear Mountain in Mysia.
*Geryon