A comprehensive presentation of all the entities of Greek Mythology.

1. GREEK MYTHOLOGY

2. MYTHOLOGY is generally supposed to show
us the way the human race thought and felt
untold ages ago.
Through it, according to this view, we can
retrace the path from civilized man who
lives so far from nature, to man who lived in
close companionship with nature; and the
real interest of the myths is that they lead us
back to a time when the world was young
and people had a connection with the earth,
with trees and seas and flowers and hills,
unlike anything we ourselves can feel.

3. When the stories were being shaped, we are
given to understand, little distinction had as
yet been made between the real and the
unreal. The imagination was vividly alive
and not checked by the reason, so that
anyone in the woods might see through the
trees a fleeing nymph, or bending over a
clear pool to drink behold in the depths a
naiad’s face.

4. Mythology
of the
The Greeks had their roots in the primeval
slime. Of course they too once lived a savage life,
ugly and brutal.
The myths show how high they had risen above
the ancient filth and fierceness by the time we
have any knowledge of them.
The Greeks made their gods in their own image
with the inspiration that “the invisible must be
understood by the visible.”

7. Roman Name: Jupiter
• The Supreme Ruler, Lord of the Sky, Rain-god,
the Cloud-gatherer.
• He wields the awful thunderbolt.
•His breastplate was the aegis.
• His bird the eagle.
•His tree the oak.
•His oracle Dodona in the land of oak trees.
• The harpies are considered “the hounds of
Zeus.”

8. Roman Name: Juno
• Zeus’ wife and sister.
•Queen of the gods and goddesses.
•Protector of marriage and married women.
•The cow and the peacock are her sacred
animals.
•Argos is her favorite city.

9. Roman Name: Neptune
•Ruler of the sea. Commonly called
“earth-shaker.
•Giver of horses to men.
•As god of horses, Poseidon often
adopted the shape of a steed.
•He is also associated with bulls.

10. Roman Name: Pluto
• The God of the Underworld and the
Dead.
• Also the God of Wealth and precious
metals hidden in the earth.
• Abductor of Persephone.
• Referred to also by his Latin name Dis
meaning “rich.”

11. Roman Name: Minerva
• The goddess of wisdom and
protectress of cities/state.
•No mother bore her, she sprang full-
grown from the head of Zeus.
• Zeus favorite child, bearer of his
breastplate, the aegis.
•Her favorite city is Athens.
•Her bird is the owl.
•She created the olive tree.

12. • Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto.
•God of the sun, arts and poetry and music.
• God of Truth from whose lips only the truth is
ever uttered.
•An Archer-god possessing the brazen arrows. A
symbol of youth.
•Artemis’ twin brother.
• The dolphin and the crow are his sacred
creatures.
•The laurel is his tree.
• His oracle is found in Delphi.

13. Roman Name: Diana
• Goddess of the moon, wilderness and of
wild creatures.
•Protectress of dewy youth.
•Huntsman-in-chief to the gods.
•A virgin goddess.
•The deer is especially sacred to her.
•The cypress is her tree.

14. Roman Name: Venus
• The goddess of love and beauty said to
have been raised from sea foams in the
island of Cyprus.
•In most stories, she is the wife of
Hephaestus.
•Eros (Cupid) is her son.
•The myrtle is her tree.
•The dove her bird.

15. Roman Name: Mercury
• The Messenger of the Gods.
• God of Commerce, Medicine and also god
of the thieves.
•He possess a winged sandals, winged low-
crowned hat and the magic wand Caduceus.
•The Divine Herald who led souls down to
their last home.
•Inventor of lyre.

16. Roman Name: Mars
• The (cowardly) God of War.
• Son of Zeus and Hera.
• He is oftenest describe as ruthless,
murderous and bloodstained.
•The vulture is his bird.
•The dog his animal.

17. Roman Name: Vulcan
•The Blacksmith of the Gods, the God of
Fire.
•The cripple patron of handicrafts.
• He was often dejected by Hera for his
lameness.
•Hephaestus accomplished numerous
prodigies of craftsmanship, such as the
marvelous palaces that he built for the gods
atop Mount Olympus.

18. Roman Name: Vesta
• Goddess of the Hearth. The symbol of
home.
• Zeus’ sister.
• Also a virgin goddess like Athena and
Artemis.

20. EROS
•He is the god of Love identified
by the Latin name Cupid.
•He was accordingly Aphrodite’s
son.
•He is often depicted by poets as
a mischievous, naughty boy.
•In attendance upon him was
ANTEROS (avenger of slighted
love), HIMEROS (longing) and
HYMEN (the god of the wedding
feast.

21. HEBE
•The goddess of youth.
•The daughter of Zeus and
Hera.
•Sometimes, she appear
as cupbearer to the gods.
•She was married to
Hercules.

22. GANYMEDE
A beautiful young Trojan
prince who was seized
and carried up to
Olympus by Zeus’ eagle.

23. IRIS
Goddess of the Rainbow and
messenger of the gods.
The ancient Greeks personified
the rainbow as the goddess
Iris, the favorite handmaiden
and messenger of Hera, the
queen of the heavenly court of
Olympus. Carried by her
shimmering wings, Iris travels
so swiftly that mortals can see
only the trail of her rainbow-
coloured passage across the
sky.

24. THE GRACES
• Compose of Aglaia
(Splendor), Euphrosyne
(Mirth) and Thalia (Good
Cheer).
• They are the daughters of
Zeus and Eurynome.
• A triple incarnation of
beauty who give life its
bloom.

25. THE MUSES
• The muses are nine in number.
• They are the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
• Compose of : Clio(history), Urania(astronomy),
Melpomne(tragedy), Thalia(comedy),
Terpsichore(dance), Calliope(epic poetry), Erato(love
poetry), Polyhymnia(songs to the gods) and
Euterpe(lyric poetry).

26. THEMIS
The Right or Divine
Justice.
One of the two august
forms seated beside
Zeus in Olympus along
with DIKE which means
Human Justice.

28. OCEAN
A Titan and lord of the
river Ocean, a great river
encircling the earth.

29. TETHYS
The wife of Ocean and
the mother of the
Oceanids who are
nymphs of the great river.

30. AMPHITRITE
•Goddess Queen of the Sea.
•Her name means 'all encircling'
which is the sea that surrounds
the earth.
•She has called 'The Embracer
That is the Sea'. When she is
calm and walks about, the
waters are calm; but, when She
is angry, the seas become angry.
She was one of the fifty
daughters of Proteus and Doris,
known as the Nereids (sea
nymphs) who were known to
have bright happy natures and
the ability to foretell the future.

31. NEREUS
•He is identified as the Old
Man of the Sea.
•A trusty and gentle god who
thinks just and kindly
thoughts and never lies.
•His wife was DORIS, a
daughter of Ocean.
•They had fifty lovely
daughters, the nymphs of
the sea called NEREIDS.

32. TRITON
•The Trumpeter of the
sea.
•His trumpet was a great
shell.
•He was the son of
Poseidon and Amphitrite.

33. NAIAD/S
The naiads are water
nymphs.
They dwell in brooks and
springs and fountains.

35. HADES &
PERSEPHONE
Hades and Persephone
rule the Kingdom of the
Dead which lies beneath
the secret places of the
Earth.

36. PERSEPHONE
She is the only daughter of
Demeter.
The maiden of the spring
and goddess of innocence.
She was abducted by
Hades and made the
Queen of the Underworld.

37. CHARON
An aged boatman that
ferries the souls of the
dead to Hades.
He receives into his boat
only the souls of those
upon whose lips the
passage money was
paced.

38. CERBERUS
The three-headed,
dragon tailed hound of
hell who permits all spirits
to enter, but none to
return.

39. THE FURIES
Also identified with the
name Erinyes.
Compose of Tisiphone,
Megaera and Alecto.
They are the pursuers and
punishers of evildoers.

41. GAEA
Is herself called the All-
Mother but she is not really
a divinity.
She is never separated
from the actual and
personified earth.

42. DEMETER
•The Goddess of the Corn.
•A daughter of Cronus and
Rhea.
•The mother of
Persephone.
•She brings bounty to the
Earth.

43. DIONYSUS
The god of fertility and wine,
later considered a patron of the
arts.
He invented wine and spread
the art of tending grapes.
He has a dual nature. On the
one hand bringing joy and
divine ecstasy. On the other
brutal, unthinking, raging.
Thus, reflecting both sides of
wines nature. If he chooses,
Dionysus can drive a man mad.
No normal fetters can hold him
or his followers.

44. PAN
The god of the wild, hunting
(partially), rustic music and folk
music. Usually known as the son
of Dryope and Hermes, although
in some cases Pan predates
Hermes and was perhaps raised
alongside Zeus himself. Pan
appears as an old satyr with
incredibly large horns.
His Roman counterpart
is Faunus. In Roman myths, he
is also a god of prophecy.

45. CASTOR &
POLLUX
In Greek and Roman
mythology, Castor and
Pollux or Polydeuces were twin
brothers, together known as
the Dioscuri. Their mother was Leda,
but Castor was the mortal son
of Tyndareus king of Sparta, and
Pollux the divine son of Zeus who
visited Leda in the guise of a swan.
Though accounts of their birth are
varied, they are sometimes said to
have been born from an egg, along
with their twin sisters Helen of Troy
and Clytemnestra.

46. CASTOR &
POLLUX

47. THE SILENI
Greek woodland gods or spirits, closely connected to
the satyrs. They were occasionally referred to as being half-
man half-horse, in stead of half-man half-goat.

48. THE SATYRS
One of the troop of male
companions of Pan
and Dionysus. They have
goat-like features.

49. AEOLUS
The king of the winds . He gave
Odysseus a tightly closed bag full
of the captured winds so he could
sail easily home to Ithaca on the
gentle West Wind. But instead his
men thought it was filled with
riches, so they opened it which is
why the journey was extended.

50. CENTAUR
The Centaurs are half man,
and half horse. They have
the body of a horse but in
place of the horse's head
they have the torso, head
and arms of a man. Most are
wild and savage, known for
lustfulness and drunkenness.
The exception is the wise
Centaur Chiron.

51. THE
GORGONS
Terrifying female creatures whose
name derive from the Greek
word gorgós, which means
"dreadful."
Three sisters who had hair of living,
venomous snakes, and a horrifying
visage that turned those who beheld
her to stone. Traditionally, while two of
the Gorgons were
immortal, Stheno and Euryale, their
sister Medusa was not, and she was
slain by the mythical demigod and
hero Perseus.

52. MEDUSA
A monster or Gorgon, generally
described as having the face of
a hideous human female with
living venomous snakes in place
of hair. Gazing directly upon her
would turn onlookers to stone.
Most sources describe her as
the daughter
of Phorcys and Ceto.

53. THE GRAIAE
The Three Graiai or the "Three Gray
Sisters" were the daughters of
Phorcys (one aspect of the 'old man of
the sea) and Ceto. They look like old
ladies; they were born old, with long
gray hair. They lived near the entrance
to the Underworld and were the
guardians of the Gorgons.
Their names were:
Deino or Dread. The Terrible. She was
the dreadful anticipation of horror.
Enyo or Horror.The Warlike. She was
always clothed in yellow. She was also
known as 'the waster of cities'.
Pemphredo or Alarm.The Wasp. She
was always beautifully attired.

54. THE GRAIAE

55. THE SIRENS
In Greek mythology,
the Sirens were dangerous
and devious creatures,
portrayed as femmes
fatales who lured nearby
sailors with their enchanting
music and voices to
shipwreck on the rocky
coast of their island.

56. PEGASUS
Pegasus was a winged horse and
good flyer. The Pegasus was the
result of the ill fated mating of Medusa
and Poseidon. It was born from
Medusa when her head was cut off
by Perseus. Tamed by Bellerophon it
served as his mount during his
adventures including his slaying of the
Chimaera. When Bellerophon
attempted to fly Pegasus to Mount
Olympus he was dismounted by Zeus.
Pegasus continued on and made it to
Mount Olympus. Here Pegasus spent
his days carrying lighting bolts for
Zeus.

57. TYPHOON
Typhon was a monstrous creature and the
offspring of Gaea, the Mother Earth, and
Tartarus, a lower god of the Underworld.
Typhon mated with Echidna, who was half
woman and half snake and they created
creatures that would bring terror and
mischief to mankind: Orthos, a two-
headed dog, Cerberus, a three-headed
dog, Lernaea Hydra, a chronic, serpent-
like creature with numerous heads
and Chimaira, an awful creature with the
body of a goat, the tail of a snake or
dragon and the head of a lion.

58. THE
CHIMAERA
A fire-breathing creature that has
the body of a goat, the head of a
lion and the tail of a serpent. Some
sources have represented the
Chimera with three heads (the
lion's head as the main, then the
goat's head sprouted from its back,
and the serpent's or Dragon’s head
on its tail), but the popular myth
tells of the single, fire-vomiting
head.

59. THE FATES
The Fates have the subtle but
awesome power of deciding a
man's destiny. They assign a man
to good or evil. Their most obvious
choice is choosing how long a man
lives. There are three Fates. Clotho,
the spinner, who spins the thread
of life. Lachesis, the measurer, who
choses the lot in life one will have
and measures off how long it is to
be. Atropos, she who cannot be
turned, who at death with her
shears cuts the thread of life.