List of Greek mythological figures

A listing of Greek mythological figures. See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatures. For a list of the deities of many cultures (including this one), see list of deities.

Gigantes (giants)

 * The Hekatonkheires (Ἑκατόγχειρες), the Hundred-Handed Ones, giant gods of violent storms and hurricanes
 * Briareus or Aigaion (Βριάρεως)
 * Cottus (Κόττος)
 * Gyges (Γύγης)
 * Agrius (Ἄγριος), a man-eating Thracian giant who was half-man and half-bear
 * Alcyoneus (Ἀλκυονεύς), the king of the Thracian giants, who was slain by Heracles
 * Aloadae (Αλοάδαι), twin giants who attempted to storm heaven
 * Otos (Ότος)
 * Ephialtes (Εφιάλτης)
 * Antaeus (Ανταίος), a Libyan giant who wrestled all visitors to the death until he was slain by Heracles
 * Argus Panoptes (Ἄργος Πανόπτης), a hundred-eyed giant tasked with guarding over Io
 * Cyclopes (Elder), three one-eyed giants who forged the lightning-bolts of Zeus
 * Arges (Ἄργης)
 * Brontes (Βρόντης)
 * Steropes (Στερόπης)
 * Cyclopes (Younger), a tribe of one-eyed cannibalistic giants who shepherded flocks of sheep on the island of Sicily
 * Polyphemus (Πολύφημος), a cyclops who briefly captured Odysseus and his men.
 * Enceladus (Εγκέλαδος), one of the Thracian giants who made war on the gods
 * The Gegenees (Γεγενεες), a tribe of six-armed giants fought by the Argonauts on Bear Mountain in Mysia
 * Geryon (Γηρυών), a three-bodied, four-winged giant who dwelt on the red island of Erytheia
 * The Laestrygonians (Λαιστρυγόνες), a tribe of man-eating giants encountered by Odysseus on his travels
 * Orion (Ωρίων), a giant huntsman whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion
 * Porphyrion (Πορφυρίων), the king of the Gigantes who was struck down by Herakles and Zeus with arrows and lightning-bolts after he attempted to rape Hera
 * Talos (Τάλως), a giant forged from bronze by Hephaestus, and gifted by Zeus to his lover Europa as her personal protector
 * Tityos (Τίτυος), a giant slain by Apollo and Artemis when he attempted to violate their mother Leto.
 * Typhon (Τυφῶν), a monstrous immortal storm-giant who was defeated and imprisoned by Zeus in the pit of Tartarus

Personified concepts

 * Achlys (Ἀχλύς), spirit of the death-mist
 * Adephagia (Ἀδηφαγία), spirit of gluttony
 * Adikia (Ἀδικία), spirit of injustice and wrong-doing
 * Aergia (Ἀεργία), spirit of idleness, laziness, indolence and sloth
 * Agon (Ἀγών), spirit of contest, who possessed at altar at Olympia, site of the Olympic Games.
 * Aidos (Αιδώς), spirit of modesty, reverence and respect
 * Alala (Ἀλαλά), spirit of the war cry
 * Alastor (Αλάστωρ), spirit of blood feuds and vengeance
 * Aletheia (Αλήθεια), spirit of truth, truthfulness and sincerity
 * The Algea (Ἄλγεα), spirits of pain and suffering
 * Akhos (Άχος) "trouble, distress"
 * Ania (Ανία) "ache, anguish"
 * Lupe (Λύπη) "pain, grief, sorrow"
 * Amekhania (Αμηχανία), spirit of helplessness and want of means
 * The Amphilogiai (Αμφιλογίαι), spirits of disputes, debate and contention
 * Anaideia (Αναίδεια), spirit of ruthlessness, shamelessness, and unforgivingness
 * The Androktasiai (Ανδροκτασίαι), spirits of battlefield slaughter
 * Angelia (Αγγελία), spirit of messages, tidings and proclamations
 * Apate (Απάτη), spirit of deceit, guile, fraud and deception
 * Aporia (Aπορία), spirit of difficulty, perplexity, powerlessness and want of means
 * The Arae (Ἀραί), spirits of curses
 * Arete (Aρετή), spirit of virtue, excellence, goodness and valour
 * Atë (Άτη), spirit of delusion, infatuation, blind folly, recklessness and ruin
 * Bia (Βία), spirit of force, power, bodily strength and compulsion
 * Caerus (Καιρός), spirit of opportunity
 * Corus (Κόρος), spirit of surfeit
 * Deimos (Δεῖμος), spirit of fear, dread and terror
 * Dikaiosyne (Δικαιοσύνη), spirit of justice and righteousness
 * Dike (Δίκη), spirit of justice, fair judgements and the rights established by custom and law
 * Dolos (Δόλος), spirit of trickery, cunning deception, craftiness, treachery and guile
 * Dysnomia (Δυσνομία), spirit of lawlessness and poor civil constitution
 * Dyssebeia (Δυσσέβεια), spirit of impiety
 * Eirene (Εἰρήνη), goddess of peace
 * Ekecheiria (Εκεχειρία), spirit of truce, armistice, and the cessation of all hostilities; honoured at the Olympic Games
 * Eleos (Ἔλεος), spirit of mercy, pity and compassion
 * Elpis (Ελπίς), spirit of hope and expectation
 * Epiphron (Επίφρων), spirit of prudence, shrewdness, thoughtfulness, carefulness and sagacity
 * Eris (Έρις), spirit of strife, discord, contention and rivalry
 * The Erotes (ἔρωτες)
 * Anteros (Ἀντέρως), god of requited love
 * Eros (Έρως), god of love and sexual passion
 * Himeros (Ἵμερος), god of sexual desire
 * Pothos (Πόθος), god of sexual longing, yearning and desire
 * Eucleia (Ευκλεια), spirit of good repute and glory
 * Eunomia (Εὐνομία), goddess good order and lawful conduct
 * Eupheme (Ευφήμη), spirit of words of good omen, acclamation, praise, applause and shouts of triumph
 * Eupraxia (Eυπραξία), spirit of well-being
 * Eusebeia (Eὐσέβεια), spirit of piety, loyalty, duty and filial respect
 * Euthenia (Ευθενία), spirit of prosperity, abundance and plenty
 * Geras (Γῆρας), spirit of old age
 * Harmonia (Αρμονία), goddess of harmony and concord
 * Hebe (Ήβη), goddess of youth
 * Hedone (Ἡδονή), spirit of pleasure, enjoyment and delight
 * Homados (Ηομαδος), spirit of the din of battle
 * Homonoia (Ὁμόνοια), spirit of concord, unanimity, and oneness of mind
 * Horkos (Ὁρκος), spirit of oaths
 * Horme (Όρμη), spirit of impulse or effort (to do a thing), eagerness, setting onself in motion, and starting an action
 * Hybris (Ύβρις), spirit of outrageous behaviour
 * Hypnos (Ύπνος), god of sleep
 * The Hysminai (Ηυσμιναι), spirits of fighting and combat
 * Kakia (Kακία), spirit of vice and moral badness
 * Kalokagathia, spirit of nobility
 * The Keres (Κῆρες), spirits of violent or cruel death
 * Koalemos (Κοάλεμος), spirit of stupidity and foolishness
 * Kratos (Κράτος), spirit of strength, might, power and sovereign rule
 * Kydoimos (Κυδοιμος), spirit of the din of battle, confusion, uproar and hubbub
 * Lethe (Λήθη), spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion
 * Limos (Λιμός), spirit of hunger and starvation
 * The Litae (Λιταί), spirits of prayer
 * Lyssa (Λύσσα), spirit of rage, fury and rabies in animals
 * The Makhai (Μάχαι), spirits of fighting and combat
 * Mania (Μανία), spirit or spirits of madness, insanity and frenzy
 * The Moirae, or "Fates" (Μοίραι)
 * Clotho (Κλωθώ), the spinner of the life thread
 * Lachesis (Λάχεσις), the measurer of the life thread
 * Atropos (Άτροπος), the severer of the life thread
 * Momus (μῶμος), spirit of mockery, blame, censure and stinging criticism
 * Moros (Μόρος), spirit of doom
 * Nemesis (Νέμεσις), goddess of righteous indignation and retribution
 * Nike (Νίκη), spirit of victory
 * Nomos (Νόμος), spirit of law
 * Oizys (Ὀϊζύς), spirit of woe and misery
 * The Oneiroi (Όνειροι), spirits of dreams
 * Epiales (Επιάλης), spirit of nightmares
 * Morpheus (Μορφεύς), god of dreams, who takes shape of humans
 * Phantasos (Φάντασος) spirit of dreams of fantasy, who takes shape of inanimate objects
 * Phobetor (Φοβήτωρ) or Icelos (Ίκελος), spirit of nightmares, who takes shape of animals
 * Palioxis (Παλιοξις), spirit of backrush, flight and retreat from battle
 * Peitharchia (Πειθαρχία), spirit of obedience
 * Peitho (Πειθώ), spirit of persuasion and seduction
 * Penia (Πενία), spirit of poverty and need
 * Penthus (Πένθος), spirit of grief, mourning and lamentation
 * Pheme (Φήμη), spirit of rumour, report and gossip
 * Philophrosyne (Φιλοφροσύνη), spirit of friendliness, kindness and welcome
 * Philotes (Φιλότης), spirit of friendship, affection and sexual intercourse
 * Phobos (Φόβος), spirit of panic fear, flight and battlefield rout
 * The Phonoi (Φόνοι), spirits of murder, killing and slaughter
 * Phrike (Φρίκη), spirit of horror and trembling fear
 * Phthonus (Φθόνος), spirit of envy and jealousy
 * Pistis (Πίστις), spirit of trust, honesty and good faith
 * Poine (Ποίνη), spirit of retribution, vengeance, recompense, punishment and penalty for the crime of murder and manslaughter
 * Ponos (Πόνος), spirit of hard labour and toil
 * Poros (Πόρος), spirit of expediency, the means of accomplishing or providing, contrivance and device
 * Praxidike (Πραξιδίκη), spirit of exacting justice
 * Praxis (Πράξις), spirit of practice and activity
 * Proioxis (Προίοξις), spirit of onrush and battlefield pursuit
 * Prophasis (Πρόφασις), spirit of excuses and pleas
 * The Pseudologoi, spirits of lies
 * Ptocheia (Πτωχεία), spirit of beggary
 * Soter (Σωτήρ), male spirit of safety, preservation and deliverance from harm
 * Soteria (Σωτήρια), female spirit of safety, preservation and deliverance from harm
 * Sophrosyne (Σωφροσύνη), spirit of moderation, self-control, temperance, restraint, and discretion
 * Techne (Τέχνη), personification of art and skill
 * Thanatos (Θάνατος), spirit of death and mortality
 * Thrasos (Θράσος), spirit of boldness
 * Tyche (Τύχη), spirit of fortune, chance, providence and fate
 * Zelos ( Ζῆλος), spirit of eager rivalry, emulation, envy, jealousy and zeal

Chthonic deities

 * Amphiaraus (Αμφιαραύς), a hero of the war of the Seven Against Thebe who became an oracular spirit of the Underworld after his death
 * Askalaphos (Ἀσκάλαφος), the son of Acheron and Orphne who tended the Underworld orchards before being transformed into a screech owl by Demeter
 * Cerberus (Κέρβερος), the three-headed hound who guarded the gates of Hades
 * Charon (Χάρων), ferryman of Hades
 * Empusa (Έμπουσα), a monstrous underworld spirit or spirits with flaming hair, the leg of a goat and a leg of bronze
 * Erebos (Έρεβος), the primeval god of darkness, his mists encircled the underworld and filled the hollows of the earth
 * Hecate (Εκάτη), goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy
 * Judges of the Dead
 * Aiakos (Αιακός), former mortal king of Aegina, guardian of the keys of Hades and judge of the men of Europe
 * Minos (Μίνως), former mortal king of Crete and judge of the final vote
 * Rhadamanthys (Ῥαδάμανθυς), former mortal lawmaker and judge of the men of Asia
 * Keuthonymos (Κευθόνυμος), an Underworld spirit and father of Menoetes
 * Cronus (Κρόνος), deposed king of the Titans; after his release from Tartarus he was appointed king of the Island of the Blessed
 * Lamia (Λάμια), a vampiric Underworld spirit or spirits in the train of Hecate
 * Lampades (Λαμπάδες), torch-bearing Underworld nymphs
 * Gorgyra (Γοργύρα)
 * Orphne (Ορφνη), a Lampad nymph of Hades, mother of Askalaphos
 * Macaria (Μακαρία), daughter of Hades and goddess of blessed death (not to be confused with the daughter of Heracles)
 * Melinoe (Μελινόη), daughter of Persephone and Zeus who presided over the propitiations offered to the ghosts of the dead
 * Menoetes (Μενοίτης), an Underworld spirit who herded the cattle of Hades
 * Mormo (Μορμώ), a fearsome Underworld spirit or spirits in the train of Hecate
 * Nyx (Νύξ), the primeval goddess of night
 * Persephone (Περσεφόνη), queen of the underworld, wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth
 * Rivers of the Underworld
 * Akheron (Αχέρων), the river of pain
 * Kokytos (Kωκυτός), the river of wailing
 * Lethe (Λήθη), the river of forgetfulness
 * Phlegethon (Φλεγέθων), the river of fire
 * Styx (Στύξ), the river of hate
 * Tartarus (Τάρταρος), the primeval god of the dark, stormy pit of Hades
 * Thanatos (Θάνατος), spirit of death and minister of Hades

Sea deities

 * Aegaeon (Αιγαίων), god of violent sea storms and ally of the Titans
 * Akheilos (Αχειλος), shark-shaped sea spirit
 * Amphitrite (Αμφιτρίτη), sea goddess and consort of Poseidon
 * Benthesikyme (Βενθεσικύμη), daughter of Poseidon, who resided in Ethiopia
 * Brizo (Βριζώ), goddess of sailors
 * Carcinus (Καρκίνος), a giant crab who allied itself with the Hydra against Heracles. When it died, Hera placed it in the sky as the constellation Cancer.
 * Ceto (Κῆτώ), goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters
 * Charybdis (Χάρυβδις), a sea monster and spirit of whirlpools and the tide
 * Cymopoleia (Κυμοπόλεια), a daughter of Poseidon and goddess of giant storm waves
 * Delphin (Δέλφιν), the leader of the dolphins, Poseidon placed him in the sky as the constellation Delphin
 * Doris (Δωρίς), goddess of the sea's bounty
 * Eidothea (Ειδοθέα), prophetic sea nymph and daughter of Proteus
 * Eurybia (Εὐρυβία), goddess of the mastery of the seas
 * Glaucus (Γλαῦκος), the fisherman's sea god
 * Gorgons (Γοργόνες), three monstrous sea spirits
 * Stheno (Σθεννώ)
 * Euryale (Εὐρυάλη)
 * Medusa (Μέδουσα), the only mortal of the three
 * The Graeae (Γραῖαι), three ancient sea spirits who personified the white foam of the sea; they shared one eye and one tooth between them
 * Deino (Δεινώ)
 * Enyo (Ἐνυώ)
 * Pemphredo (Πεμφρεδώ)
 * The Harpies (Ηάρπυιαι), winged spirits of sudden, sharp gusts of wind
 * Aello (Αελλώ) or Aellope (Αελλώπη) or Aellopous (Αελλόπους)
 * Ocypete (Ωκυπέτη) or Ocypode (Ωκυπόδη) or Ocythoe (Ωκυθόη)
 * Podarge (Ποδάργη) or Podarke (Ποδάρκη)
 * Celaeno (Κελαινώ)
 * Nicothoe (Νικοθόη)
 * Hippocampi (ἱπποκαμπος), the horses of the sea
 * The Ichthyocentauri (Ιχθυοκένταυροι), a pair of centaurine sea-gods with the upper bodies of men, the lower fore-parts of horses, ending in the serpentine tails of fish
 * Bythos (Βύθος) "sea depth"
 * Aphros (Άφρος) "sea foam"
 * Ladon (Λάδων), a hundred-headed sea serpent who guarded the western reaches of the sea, and the island and golden apples of the Hesperides
 * Leucothea (Λευκοθέα), a sea goddess who aided sailors in distress
 * Nereides (Νηρηίδες), sea nymphs
 * Thetis (Θέτις), leader of the Nereids who presided over the spawning of marine life in the sea
 * Arethusa (Αρετούσα), a daughter of Nereus who was transformed into a fountain
 * Galene (Γαλήνη), goddess of calm seas
 * Psamathe (Πσαμάθη), goddess of sand beaches
 * Nereus (Νηρέας), the old man of the sea, and the god of the sea's rich bounty of fish
 * Nerites (Νερίτης), a sea spirit who was transformed into a shell-fish by Aphrodite
 * Oceanus (Ὠκεανός), Titan god of the Earth-encircling river Oceanus, the font of all the Earth's fresh-water
 * Palaemon (Παλαίμων), a young sea god who aided sailors in distress
 * Phorcys (Φόρκυς), god of the hidden dangers of the deep
 * Pontos (Πόντος), primeval god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures
 * Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν), king of the sea and lord of the sea gods; also god of rivers, flood and drought, earthquakes, and horses
 * Proteus (Πρωτεύς), a shape-shifting, prophetic old sea god, and the herdsman of Poseidon's seals
 * Scylla (Σκύλλα), monstrous sea goddess
 * The Sirens (Σειρῆνες), three sea nymphs who lured sailors to their death with their song
 * Aglaope (Αγλαόπη) or Aglaophonos (Αγλαόφωνος) or Aglaopheme (Αγλαοφήμη)
 * Himerope (Ίμερόπη)
 * Leucosia (Λευκοσία)
 * Ligeia (Λιγεία)
 * Molpe (Μολπή)
 * Parthenope (Παρθενόπη)
 * Peisinoe (Πεισινόη) or Peisithoe (Πεισιθόη)
 * Raidne (Ραίδνη)
 * Teles (Τέλης)
 * Thelchtereia (Θελχτήρεια)
 * Thelxiope (Θελξιόπη) or Thelxiepeia (Θελξιέπεια)
 * The Telchines (Τελχινες), sea spirits native to the island of Rhodes; the gods killed them when they turned to evil magic
 * Actaeus (Ακταιος)
 * Argyron (Αργυρών)
 * Atabyrius (Αταβύριος)
 * Chalcon (Χαλκών)
 * Chryson (Χρυσών)
 * Damon (Δαμων) or Demonax (Δημώναξ)
 * Damnameneus (Δαμναμενεύς)
 * Dexithea (Δεξιθέα), mother of Euxanthios by Minos
 * Lycos (Λύκος) or Lyktos (Λύκτος)
 * Lysagora (Λυσαγόρα)?
 * Makelo (Μακελώ)
 * Megalesius (Μεγαλήσιος)
 * Mylas (Μύλας)
 * Nikon (Νίκων)
 * Ormenos (Ορμενος)
 * Simon (Σίμων)
 * Skelmis (Σκελμις)
 * Tethys (Τηθύς), wife of Oceanus, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains and clouds
 * Thalassa (Θάλασσα), primeval spirit of the sea and consort of Pontos
 * Thaumas (Θαῦμας), god of the wonders of the sea
 * Thoosa (Θόοσα), goddess of swift currents
 * Triteia (Τριτεια), daughter of Triton and companion of Ares
 * Triton (Τρίτων), fish-tailed son and herald of Poseidon
 * Tritones (Τρίτωνες), fish-tailed spirits in Poseidon's retinue

Sky deities

 * Achelois (Ἀχελωΐς), "she who washes pain away", a minor moon goddess
 * Aeolus (Aiolos) (Αίολος), king of the winds
 * Aether (Αιθήρ), primeval god of the upper air
 * Alectrona (Αλεκτρονα), solar goddess of the morning or waking up
 * Anemoi, gods of the winds
 * Boreas (Βορέας), god of the north wind and of winter
 * Eurus (Εύρος), god of the unlucky east or southeast wind
 * Notus (Νότος) god of the south wind
 * Zephyrus (Ζέφυρος), god of the west wind
 * Aparctias (Απαρκτίας), another name for the north wind (not identified with Boreas)
 * Apheliotes (Αφηλιώτης), god of the east wind (when Euros is considered southeast)
 * Argestes (Αργέστης), another name for the west or northwest wind
 * Caicias (Καικίας), god of the northeast wind
 * Circios (Κίρκιος) or Thraskias (Θρασκίας), god of the north-northwest wind
 * Euronotus (Ευρονότος), god of the southeast wind
 * Lips (Λίψ), god of the southwest wind
 * Skeiron (Σκείρων), god of the northwest wind
 * Arke (Άρκη), messenger of the Titans and twin sister of Iris
 * Astraios (Ἀστραῖος), Titan god of stars and planets, and the art of astrology
 * The Astra Planeti (Αστρα Πλανετοι), gods of the five wandering stars or planets
 * Stilbon (Στιλβών), god of Hermaon, the planet Mercury
 * Eosphorus (Ηωσφόρος), god of Venus the morning star
 * Hesperus (Ἓσπερος), god of Venus the evening star
 * Pyroeis (Πυρόεις), god of Areios, the planet Mars
 * Phaethon (Φαέθων), god of Dios, the planet Jupiter
 * Phaenon (Φαίνων), god of Kronion, the planet Saturn
 * Aurai (Αὖραι), nymphs of the cooling breeze
 * Aura (Αὖρα), goddess of the breeze and the fresh, cool air of early morning
 * Chaos (Χάος), the nothingness from which all else sprang, she also represented the lower atmosphere which surrounded the earth
 * Chione (Χιόνη), goddess of snow and daughter of Boreas
 * Eos (Ἠώς), Titan goddess of the dawn
 * Helios (Ἥλιος), Titan god of the sun and guardian of oaths
 * Hemera (Ημέρα), primeval goddess of daylight and the sun
 * Hera (Ήρα), Queen of Heaven and goddess of the air and starry constellations
 * Herse (Ἕρση), goddess of the morning dew
 * Iris (Ίρις), goddess of the rainbow and divine messenger
 * The Menae (Μήναι), fifty goddesses of phases of the moon and the fifty lunar months of the four-year Olympiad
 * Nephelai (Νεφήλαι), cloud nymphs
 * Cleochareia (Κλεοχάρεια), a river nymph who was married to King Lelex of Laconia
 * Ouranos (Ουρανός), primeval god of the heavens
 * Pandia (Πανδία), daughter of Selene and Zeus; goddess of the full moon and of the earth-nourishing dew
 * The Pleiades (Πλειάδες), goddesses of the constellation Pleiades
 * Alcyone (Αλκυόνη)
 * Sterope (Στερόπη)
 * Celaeno (Κελαινώ)
 * Electra (Ηλέκτρα)
 * Maia (Μαία)
 * Merope (Μερόπη)
 * Taygete (Ταϋγέτη)
 * Selene (Σελήνη), Titan goddess of the moon
 * The Hyades, nymphs that represented a star cluster in the constellation Taurus and were associated with rain
 * Zeus (Ζεύς), King of Heaven and god of the sky, clouds, rain, thunder and lightning

Rustic deities

 * Aetna (Αἴτνη), goddess of the volcanic Mount Etna in Sicily
 * Amphictyonis (Αμφικτυονίς), goddess of wine and friendship between nations, a local form of Demeter
 * Anthousai (Ανθούσαι), flower nymphs
 * Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος), god of bee-keeping, cheese-making, herding, olive-growing and hunting
 * Artemis (Άρτεμις), goddess of wild animals, birds and fresh-water fish, and of hunting, fishing and fowling
 * Attis (Άττις), vegetation god and consort of Cybele
 * Britomartis (Βριτόμαρτις), Cretan goddess of hunting and nets used for fishing, fowling and the hunting of small game
 * Cabeiri (Κάβειροι), gods or spirits who presided over the Mysteries of the islands of Lemnos and Samothrace
 * Aitnaios (Αιτναιος)
 * Alkon (Αλκων)
 * Eurymedon (Ευρυμεδών)
 * Onnes (Όννης)
 * Tonnes (Τόννης)
 * Centaurs (Κένταυροι), a race of half-man, half-horse beings
 * Asbolus (Άσβολος)
 * Chariclo (Χαρικλώ), wife of the centaur Chiron
 * Chiron (Χείρων), the eldest and wisest of the Centaurs
 * Eurytion (Ευρυτιων)
 * Nessus (Νέσσος), a ferryman at the river Euenus
 * Pholus (Φώλος)
 * The Cercopes (Κέρκοπες), a pair of monkey-like thieves who plagued the land of Lydia in western Anatolia
 * Akmon (Ακμών)
 * Passalos (Πάσσαλος)
 * Chloris (Χλωρίς), goddess of flowers and wife of Zephyrus
 * Comus (Κόμος), god of revelry, merrymaking and festivity
 * Corymbus (Κόρυμβος), god of the fruit of the ivy
 * The Curetes (Κουρέτες), guardians of infant Zeus on Mount Ida, barely distinguished from the Dactyls and the Corybantes
 * Cybele (Κυβέλη), a Phrygian mountain goddess associated with Rhea
 * The Dactyls (Δάκτυλοι)"fingers", minor deities originally representing fingers of a hand
 * Acmon (Ακμών)
 * Damnameneus (Δαμναμενεύς)
 * Delas (Δήλας)
 * Epimedes (Επιμήδης)
 * Heracles (not to be confused with the hero Heracles)
 * Iasios (Ιάσιος)
 * Kelmis (Κελμις)
 * Skythes (Σκύθης)
 * Dionysus (Διόνυσος), god of wine, drunken orgies and wild vegetation
 * Dryades (Δρυάδες), tree and forest nymphs
 * Gaia (Γαία), primeval goddess of the earth
 * Epimeliades (Επιμελίδες), nymphs of highland pastures and protectors of sheep flocks
 * Hamadryades (Αμαδρυάδες), oak tree dryades
 * Hecaterus (Ηεκατερος), god of the hekateris—a rustic dance of quickly moving hands—and perhaps of the skill of hands in general
 * Hephaestus (Ήφαιστος), god of metalworking
 * Hermes (Ερμής), god of herds and flocks, of roads and boundary stones
 * The Horae (Ώρες), goddesses of the seasons and natural order
 * Eunomia (Ευνομία), spirit of good order, and springtime goddess of green pastures
 * Dike (Δίκη), spirit of justice, may have represented springtime growth
 * Eirene (Ειρήνη), spirit of peace and goddess of the springtime
 * Thallo (Θαλλώ), goddess of spring buds and shoots, identified with Eirene
 * Auxo (Αυξώ), goddess of spring growth
 * Karpo (Καρπώ), goddess of the fruits of the earth
 * Pherousa (Φέρουσα) "the bringer"
 * Euporie (Ευπορίη) "abundance"
 * Orthosie (Ορθοσίη) "prosperity"
 * Korybantes (Κορύβαντες), the crested dancers who worshipped Cybele
 * Damneus (Δαμνεύς) "the one who tames(?)"
 * Idaios (Ιδαίος) "of Mount Ida"
 * Kyrbas (Κύρβας), whose name is probably a variant of *Korybas, singular for "Korybantes"
 * Okythoos (Ωκύθοος) "the one running swiftly"
 * Prymneus (Πρυμνεύς) "of lower areas(?)"
 * Pyrrhikhos (Πυρῥιχος), god of the rustic dance
 * Maenades (μαινάδες), crazed nymphs in the retinue of Dionysus
 * Methe (Μέθη), nymph of drunkenness
 * Meliae (Μελίαι), nymphs of honey and the ash tree
 * Naiades (Ναιάδες), fresh water nymphs
 * Daphne (Δάφνη)
 * The Hesperides (Ἑσπερίδες)
 * Metope (Μετώπη)
 * The Nymphai Hyperboreioi (Νύμφαι Υπερβόρειοι), who presided over aspects of archery
 * Hekaerge (Εκαέργη), represented distancing
 * Loxo (Λοξώ), represented trajectory
 * Oupis (Ουπις), represented aim
 * Oreades (Ὀρεάδες), mountain nymphs
 * Adrasteia (Αδράστεια), a nursemaid of the infant Zeus
 * Echo (Ηχώ), a nymph cursed never to speak except to repeat the words of others
 * Oceanides (Ωκεανίδες), fresh water nymphs
 * Beroe (Βερόη), a nymph of Beruit, the daughter of Aphrodite and Adonis, who was wooed by both Dionysus and Poseidon
 * Calypso (Καλυψώ)
 * Clytie (Κλυτίη)
 * Eidyia (Ειδυια), the youngest of the Oceanides
 * The Ourea (Ούρος), primeval gods of mountains
 * The Palici (Παλικοί), a pair of rustic gods who presided over the geysers and thermal springs in Sicily
 * Pan (Πάν), god of shepherds, pastures, and fertility
 * Potamoi, river gods
 * Achelous (Αχέλους)
 * Acis (Άκις)
 * Acheron (Αχέρων)
 * Alpheus (Αλφειός)
 * Asopus (Ασωπός)
 * Cladeus (Κλάδεος)
 * Eurotas (Ευρώτας)
 * Cocytus (Kωκυτός)
 * Lethe (λήθη)
 * Peneus (Πηνειός)
 * Phlegethon (Φλεγέθων))
 * Styx (Στύξ)
 * Scamander (Σκάμανδρος)
 * Priapus (Πρίαπος), god of garden fertility
 * Rhea (Ῥέα), the great mother and queen of the mountain wilds
 * Satyrs (Σάτυροι), rustic fertility spirits
 * Krotos (Κρότος), a great hunter and musician who kept the company of the Muses on Mount Helicon
 * Silenus (Σειληνός), an old rustic god of the dance of the wine-press
 * Telete (Τελέτη), goddess of initiation into the Bacchic orgies
 * Zagreus (Ζαγρεύς), in the Orphic mysteries, the first incarnation of Dionysus

Agricultural deities

 * Aphaea (Αφαία), minor goddess of agriculture and fertility
 * Bootes (Βοώτης), agricultural demi-god inventor of the wagon and the plough
 * Carme (Κάρμη), a Cretan spirit who presided over the harvest festival
 * Carmanor (Καρμάνωρ), a Cretan harvest god
 * Cyamites (Κυαμίτης), demi-god of the bean
 * Demeter (Δημήτηρ), goddess of fertility, agriculture, grain and harvest
 * Despoina, daughter of Poseidon and Demeter, goddess of mysteries in Arcadia
 * Dionysus (Διόνυσος), god of viticulture and wine
 * Eunostus (Εύνοστος), goddess of the flour mill
 * Hestia (Ἑστία), maiden goddess of the hearth who presided over the baking of bread, mankind's stable food
 * Persephone (Περσεφόνη), queen of the underworld, wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth
 * Plutus (Πλοῦτος), god of wealth, including agricultural wealth, son of Demeter

Deified mortals

 * Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς), hero of the Trojan War
 * Aiakos (Αιακός), a king of Aegina, when he died he was appointed as a Judge of the Dead in the Underworld
 * Aeolus (Aiolos) (Αίολος), a king of Thessaly, made the immortal king of the winds by Zeus
 * Amphiaraus (Αμφιαραύς), a hero of the war of the Seven Against Thebe who became an oracular spirit of the Underworld after his death
 * Ariadne (Αριάδνη), a Cretan princess who became the immortal wife of Dionysus
 * Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος), a Thessalian hero, his inventions saw him immortalised as the god of bee-keeping, cheese-making, herding, olive-growing and hunting
 * Asclepius (Ασκληπιός), a Thessalian physician who was struck down by Zeus, to be later recovered by his father Apollo
 * Attis (Άττις), a consort of Cybele, granted immortality as one of her attendants
 * The Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι), divine twins
 * Castor (Κάστωρ)
 * Polydeuces (Πολυδεύκης)
 * Endymion (Ἐνδυμίων), lover of Selene, granted eternal sleep so as never to age or die
 * Ganymede (Γανυμήδης), a handsome Trojan prince, abducted by Zeus and made cup-bearer of the gods
 * Glaucus (Γλαῦκος), the fisherman's sea god, made immortal after eating a magical herb
 * Hemithea and Parthenos (Ηεμιθέα and Παρθένος), princesses of the Island of Naxos who leapt into the sea to escape their stepfather's wrath; Apollo transformed them into demi-goddesses
 * Heracles (Ηρακλής), ascended hero
 * Minos (Μίνως), a king of Crete, when he died he was appointed as a Judge of the Dead in the Underworld
 * Ino (Ἰνώ), a Theban princess who became the sea goddess Leucothea
 * The Leucippides (Λευκιππίδες), wives of the Dioscuri
 * Phoebe (Φοίβη), wife of Pollux
 * Hilaeira (Ἱλάειρα), wife of Castor
 * Orithyia (Ὠρείθυια), an Athenian princess abducted by Boreas and made the goddess of cold, gusty mountain winds
 * Palaemon (Παλαίμων), a Theban prince, made into a sea god along with his mother, Ino
 * Perseus (Περσεύς), a son of Zeus and a mortal woman who fought and beat Medusa.
 * Psyche (Ψυχή), goddess of the soul

Other deities

 * Aceso (Ἀκεσώ), goddess of the healing of wounds and the curing of illnesses
 * Acratopotes (Ἀκρατοπότης), god of unmixed wine and incontinence
 * Adrastea (Αδράστεια), a daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, or an epithet of Nemesis
 * Aegle (Αἴγλη), goddess of radiant good health
 * Agdistis (Ἄγδιστις), Phrygian hermaphroditic deity
 * Alexiares and Anicetus (Αλεξιαρες and Ανικετος), twin sons of Heracles who presided over the defence of fortified towns and citadels
 * Anakes (Άνακες)
 * Asclepius (Ασκληπιός), god of healing
 * Astraea (Αστραία), virgin goddess of justice
 * Auxesia (Αυξησία) and Damia (Δαμία), two local fertility goddesses
 * Charites (Χάριτες), goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility
 * Aglaea (Αγλαΐα), goddess of beauty, adornment, splendour and glory
 * Euphrosyne (Εὐφροσύνη), goddess of good cheer, joy, mirth and merriment
 * Thalia (Θάλεια), goddess of festive celebrations and rich and luxurious banquets
 * Hegemone (Ηγεμόνη) "mastery"
 * Antheia (Άνθεια), goddess of flowers and flowery wreaths
 * Cleta (Κλήτα) "the glorious"
 * Phaenna (Φαέννα) "the shining"
 * Eudaimonia (Ευδαιμονία) "happiness"
 * Euthymia (Ευθυμία) "good mood"
 * Calleis (Καλλείς) "beauty"
 * Paidia (Παιδία) "play, amusement"
 * Pandaisia (Πανδαισία) "banquet for everyone"
 * Pannychis (Παννυχίς) "all-night (festivity)"
 * Ceraon (Κεραων), demi-god of the meal, specifically the mixing of wine
 * Chrysus (Χρύσος), spirit of gold
 * Circe (Κίρκη), goddess-witch of Aeaea
 * Daemones Ceramici (Δαίμονες Κεραμικοί), five malevolent spirits who plagued the craftsman potter
 * Syntribos (Σύντριβος), the shatterer
 * Smaragos (Σμάραγος), the smasher
 * Asbetos (Ασβετος), the charrer
 * Sabaktes (Σαβάκτης), the destroyer
 * Omodamos (Ομόδαμος), crudebake
 * Deipneus (Δειπνεύς), demi-god of the preparation of meals, specifically the making of bread
 * Eiresione (Ειρεσιώνη), personification of the olive branch
 * Eileithyia (Εἰλείθυια), goddess of childbirth
 * Enyalius (Ενυάλιος), minor god of war
 * Enyo (Ἐνυώ), goddess of destructive war
 * Epione (Ἠπιόνη), goddess of the soothing of pain
 * The Erinyes (Ἐρινύες), the Furies, goddesses of retribution
 * Alecto (Ἀληκτώ), the unceasing one
 * Tisiphone (Τισιφόνη), avenger of murder
 * Megaera (Μέγαιρα), the jealous one
 * Harpocrates (Ηαρποκρατης), god of silence
 * Hedylogos (Ηδύλογος), god of sweet talk and flattery
 * Hermaphroditus (Ἑρμάφρόδιτός), god of hermaphrodites and effeminate men
 * Hygieia (Υγεία), goddess of cleanliness and good health
 * Hymenaios (Ὑμέναιος), god of marriage and marriage feasts
 * Ichnaea (Ιχναία), goddess of tracking
 * Iaso (Ἰασώ), goddess of cures, remedies and modes of healing
 * Iynx (Ιύνξ), goddess of the love charm
 * Matton (Μάττων), demi-god of the meal, specifically the kneading of dough
 * Muses (Μούσαι), goddesses of music, song and dance, and the source of inspiration to poets
 * Titan Muses, daughters of Gaia and Ouranos
 * Aoide (Ἀοιδή), muse of song
 * Arche (Αρχή), muse of origins
 * Melete (Μελέτη), muse of meditation and practice
 * Mneme (Μνήμη), muse of memory
 * Thelxinoe (Θελξινόη), muse "charmer of minds"
 * Olympian Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne
 * Calliope (Καλλιόπη), muse of epic poetry
 * Clio (Κλειώ), muse of history
 * Erato (Ερατώ), muse of erotic poetry
 * Euterpe (Ευτέρπη), muse of lyric poetry
 * Melpomene (Μελπομένη), muse of tragedy
 * Polyhymnia (Πολυμνία) or (Πολύμνια), muse of sacred poetry
 * Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη), muse of dance and choral poetry
 * Thalia (Θάλεια), muse of comedy and bucolic poetry
 * Urania (Ουρανία), muse of astronomy
 * Younger Muses, daughters of Apollo
 * Cephisso (Κεφισσώ)
 * Apollonis (Απολλωνίς)
 * Borysthenis (Βορυσθενίς)
 * Hypate (Υπάτη) "the upper (chord of the lyre)"
 * Mese (Μέση) "the middle (chord of the lyre)"
 * Nete (Νήτη) "the lower (chord of the lyre)"
 * Polymatheia (Πολυμάθεια), muse of knowledge
 * Paeon (Παιάν, Παιήων, or Παιών), physician of the Olympian gods
 * Panacea (Πανάκεια), goddess of healing
 * Pasithea (Πασιθέα), goddess of rest and relaxation
 * Rhapso (Ραψώ), minor goddess or nymph whose name apparently refers to sewing
 * Telesphorus (Τελεσφόρος), demi-god of convalescence, who "brought to fulfillment" recuperation from illness or injury

A-B

 * Abas
 * Abderus
 * Acacallis
 * Acamas (Ακάμας)
 * Acarnan (Ακαρνάν)
 * Acastus
 * Acestes
 * Achaeus (Αχαιός)
 * Achilles (Akhilleus) (Αχιλλεύς or Αχιλλέας)
 * Acoetes
 * Acrisius
 * Actaeon (Aktaion)
 * Actaeus
 * Actor (Άκτωρ)
 * Admetus (Άδμητος)
 * Adonis (Άδωνις)
 * Adrastus (Άδραστος)
 * Aeacus (Aiakos) (Αιακός)
 * Aeetes
 * Aegeus (Αιγεύς)
 * Aegialeia (Αιγιαλεία)
 * Aegialeus
 * Aegimius
 * Aegina (Αίγινα)
 * Aegisthus (Αίγισθος)
 * Aegyptus (Αίγυπτος)
 * Aeneas (Aineas) (Αινείας)
 * Aeolus (Αίολος)
 * Aepytus
 * Aerope
 * Aesacus
 * Aeson (Aison)
 * Aethalides
 * Aethlius
 * Aethra (Αίθρα)
 * Aetolus (Αιτωλός)
 * Agamedes
 * Agamemnon (Αγαμέμνων)
 * Agapenor
 * Agasthenes
 * Agave
 * Agelaus (Ageláos)
 * Agenor (Αγήνωρ)
 * Aglaea (Αγλαΐα)
 * Agraulus
 * Agrius
 * Agron
 * Ajax the great (Aîas the great) (Αίας ο Μέγας)
 * Ajax the lesser (Aîas the lesser) (Αίας ο Μικρός)
 * Alcaeus (Alkaios) (Αλκαίος)
 * Alcathous
 * Alcestis (Άλκηστις)
 * Alcidice
 * Alcimede
 * Alcinous (Αλκίνους or Αλκίνοος)
 * Alcmaeon
 * Alcmene (Alkmênê) (Αλκμήνη)
 * Alcyone (Αλκυών or Αλκυόνη)
 * Aleus
 * Almus
 * Aloeus
 * Alope
 * Althaea (Αλθαία)
 * Althaemenes
 * Amarynceus
 * Amphiaraus (Αμφιάραος)
 * Amphictyon (Αμφικτύων)
 * Amphidamas (Αμφιδάμας)
 * Amphilochus (Αμφίλοχος)
 * Amphimachus (Αμφίμαχος)
 * Amphinomus (Amphínomos) (Αμφίνομος)
 * Amphion
 * Amphithea (Αμφιθέα)
 * Amphitryon (Amphitrion) (Αμφιτρύων)
 * Amyclas (Αμύκλας)
 * Amycus
 * Amymone
 * Amyntor (Αμύντωρ)
 * Amythaon
 * Anaxagoras (Αναξαγόρας)
 * Anaxibia
 * Anaxo
 * Ancaeus
 * Anchialus (Αγχίαλος)
 * Anchises (Αγχίσης)
 * Andraemon
 * Andreus
 * Androgeus
 * Andromache (Ανδρομάχη)
 * Andromeda (Ανδρομέδα)
 * Anius
 * Antenor (Αντήνωρ)
 * Anticlea (Antiklia)
 * Antigone (Αντιγόνη)
 * Antilochus (Αντίλοχος)
 * Antimachus (Αντίμαχος)
 * Antinous (Antinoös)
 * Antion
 * Antiope (Αντιόπη)
 * Antiphates
 * Antiphus
 * Aphareus
 * Apheidas
 * Apis
 * Apsyrtus
 * Arachne (Arakhne) (Αράχνη)
 * Arcas (Αρκάς)
 * Arcesius (Arkêsios)
 * Arete
 * Argea
 * Argeius
 * Argos (Άργος)
 * Ariadne (Αριάδνη)
 * Arion (Αρίων)
 * Aristodemus (Αριστόδημος)
 * Aristomachus (Αριστόμαχος)
 * Arsinoe (Αρσινόη)
 * Asclepius (Ασκληπιός)
 * Asius
 * Assaracus
 * Astacus
 * Asterius
 * Astyanax (Αστυάναξ)
 * Astydameia (Αστυδάμεια)
 * Astyoche
 * Astypalaea (Αστυπάλαια)
 * Atalanta (Αταλάντη)
 * Athamas (Αθάμας)
 * Atreus (Ατρέας)
 * Atymnius
 * Auge
 * Augeas (Αυγείας)
 * Autesion
 * Autolycus
 * Automedon (Αυτομέδων)
 * Autonoe
 * Bateia
 * Battus
 * Baucis
 * Bellerophon
 * Belus
 * Bias
 * Borus
 * Briseis
 * Briseus
 * Britomartis
 * Broteas
 * Bunus
 * Busiris
 * Butes
 * Byblis

C-G

 * Cadmus
 * Caeneus (Caenis when female)
 * Calchas
 * Callidice
 * Callirhoe
 * Callisto
 * Calyce
 * Calydon
 * Canace
 * Canthus
 * Capaneus
 * Capys
 * Car
 * Carme
 * Carnabon
 * Cassandra
 * Cassiopeia
 * Castor
 * Catreus
 * Caunus
 * Cebriones
 * Cecrops
 * Ceisus
 * Celeus
 * Cephalus
 * Cepheus, King of Aethiopia
 * Cepheus, King of Tegea
 * Cerdo
 * Cestrinus
 * Ceyx
 * Chalciope
 * Chalcodon
 * Chione
 * Chiron
 * Chloris
 * Chryseis
 * Chryses
 * Chrysippus
 * Chrysothemis
 * Chthonius
 * Cilix
 * Cinyras
 * Cleite
 * Cleodaeus
 * Cleopatra
 * Clymene
 * Clymenus
 * Clytemnestra
 * Clytius
 * Codrus
 * Comaetho
 * Copreus
 * Corcyra
 * Corinthus
 * Coronis
 * Coronus
 * Cranaus
 * Creon
 * Cresphontes
 * Crete
 * Cretheus
 * Creusa
 * Crisus
 * Croesus
 * Cychreus
 * Cycnus
 * Cylla
 * Cynortas
 * Cyparissus
 * Cypselus
 * Cytisorus
 * Cyzicus
 * Daedalion
 * Daedalus
 * Damocles
 * Danaë
 * Danaus
 * Dardanus
 * Dascylus
 * Deianeira
 * Deimachus
 * Deioneus (Δηιονεύς) or Deion (Δηίων)
 * Deiphobus
 * Deiphontes
 * Deipyle
 * Demonassa
 * Demonice
 * Demophon
 * Deucalion
 * Dexamenus
 * Dia
 * Dictys
 * Diomedes
 * Diores
 * Dioscuri (Castor and Polydeuces)
 * Dirce
 * Dius
 * Dolius
 * Dolon
 * Dorus
 * Dryope
 * Echemus
 * Echetus
 * Echion
 * Eetion
 * Elatus (Élatos)
 * Electra
 * Electryon
 * Eleius
 * Elephenor
 * Eleusis
 * Elpenor
 * Elymus (Elumos)
 * Endeis
 * Endymion
 * Epaphus
 * Epeius
 * Epicasta
 * Epidaurus
 * Epopeus
 * Erechtheus
 * Erginus (Erginos)
 * Erichthonius
 * Eriphyle
 * Eteocles
 * Eumaeus (Eumaios)
 * Eumelus
 * Europa
 * Eurotas
 * Euryalus
 * Eurycleia (also Eurýkleia, Euryclea)
 * Eurylochus
 * Eurymachus
 * Eurypylus
 * Eurystheus
 * Eurytion
 * Eurytus
 * Ganymede

H-L

 * Haemon
 * Hector (Hektor)
 * Hecuba (Hekuba)
 * Helen
 * Helenus
 * Helios
 * Helle
 * Heracles (Heraklês)
 * Hermaphroditus
 * Hermione
 * Hippocoon
 * Hippodamia, wife of Pilops
 * Hippodamia, wife of Pirithous
 * Hippolyta
 * Hippolytus
 * Hippomedon
 * Hippomenes
 * Hylas
 * Iambe
 * Icarius
 * Icarus
 * Idomeneus
 * Ino
 * Io
 * Iolaus
 * Iole
 * Iphicles
 * Iphigenia
 * Iphthime
 * Irus
 * Ismene
 * Ixion
 * Jason
 * Jocasta
 * Labdacus
 * Laërtês
 * Laius
 * Laodamas
 * Laomedon
 * Leda
 * Lelex
 * Lycaon
 * Lycus

M-P

 * Machaon
 * Marsyas
 * Medea
 * Medôn
 * Medusa (the mortal gorgon)
 * Melampus
 * Melanthus
 * Meleager
 * Memnon
 * Menelaus
 * Menestheus
 * Messene
 * Midas
 * Minos
 * Munippus
 * Myles
 * Myrrha
 * Myrtilus
 * Narcissus
 * Nausicaa
 * Neleus
 * Neoptolemus
 * Nephele
 * Nestor
 * Nimrit/Maya
 * Niobe
 * Nycteus
 * Odysseus
 * Oebalus
 * Oedipus
 * Oeneus
 * Oenomaus
 * Ogygus
 * Oileus
 * Olenus
 * Orestes
 * Orion
 * Orpheus
 * Oxyntes
 * Pandarus
 * Pandion I
 * Pandion II
 * Pandora
 * Pandora II
 * Paris
 * Parthenopeus
 * Patroclus
 * Peleus
 * Pelias
 * Pelopia
 * Pelops
 * Penélopê (Penelopeia)
 * Peneus
 * Penthesilea
 * Pentheus
 * Periphetes
 * Perseus (Perseos) (Περσεύς, Περσέως)
 * Phaethon (Phaëton)
 * Phegeus
 * Philemon
 * Philoctetes
 * Phineas
 * Phineus
 * Phocus
 * Phoenix (Phoinix)
 * Phrixus
 * Phyleus
 * Pirithous
 * Pittheus
 * Podalirius
 * Polites
 * Polycaon
 * Polydorus
 * Polynices
 * Polyxena
 * Priam
 * Procrustes (Prokrustes)
 * Proetus
 * Prosymnus
 * Protesilaus
 * Psyche
 * Pterelaos
 * Pygmalion
 * Pylades
 * Pyramus
 * Pyrrhag

R-Z

 * Rhadamanthys
 * Rhesus
 * Sarpedon
 * Semele
 * Sisyphus
 * Sparta
 * Sthenelus
 * Tantalus
 * Telamon
 * Telemachus (Telémakhos, Telemachos)
 * Telephus
 * Teucer
 * Theoclymenus
 * Thersander
 * Thersites
 * Theseus (Theseos)
 * Thisbe
 * Thyestes
 * Thymoetes
 * Tithonus
 * Tlepolemus
 * Trophonius
 * Tydeus
 * Tyndareus
 * Xuthus
 * Zetes
 * Zethus