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</style></head><body><header class="site-header"><a class="brand" href="/">The Golden Thread</a><nav><a href="/tree">The Tree</a><a href="/explore">Explore</a><a href="/festivals">Festivals</a><a href="/glossary">Glossary</a></nav></header><main class="container wide"><div class="explore-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h1 data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Explore the Figures</h1><p class="lede" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>All 167 gods, Titans, powers, and mortals — search by name, domain, or epithet, filter by kind, or jump by letter.</p><div class="controls" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><label class="search" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="visually-hidden" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Search figures</span><input id="q" type="search" placeholder="Search by name, domain, or epithet…" autocomplete="off" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2></label><div id="tier-filter" class="tier-chips" role="group" aria-label="Filter by kind" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><button type="button" class="chip active" data-tier="all" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>All</button><button type="button" class="chip" data-tier="primordial" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</button><button type="button" class="chip" data-tier="titan" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</button><button type="button" class="chip" data-tier="olympian" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</button><button type="button" class="chip" data-tier="minor" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</button><button type="button" class="chip" data-tier="nymph" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</button><button type="button" class="chip" data-tier="personification" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</button><button type="button" class="chip" data-tier="monster" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</button><button type="button" class="chip" data-tier="hero" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</button></div></div><nav id="az" class="az" aria-label="Jump to letter" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="#letter-A" data-letter="A" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>A</a><a href="#letter-B" data-letter="B" 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data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>war · martial excellence · heroic glory · the short bright life</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="aether αἰθήρ primordial upper sky bright air light the heavenly heights the shining breath of the gods son of darkness" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/aether" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Aether</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Αἰθήρ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>upper sky · bright air · light · the heavenly heights</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="agamemnon ἀγαμέμνων agamemnon hero kingship high command war the assembly of the achaeans the doomed house of atreus ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν (anax andrōn) — "lord of men" εὐρὺ κρείων (eury kreiōn) — "wide-ruling" ποιμὴν λαῶν (poimēn laōn) — "shepherd of the people" ἀτρεΐδης (atreidēs) — "son of atreus"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/agamemnon" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Agamemnon</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀγαμέμνων</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>kingship · high command · war · the assembly of the Achaeans</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="aias αἴας hero warfare defensive strength the phalanx and the shield-wall steadfastness martial honour ἕρκος ἀχαιῶν (herkos achaiōn) — "bulwark of the achaeans" τελαμώνιος (telamōnios) — "son of telamon" μέγας (megas) — "the great" πύργος (pyrgos) — "the tower"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/ajax-the-great" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Aias</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Αἴας</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>warfare · defensive strength · the phalanx and the shield-wall · steadfastness</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="amazones ἀμαζόνες amazones hero war the hunt horsemanship female sovereignty the frontier of the known world amazones (ἀμαζόνες) antianeirai (ἀντιάνειραι) daughters of ares (ἄρηος θυγατέρες) the man-less / the husbandless named queens as bynames — hippolyta, penthesilea, antiope, otrere, myrina" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/amazons" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Amazones</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀμαζόνες</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>war · the hunt · horsemanship · female sovereignty</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="amphitrite ἀμφιτρίτη salacia nymph the sea the calm and stillness of the deep the salt water that surrounds the earth queenship of the ocean queen of the sea (βασίλεια τῆς θαλάσσης) halosydne (ἁλοσύδνη) kyanopis (κυανῶπις)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/amphitrite" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Amphitrite</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀμφιτρίτη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the sea · the calm and stillness of the deep · the salt water that surrounds the earth · queenship of the ocean</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="andromeda ἀνδρομέδα hero rescued innocence deliverance royal marriage the constellations andromeda (ἀνδρομέδα) — "ruler of men" "the chained maiden" (andromeda desmōtis) "the aethiopian princess"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/andromeda" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Andromeda</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀνδρομέδα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>rescued innocence · deliverance · royal marriage · the constellations</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="anemoi / the winds ἄνεμοι minor the winds the four directions weather storms and calm the seasons sailing and navigation βορέας (boreas) — "the north wind" νότος (notus) — "the south wind" εὖρος (eurus) — "the east wind" ζέφυρος (zephyros) — "the west wind"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/anemoi" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Anemoi / the Winds</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἄνεμοι</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the winds · the four directions · weather · storms and calm</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="aphrodite ἀφροδίτη venus olympian love beauty desire sexuality the sea urania (ourania) pandemos kypris kythereia anadyomene (ἀναδυομένη) philommeides (φιλομμειδής) areia" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/aphrodite" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Aphrodite</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀφροδίτη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>love · beauty · desire · sexuality</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="apollon ἀπόλλων apollo olympian prophecy music healing plague archery light phoebus (φοῖβος) pythios loxias musagetes hekatebolos hekaergos lykeios paian (paean) smintheus delios / delphinios" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/apollo" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Apollon</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀπόλλων</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>prophecy · music · healing · plague</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="ares ἄρης mars olympian war battle-lust courage bloodshed the defence of one's own enyalios (ἐνυάλιος) brotoloigos (βροτολοιγός) andreiphontes (ἀνδρειφόντης) miaiphonos (μιαιφόνος) gynaikothoinas (γυναικοθοίνας) aphneios (ἀφνειός) theritas (θηρίτας)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/ares" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ares</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἄρης</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>war · battle-lust · courage · bloodshed</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="arges ἄργης monster thunderbolts forging" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/arges" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Arges</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἄργης</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>thunderbolts · forging</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="ariadnē ἀριάδνη hero the labyrinth and its winding paths the guiding thread love and rescue the vine and its wine through her marriage to dionysus the star-crown of the sky aridela (ἀριδήλα) ariagnē (ἀριάγνη) ariadne aphrodite bride of dionysus / the star-crowned" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/ariadne" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ariadnē</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀριάδνη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the labyrinth and its winding paths · the guiding thread · love and rescue · the vine and its wine through her marriage to Dionysus</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="artemis ἄρτεμις diana olympian hunt wilderness wild animals childbirth young girls chastity the moon potnia theron (πότνια θηρῶν) agrotera (ἀγροτέρα) parthenos (παρθένος) phosphoros (φωσφόρος) lochia (λοχία) kourotrophos (κουροτρόφος) orthia (ὀρθία) brauronia (βραυρωνία) ephesia (ἐφεσία)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/artemis" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Artemis</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἄρτεμις</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>hunt · wilderness · wild animals · childbirth</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="asklepios ἀσκληπιός aesculapius minor healing medicine physicians recovery from illness the dream-cure soter (σωτήρ) paian / paion (παιάν) epidaurios (ἐπιδαύριος) asklepios ophiouchos (ὀφιοῦχος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/asclepius" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Asklepios</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀσκληπιός</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>healing · medicine · physicians · recovery from illness</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="asteria ἀστερία titan stars nocturnal oracles astrology dream-divination falling stars asteria (ἀστερία) ortygia (ὀρτυγία) delos (δῆλος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/asteria" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Asteria</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀστερία</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>stars · nocturnal oracles · astrology · dream-divination</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="astraeus ἀστραῖος titan" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/astraeus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Astraeus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀστραῖος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="atalantē ἀταλάντη hero the hunt footracing wilderness virginity the wild swift-footed (descriptive) the arcadian (descriptive / regional) the boeotian / schoenean (descriptive / regional) the maiden huntress (descriptive) suckled of the bear (descriptive / cultic)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/atalanta" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Atalantē</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀταλάντη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the hunt · footracing · wilderness · virginity</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="athena ἀθηνᾶ minerva olympian wisdom warcraft handicraft weaving the city pallas (παλλάς) parthenos (παρθένος) polias (πολιάς) promachos (πρόμαχος) ergane (ἐργάνη) nike (νίκη) glaukopis (γλαυκῶπις) tritogeneia (τριτογένεια)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/athena" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Athena</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἀθηνᾶ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>wisdom · warcraft · handicraft · weaving</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="atlas ἄτλας titan endurance the heavens astronomy navigation oloophron (ὀλοόφρων) ouranophoros (οὐρανοφόρος) endurer at the world's edge" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/atlas" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Atlas</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἄτλας</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>endurance · the heavens · astronomy · navigation</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-B" data-letter="B" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>B</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="bellerophon βελλεροφῶν hero heroism monster-slaying horsemanship hubris bellerophontes (βελλεροφόντης) the blameless (amumon) tamer of pegasus slayer of the chimera" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/bellerophon" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Bellerophon</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Βελλεροφῶν</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>heroism · monster-slaying · horsemanship · hubris</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="briareus βριάρεως monster immense strength the primeval powers of earth the storms of the aegean sea the guarding of tartarus the guarantee of zeus's cosmic order hekatoncheir / ἑκατόγχειρες ("hundred-handed") aegaeon (αἰγαίων) the fifty-headed (πεντηκοντακέφαλος) obriareus (ὀβριάρεως)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/briareus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Briareus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Βριάρεως</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>immense strength · the primeval powers of earth · the storms of the Aegean Sea · the guarding of Tartarus</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="brontes βρόντης monster thunder forging" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/brontes" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Brontes</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Βρόντης</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>thunder · forging</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-C" data-letter="C" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>C</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="calliope καλλιόπη personification epic poetry" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/calliope" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Calliope</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Καλλιόπη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>epic poetry</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="ceto κητώ primordial" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/ceto" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ceto</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κητώ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="chaos χάος primordial the yawning gap the primordial void origin" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/chaos" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Chaos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Χάος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the yawning gap · the primordial void · origin</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="charites / the graces χάριτες gratiae personification grace beauty charm festivity joy gratitude dance the sweetness of life the pleasures of the banquet and the arts αἱ χάριτες (hai charites) — "the graces" ἀγλαΐα (aglaia) — "splendour, radiance" εὐφροσύνη (euphrosyne) — "good cheer, mirth" θάλεια / θαλία (thaleia / thalia) — "festivity, good blossom, abundance" χάριτες ὀρχομένιαι (charites orchomeniai) — "the graces of orchomenus"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/charites" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Charites / the Graces</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Χάριτες</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>grace · beauty · charm · festivity</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="charon χάρων minor the crossing of the dead the ferrying of souls the boundary between the living and the dead the ferryman of the dead (ho porthmeus tōn nekrōn) the grim boatman (ho stygeros / the dreadful one) charun (etruscan) portitor (latin, 'the toll-keeper / ferryman')" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/charon" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Charon</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Χάρων</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the crossing of the dead · the ferrying of souls · the boundary between the living and the dead</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="cheirōn (chiron) χείρων chiron minor healing and medicine the tutoring of heroes herb-lore and pharmacology prophecy music hunting cheiron (χείρων) the most just of the centaurs (dikaiotatos kentaurōn, δικαιότατος κενταύρων) the wisest of the centaurs the kindly centaur tutor of heroes" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/chiron" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Cheirōn (Chiron)</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Χείρων</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>healing and medicine · the tutoring of heroes · herb-lore and pharmacology · prophecy</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="chimaira (chimera) χίμαιρα monster fire-breathing monstrous hybridity the terror of lycia the impossible combination the chimaera of lycia (ἡ λυκίη χίμαιρα) the fire-breather amaimaketē (ἀμαιμακέτη) χίμαιρα — 'she-goat' trimorphos / triple-bodied" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/chimera" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Chimaira (Chimera)</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Χίμαιρα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>fire-breathing · monstrous hybridity · the terror of Lycia · the impossible combination</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="circe / kirke κίρκη circe (the romans kept her greek name unchanged) minor magic transformation herbs and drugs (pharmaka) enchantment sorcery polypharmakos (πολυφάρμακος) deine theos audeessa (δεινὴ θεὸς αὐδήεσσα) euplokamos (ἐϋπλόκαμος) daughter of helios / of the sun's line" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/circe" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Circe / Kirke</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κίρκη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>magic · transformation · herbs and drugs (pharmaka) · enchantment</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="clio κλειώ personification history" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/clio" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Clio</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κλειώ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>history</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="clymene κλυμένη nymph" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/clymene" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Clymene</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κλυμένη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="coeus κοῖος titan the celestial axis the north inquiry rational intellect polos (πόλος) the inquirer" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/coeus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Coeus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κοῖος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the celestial axis · the north · inquiry · rational intellect</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="cottus κόττος monster immense strength the primeval powers of earth the guarding of tartarus loyalty to zeus's order hekatoncheir / ἑκατόγχειρες ("hundred-handed") the fifty-headed (πεντηκοντακέφαλος) warden of the titans" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/cottus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Cottus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κόττος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>immense strength · the primeval powers of earth · the guarding of Tartarus · loyalty to Zeus's order</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="crius κρῖος crius titan cosmic order the heavens the constellations the south" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/crius" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Crius</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κρῖος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>cosmic order · the heavens · the constellations · the south</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="cronus κρόνος saturn titan harvest sovereignty the golden age time (by later allegory) ankylomētēs (ἀγκυλομήτης) king of the titans lord of the golden age" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/cronus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Cronus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κρόνος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>harvest · sovereignty · the Golden Age · time (by later allegory)</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-D" data-letter="D" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>D</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="daidalos δαίδαλος hero craftsmanship invention sculpture architecture artifice cunning technology δαίδαλος (daidalos) — "the cunning-wrought" the athenian — of the line of erechtheus father of the daidalidai maker of statues that moved" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/daedalus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Daidalos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Δαίδαλος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>craftsmanship · invention · sculpture · architecture</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="danaë δανάη hero motherhood endurance the protected daughter deliverance from danger mother of perseus (μήτηρ περσέως) the argive princess (ἀργεία) chrysopatōr — 'she of the golden father' the castaway of seriphos" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/danae" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Danaë</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Δανάη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>motherhood · endurance · the protected daughter · deliverance from danger</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="demeter δημήτηρ ceres olympian grain harvest the fertile earth agriculture the sacred law the mysteries thesmophoros sito chloe karpophoros eleusinia anesidora melaina erinys" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/demeter" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Demeter</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Δημήτηρ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>grain · harvest · the fertile earth · agriculture</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="dione διώνη titan" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/dione" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Dione</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Διώνη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="dionysus διόνυσος bacchus olympian wine ecstasy theatre madness rebirth vegetation bakcheus (βακχεύς) bromios (βρόμιος) lyaeus / lysios (λυαῖος / λύσιος) eleutherios (ἐλευθέριος) dithyrambos (διθύραμβος) eiraphiotes (εἰραφιώτης) nyktelios (νυκτέλιος) iacchos (ἴακχος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/dionysus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Dionysus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Διόνυσος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>wine · ecstasy · theatre · madness</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="dioskouroi / the dioscuri διόσκουροι castor and pollux (the roman castores; their great temple stood in the forum) hero the rescue of sailors seafaring horsemanship athletics (boxing and the footrace) protection in battle hospitality brotherly love tyndaridae (τυνδαρίδαι) anakes / anaktes (ἄνακες) kastor (κάστωρ) polydeukes / pollux (πολυδεύκης) sōtēres (σωτῆρες)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/dioscuri" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Dioskouroi / the Dioscuri</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Διόσκουροι</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the rescue of sailors · seafaring · horsemanship · athletics (boxing and the footrace)</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-E" data-letter="E" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>E</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="echidna ἔχιδνα monster monstrous generation serpents the underworld's edge primeval chaos the wild places beyond the reach of gods and men ἔχιδνα (echidna) mother of all monsters half-nymph, half-serpent (ἥμισυ νύμφην, ἥμισυ ὄφιν) the deathless and ageless one (ἀθάνατος καὶ ἀγήρως)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/echidna" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Echidna</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἔχιδνα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>monstrous generation · serpents · the underworld's edge · primeval chaos</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="echo ἠχώ nymph mountain wilds sound and reverberation the reflected voice echoes among rocks and caves ἠχώ (echo) — "the repeating voice" oread (ὀρειάς, oreias) — "nymph of the mountains" "eponym of the echo" "the voice among the rocks"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/echo" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Echo</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἠχώ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>mountain wilds · sound and reverberation · the reflected voice · echoes among rocks and caves</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="eileithyia εἰλείθυια lucina (an aspect of juno — juno lucina — the roman childbirth-goddess; the greeks' eileithyia was also identified with roman lucina) olympian childbirth labour and delivery the pangs of labour the safe deliverance of mother and child eleutho (ἐλευθώ) mogostokos (μογοστόκος) lochia (λοχία) eileithyiai (εἰλείθυιαι, plural)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/eileithyia" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Eileithyia</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Εἰλείθυια</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>childbirth · labour and delivery · the pangs of labour · the safe deliverance of mother and child</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="eos ἠώς aurora titan dawn daybreak morning light rhododaktylos (ῥοδοδάκτυλος) erigeneia (ἠριγένεια) krokopeplos (κροκόπεπλος) eupeplos (εὔπεπλος) chrysothronos (χρυσόθρονος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/eos" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Eos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἠώς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>dawn · daybreak · morning light</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="epimetheus ἐπιμηθεύς epimetheus titan afterthought hindsight excuses second thoughts" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/epimetheus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Epimetheus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἐπιμηθεύς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>afterthought · hindsight · excuses · second thoughts</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="erato ἐρατώ personification love poetry" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/erato" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Erato</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἐρατώ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>love poetry</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="erebus ἔρεβος primordial darkness primordial gloom shadow the primordial dark the gloom of the deep consort of night" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/erebus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Erebus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἔρεβος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>darkness · primordial gloom · shadow</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="erinyes / the furies ἐρινύες furiae / dirae (a bare note only — the romans called them the furiae, "the furious ones," or the dirae, "the dreadful ones") personification vengeance punishment of kin-murder the enforcing of oaths curses blood-guilt and its pollution retribution against those who break the natural bonds of family the honour owed to parents and elders the underworld εὐμενίδες (eumenides) — "the kindly ones" σεμναί (semnai) / σεμναὶ θεαί (semnai theai) — "the venerable / august ones", "the revered goddesses" μανίαι (maniai) — "the madnesses" ἀραί (arai) — "the curses"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/erinyes" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Erinyes / the Furies</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἐρινύες</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>vengeance · punishment of kin-murder · the enforcing of oaths · curses</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="eris ἔρις personification strife discord" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/eris" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Eris</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἔρις</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>strife · discord</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="eros ἔρως primordial love desire" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/eros" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Eros</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἔρως</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>love · desire</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="europa εὐρώπη hero the crossing of the sea cretan queenship the mother of crete's kings the naming of europe hellotis (ἑλλωτίς) europe the continent (εὐρώπη) the phoenician maiden (φοίνισσα) mother of the judges" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/europa" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Europa</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Εὐρώπη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the crossing of the sea · Cretan queenship · the mother of Crete's kings · the naming of Europe</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="eurybia εὐρυβίη primordial" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/eurybia" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Eurybia</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Εὐρυβίη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="euterpe εὐτέρπη personification music lyric poetry" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/euterpe" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Euterpe</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Εὐτέρπη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>music · lyric poetry</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-G" data-letter="G" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>G</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="gaia γαῖα terra (tellus) primordial earth fertility prophecy motherhood the primal generative power gē mētēr (γῆ μήτηρ) pandora (πανδώρα) anēsidōra (ἀνησιδώρα) kourotrophos themis-bearer / prōtomantis eurusternos (εὐρύστερνος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/gaia" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Gaia</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Γαῖα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>earth · fertility · prophecy · motherhood</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="ganymēdēs γανυμήδης catamitus hero the cupbearer of the gods youthful beauty the pouring of drink the waters of the sky oinochoos theōn (οἰνοχόος θεῶν) aquarius / hydrochoös (ὑδροχόος) kallistos thnētōn (κάλλιστος θνητῶν) catamitus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/ganymede" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ganymēdēs</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Γανυμήδης</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the cupbearer of the gods · youthful beauty · the pouring of drink · the waters of the sky</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="geras γῆρας personification old age" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/geras" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Geras</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Γῆρας</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>old age</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="gigantes γίγαντες gigantes monster revolt against the olympians earth-born strength the gigantomachy order against chaos gēgeneis (γηγενεῖς) phlegraioi (φλεγραῖοι) porphyrion basileus (πορφυρίων βασιλεύς) alkyoneus (ἀλκυονεύς)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/gigantes" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Gigantes</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Γίγαντες</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>revolt against the Olympians · earth-born strength · the Gigantomachy · order against chaos</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="glaukos γλαῦκος glaucus minor the sea fishermen and fishing sailors and safe passage sea-prophecy immortality won by a herb γλαῦκος (glaukos) — "the sea-green one" πόντιος (pontios) — "of the deep sea" ἀνθηδόνιος (anthedonios) — "the anthedonian" one of the ἅλιοι γέροντες (halioi gerontes) — the "old men of the sea"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/glaucus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Glaukos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Γλαῦκος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the sea · fishermen and fishing · sailors and safe passage · sea-prophecy</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="gorgones γοργόνες gorgones monster monstrous terror the petrifying gaze apotropaic protection the terrible feminine the world's edge γοργόνες (gorgones) — "the grim ones" σθεννώ (stheno) — "the strong," "the mighty" εὐρυάλη (euryale) — "wide-leaping," "far-roaming" μέδουσα (medusa) — "the guardian," "the queen" γοργῶπις / "the gorgon-eyed"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/gorgons" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Gorgones</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Γοργόνες</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>monstrous terror · the petrifying gaze · apotropaic protection · the terrible feminine</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="graiai γραῖαι monster old age grey twilight the far western edge of the world the sea's monstrous brood guardianship of hidden knowledge δεινώ (deino) — "dread" / "terror" ἐνυώ (enyo) — "horror" / "the warlike" πεμφρηδώ (pemphredo) — "alarm" / "she who shows the way" φορκίδες (phorkides) — "the daughters of phorcys" "the grey ones" (graiai)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/graeae" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Graiai</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Γραῖαι</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>old age · grey twilight · the far western edge of the world · the sea's monstrous brood</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="gyes (gyges) γύης monster immense strength the primeval powers of earth the guarding of tartarus loyalty to zeus's order hekatoncheir / ἑκατόγχειρες ("hundred-handed") the fifty-headed (πεντηκοντακέφαλος) gyes / gyges (γύης / γύγης)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/gyges" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Gyes (Gyges)</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Γύης</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>immense strength · the primeval powers of earth · the guarding of Tartarus · loyalty to Zeus's order</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-H" data-letter="H" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>H</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="hades ᾅδης pluto olympian underworld the dead hidden wealth plouton (πλούτων) aïdoneus (ἀϊδωνεύς) chthonios (χθόνιος) polydegmon / polydektes (πολυδέγμων / πολυδέκτης) klymenos (κλύμενος) eubouleus (εὐβουλεύς) zeus katachthonios (ζεὺς καταχθόνιος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hades" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hades</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>ᾍδης</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>underworld · the dead · hidden wealth</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="harmonia ἁρμονία harmonia minor harmony concord marital agreement the reconciliation of opposites order ἁρμονία (harmonia) — "concord, the joining-together" νύμφη καδμηΐς (nymphē kadmēis) — "the bride of cadmus" / "the cadmeian bride" ἁρμονία διὸς θυγάτηρ (harmonia, daughter of zeus) — the samothracian byname μήτηρ θηβαίων (mētēr thēbaiōn) — "mother of the thebans"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/harmonia" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Harmonia</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἁρμονία</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>harmony · concord · marital agreement · the reconciliation of opposites</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="harpyiai ἅρπυιαι monster storm-winds whirlwinds the snatching gust sudden disappearance divine punishment ἅρπυιαι (harpyiai) — "the snatchers" ἀελλώ (aello), also νικοθόη (nicothoe) ὠκυπέτη (ocypete) κελαινώ (celaeno) ποδάργη (podarge) — "the swift-footed" "the lovely-haired" / "the storm-footed"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/harpies" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Harpyiai</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἅρπυιαι</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>storm-winds · whirlwinds · the snatching gust · sudden disappearance</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="hebe ἥβη juventas olympian youth the bloom of life the cupbearing of the gods forgiveness and pardon the restoration of youth ganymeda (γανυμήδα) dia (δία) cupbearer of the gods (οἰνοχόος θεῶν, oinochoos theon) bride of heracles" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hebe" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hebe</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἥβη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>youth · the bloom of life · the cupbearing of the gods · forgiveness and pardon</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="hecate ἑκάτη trivia titan crossroads boundaries and thresholds magic and witchcraft ghosts and the restless dead the night protection of the household door childbirth and the young the moon (by later association) trioditis / trivia (τριοδῖτις) triformis / trimorphos (τρίμορφος) phosphoros / dadophoros (φωσφόρος) propolos (πρόπολος) kleidouchos (κλειδοῦχος) chthonia (χθονία) enodia (ἐνοδία)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hecate" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hecate</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἑκάτη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>crossroads · boundaries and thresholds · magic and witchcraft · ghosts and the restless dead</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="hektōr ἕκτωρ hector hero warfare the defence of the city martial courage honour duty to family and homeland κορυθαίολος (korythaiolos) — "of the flashing helmet" ἱππόδαμος (hippodamos) — "tamer of horses" ἕκτωρ (hektōr) — "the holder / upholder" πρόμαχος (promachos) — "champion, front-fighter"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hector" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hektōr</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἕκτωρ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>warfare · the defence of the city · martial courage · honour</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="helenē ἑλένη hero beauty marriage seafaring and safe voyage (in cult) vegetation and the tree (in her rhodian cult) the fatal power of desire helen of troy (ἑλένη) helen of sparta / of argos (ἑλένη λάκαινα) helen dendritis (ἑλένη δενδρῖτις) helen dioscura (ἑλένη)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/helen" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Helenē</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἑλένη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>beauty · marriage · seafaring and safe voyage (in cult) · vegetation and the tree (in her Rhodian cult)</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="helios ἥλιος sol titan sun sunlight sight oaths herds panoptēs (πανόπτης) hyperionidēs (ὑπεριονίδης) phaethōn (φαέθων) elektōr (ἠλέκτωρ) terpsimbrotos (τερψίμβροτος) akamas (ἀκάμας) sol invictus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/helios" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Helios</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἥλιος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>sun · sunlight · sight · oaths</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="hemera ἡμέρα primordial day daylight daytime the bright day daughter of night she who crosses the threshold" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hemera" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hemera</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἡμέρα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>day · daylight · daytime</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="hephaestus ἥφαιστος vulcan olympian fire forge craftsmanship metalworking sculpture amphigyeeis (ἀμφιγυήεις) kyllopodion (κυλλοποδίων) klytotechnes (κλυτοτέχνης) chalkeus (χαλκεύς) polymetis (πολύμητις) aitnaios (αἰτναῖος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hephaestus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hephaestus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἥφαιστος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>fire · forge · craftsmanship · metalworking</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="hēra ἥρα juno olympian marriage women childbirth queenship the sky wedded households teleia argeia boôpis basileia zygia parthenos aigophagos" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hera" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hēra</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἥρα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>marriage · women · childbirth · queenship</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="herakles ἡρακλῆς hercules hero strength heroism endurance protection victory athletics alexikakos (ἀλεξίκακος) kallinikos (καλλίνικος) triesperos (τριέσπερος) melampygos (μελάμπυγος) buphagos (βουφάγος) alexeter / soter" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/heracles" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Herakles</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἡρακλῆς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>strength · heroism · endurance · protection</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="hermes ἑρμῆς mercury olympian travel boundaries trade thieves heralds eloquence guiding of souls argeiphontes (ἀργειφόντης) diaktoros (διάκτορος) psychopompos (ψυχοπομπός) dolios (δόλιος) logios (λόγιος) enagonios (ἐναγώνιος) agoraios (ἀγοραῖος) kriophoros (κριοφόρος) chthonios (χθόνιος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hermes" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hermes</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἑρμῆς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>travel · boundaries · trade · thieves</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="hestia ἑστία vesta olympian hearth home family the sacred fire hospitality the civic hearth prytanitis boulaia koine prote kai hystate tender of the sacred fire" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hestia" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hestia</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἑστία</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>hearth · home · family · the sacred fire</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="hoi megaloi alitroi οἱ μεγάλοι ἀλιτροί hero divine punishment eternal torment the crimes of hospitality and kinship and lust the wages of hubris tartarus the cautionary example σίσυφος (sisyphos) τάνταλος (tantalos) ἰξίων (ixiōn) αἱ δαναΐδες (hai danaïdes) τιτυός (tityos)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/the-damned" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>hoi megaloi alitroi</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>οἱ μεγάλοι ἀλιτροί</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>divine punishment · eternal torment · the crimes of hospitality and kinship and lust · the wages of hubris</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="horai ὧραι horae personification the seasons the natural order of time the ripening year right order and lawfulness justice peace the fitting moment growth and blooming the gates of olympus εὐνομία (eunomia) — "good order" / "lawfulness" δίκη (dike) — "justice" εἰρήνη (eirene) — "peace" θαλλώ (thallo) — "the bloomer" αὐξώ (auxo) — "the increaser" καρπώ (carpo / karpo) — "the fruit-bringer"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/horai" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Horai</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ὧραι</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the seasons · the natural order of time · the ripening year · right order and lawfulness</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="hydra ὕδρα monster venom and pestilence regeneration the terror of lerna chthonic marsh-waters the lernaean hydra (ὕδρα λερναία) polykephalos (πολυκέφαλος) hydra (ὕδρα) nursling of hera (θρέμμα ἥρας)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hydra" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hydra</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ὕδρα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>venom and pestilence · regeneration · the terror of Lerna · chthonic marsh-waters</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="hyperion ὑπερίων titan light heavenly light celestial order hyperiōn (ὑπερίων) helios hyperion (ἠέλιος ὑπερίων) hyperionidēs (ὑπεριονίδης) elektor (ἠλέκτωρ)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hyperion" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hyperion</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ὑπερίων</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>light · heavenly light · celestial order</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="hypnos ὕπνος personification sleep" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/hypnos" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hypnos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ὕπνος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>sleep</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-I" data-letter="I" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>I</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="iapetus ἰαπετός iapetus titan mortality the mortal condition forethought and folly" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/iapetus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Iapetus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἰαπετός</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>mortality · the mortal condition · forethought and folly</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="iason ἰάσων hero heroic quest seafaring leadership kingship (contested) aisonides (αἰσονίδης) monosandalos (descriptive) archos of the argonauts (descriptive) aisonides kouros (descriptive)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/jason" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Iason</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἰάσων</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>heroic quest · seafaring · leadership · kingship (contested)</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="ikaros ἴκαρος icarus hero flight youth and recklessness hubris and overreach the sea and the island that bear his name "the boy who flew" eponym of the icarian sea (ἰκάριον πέλαγος) eponym of icaria (ἰκαρία)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/icarus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ikaros</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἴκαρος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>flight · youth and recklessness · hubris and overreach · the sea and the island that bear his name</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="io ἰώ hero wandering and exile transformation the priesthood of hera the ancestral line of argos the crossing of seas priestess of hera at argos (ἱέρεια τῆς ἥρας) bous / the heifer (βοῦς) isis (identified with the egyptian ἶσις) phoroneia / the argive maiden" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/io" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Io</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἰώ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>wandering and exile · transformation · the priesthood of Hera · the ancestral line of Argos</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="iris ἶρις minor the rainbow divine messages and heralding the bridge between heaven and earth the sea and its mists the binding oaths of the gods chrysopteros (χρυσόπτερος) podas ōkea (πόδας ὠκέα) aellopos (ἀελλόπους) thaumantias / thaumantis (θαυμαντιάς)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/iris" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Iris</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ἶρις</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the rainbow · divine messages and heralding · the bridge between heaven and earth · the sea and its mists</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-K" data-letter="K" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>K</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="kadmos κάδμος hero city-founding kingship culture-bringing writing founder of thebes (descriptive) the spartos-sower (descriptive) bringer of letters (descriptive) the serpent-ancestor (descriptive)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/cadmus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Kadmos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κάδμος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>city-founding · kingship · culture-bringing · writing</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="kalypsō καλυψώ nymph remote islands concealment and hiding the deep sea immortality offered weaving solitary love καλυψώ (kalypsō) — "the concealer" δῖα θεάων (dia theaōn) — "bright among goddesses" νύμφη ἐϋπλόκαμος (nymphē euplokamos) — "the fair-tressed nymph" δολόεσσα (doloessa) — "the guileful" / "weaver of wiles" ἀτλαντὶς (atlantis) — "daughter of atlas"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/calypso" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Kalypsō</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Καλυψώ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>remote islands · concealment and hiding · the deep sea · immortality offered</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="kassandra κασσάνδρα hero prophecy foreknowledge the unheeded truth the fall of troy tragic doom alexandra (ἀλεξάνδρα) — "defender of men" μάντις (mantis) — "the prophetess / seer" "the mad maiden" κόρη (korē) of apollo" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/cassandra" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Kassandra</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κασσάνδρα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>prophecy · foreknowledge · the unheeded truth · the fall of Troy</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="kerberos κέρβερος cerberus monster guardian of the underworld the threshold between the living and the dead the gates of hades death and no-return the hound of hades (ἀΐδεω κύων / aïdeō kyōn) the fifty-headed (πεντηκοντακέφαλος / pentēkontakephalos) the bronze-voiced (χαλκεόφωνος / chalkeophōnos) the flesh-devourer (ὠμηστής / ōmēstēs)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/cerberus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Kerberos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κέρβερος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>guardian of the underworld · the threshold between the living and the dead · the gates of Hades · death and no-return</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="kritai tōn nekrōn / the judges of the dead κριταὶ τῶν νεκρῶν minor judgement of the dead justice law and lawgiving the underworld the sorting of souls righteousness minos (μίνως) rhadamanthus (ῥαδάμανθυς) aeacus (αἰακός) kritai (κριταί) — "the judges"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/judges-of-the-dead" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Kritai tōn Nekrōn / the Judges of the Dead</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κριταὶ τῶν Νεκρῶν</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>judgement of the dead · justice · law and lawgiving · the underworld</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="kyklopes κύκλωπες monster smithcraft metalworking the forge thunder and lightning volcanic fire monstrous giants herding lawlessness κύκλωπες (kyklopes) — "the round-eyed" βρόντης (brontes) — "thunder" στερόπης (steropes) — "lightning" ἄργης (arges) — "bright" / "vivid" "the one-eyed" (monommatos)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/cyclopes" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Kyklopes</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Κύκλωπες</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>smithcraft · metalworking · the forge · thunder and lightning</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-L" data-letter="L" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>L</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="leto λητώ latona titan motherhood modesty protection of the young night leto phytiē kourotrophos eukomos kyanopeplos" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/leto" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Leto</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Λητώ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>motherhood · modesty · protection of the young · night</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-M" data-letter="M" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>M</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="maia μαῖα nymph" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/maia" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Maia</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μαῖα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="medeia μήδεια hero witchcraft herb-craft pharmaka (drugs and potions) cunning betrayal and vengeance priestess of hecate (ἱέρεια ἑκάτης) the knowing one / cunning in drugs (πολυφάρμακος, polypharmakos) granddaughter of helios (ἡλιὰς) the colchian (ἡ κολχίς)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/medea" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Medeia</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μήδεια</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>witchcraft · herb-craft · pharmaka (drugs and potions) · cunning</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="medousa μέδουσα medusa monster the petrifying gaze apotropaic protection monstrous terror the terrible feminine gorgṓ (γοργώ) euparēos (εὐπάρῃος) hē thnētē (ἡ θνητή) — 'the mortal one' gorgṓpis / the gorgon-faced" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/medusa" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Medousa</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μέδουσα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the petrifying gaze · apotropaic protection · monstrous terror · the terrible feminine</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="meleagros μελέαγρος hero heroism the hunt the calydonian boar doomed valour the calydonian (descriptive) slayer of the boar (descriptive) the fated (descriptive) lord of the hunt (descriptive)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/meleager" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Meleagros</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μελέαγρος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>heroism · the hunt · the Calydonian boar · doomed valour</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="melpomene μελπομένη personification tragedy" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/melpomene" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Melpomene</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μελπομένη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>tragedy</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="menelaos μενέλαος menelaus hero kingship war marriage hospitality the recovery of what is stolen ξανθός (xanthos) — "fair-haired" / "golden" βοὴν ἀγαθός (boēn agathos) — "good at the war-cry" ἀρηΐφιλος (arēïphilos) — "dear to ares" / "beloved of ares" menelaos of the menelaion" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/menelaus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Menelaos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μενέλαος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>kingship · war · marriage · hospitality</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="menoetius μενοίτιος titan violent rage reckless might hubris hyperoplos (ὑπέροπλος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/menoetius" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Menoetius</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μενοίτιος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>violent rage · reckless might · hubris</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="metis μῆτις nymph cunning intelligence wisdom craft prudent counsel mētis (μῆτις) wisest of gods and mortals" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/metis" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Metis</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μῆτις</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>cunning intelligence · wisdom · craft · prudent counsel</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="midas μίδας hero kingship wealth gold folly and its cure the lesson of the wish "the golden-handed" (chrysocheir-figure) "the ass-eared" (onōta) king of phrygia (phryx basileus)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/midas" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Midas</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μίδας</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>kingship · wealth · gold · folly and its cure</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="minōtauros μινώταυρος minotaurus monster the labyrinth monstrous birth the athenian tribute the man-bull asterios / asterion (ἀστέριος / ἀστερίων) minotauros (μινώταυρος) semibos vir / semivir bos the cretan monster (cretaeum monstrum)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/minotaur" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minōtauros</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μινώταυρος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the Labyrinth · monstrous birth · the Athenian tribute · the man-bull</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="mnemosyne μνημοσύνη moneta titan memory remembrance the arts mother of the muses (μουσῶν μήτηρ) queen of the hills of eleuther titanis" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/mnemosyne" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Mnemosyne</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μνημοσύνη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>memory · remembrance · the arts</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="moirai / the fates μοῖραι the parcae (also called the fata) personification fate destiny the span of a mortal life birth death the apportioning of the lot the thread of life prophecy of what must be μοῖραι (moirai) — "the apportioners" κλῶθες (klothes) — "the spinners" αἶσα (aisa) — "allotment, destiny" μοιραγέται (of zeus and apollo, moiragetes) — "leaders of the fates" κραταιαί (krataiai) — "the strong, the mighty ones"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/moirai" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Moirai / the Fates</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μοῖραι</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>fate · destiny · the span of a mortal life · birth</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="moros μόρος personification doom" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/moros" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Moros</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μόρος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>doom</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="mousai / muses μοῦσαι the camenae (the old italian spring-nymphs of prophecy and song, with whom the romans identified the imported greek muses) personification poetry song music dance memory history astronomy the arts and sciences inspiration the ordering of knowledge ἑλικωνιάδες (helikoniades) — "the heliconian maidens" πιερίδες (pierides) — "the pierian maidens" ὀλυμπιάδες (olympiades) — "the olympian maidens" μοῦσαι (mousai), "daughters of memory" (mnemosynides)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/muses" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Mousai / Muses</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Μοῦσαι</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>poetry · song · music · dance</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-N" data-letter="N" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>N</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="narkissos νάρκισσος hero beauty self-love vanity unrequited love transformation ὁ καλός (ho kalos) — "the beautiful" the youth of thespiae / the boeotian narcissus of the pool (the self-lover)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/narcissus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Narkissos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Νάρκισσος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>beauty · self-love · vanity · unrequited love</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="nemesis νέμεσις nemesis personification retribution divine justice the balancing of fortune the checking of hubris due measure rhamnousia (ῥαμνουσία) adrasteia (ἀδράστεια) erinys (ἐρινύς) / the avenger ourania (οὐρανία)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/nemesis" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nemesis</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Νέμεσις</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>retribution · divine justice · the balancing of fortune · the checking of hubris</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="nereides νηρηΐδες nymph the sea the calm and generous deep the mediterranean's rich waters safe voyage and rescue at sea the moods of the waves sea-nymph beauty νηρηΐδες (nereides) — "daughters of nereus" ἁλιάδες (haliades) — "daughters of the salt sea" θέτις (thetis) — the silver-footed, chief of the nereids ἀμφιτρίτη (amphitrite) — the nereid who became queen of the sea γαλάτεια (galatea) — "milk-white," the beloved of the cyclops" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/nereids" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nereides</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Νηρηΐδες</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the sea · the calm and generous deep · the Mediterranean's rich waters · safe voyage and rescue at sea</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="nereus νηρεύς primordial the sea prophecy truth the calm deep shape-shifting wise old age halios gerōn (ἅλιος γέρων) apseudēs (ἀψευδής) nēmertēs' father / the truthful of heart prophet of the deep (mantis)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/nereus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nereus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Νηρεύς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the sea · prophecy · truth · the calm deep</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="nikē νίκη victoria personification victory winning in war triumph in the games success in any contest apteros (ἄπτερος) pteroessa (πτερόεσσα) athena nike (ἀθηνᾶ νίκη) chrysopteros (χρυσόπτερος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/nike" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nikē</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Νίκη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>victory · winning in war · triumph in the games · success in any contest</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="nymphai / nymphs νύμφαι nymph fresh water and springs rivers and wells the sea trees and woodland mountains and grottoes meadows and pastures the fertility of wild places the nurture of the young ναϊάδες (naiades) — "the flowing ones" δρυάδες (dryades) — "the oak / tree maidens" ὀρειάδες (oreiades) — "the mountain maidens" νηρηΐδες (nērēides) — "the daughters of nereus" ὠκεανίδες (ōkeanides) — "the daughters of oceanus"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/nymphs" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymphai / Nymphs</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Νύμφαι</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>fresh water and springs · rivers and wells · the sea · trees and woodland</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="nyx νύξ nox primordial night darkness thoē (θοή) melaina / erebennē dmēteira (δμήτειρα) euphronē (εὐφρόνη) genesis pantōn (γένεσις πάντων)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/nyx" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nyx</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Νύξ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>night · darkness</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-O" data-letter="O" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>O</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="oceanus ὠκεανός oceanus titan the world-encircling river fresh water the source of all waters ἀψόρροος (apsorrhoos) ὠκεανός βαθυρρείτης (bathyrrheites) ἀκαλαρρείτης (akalarrheites) γένεσις πάντεσσι (genesis pantessi)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/oceanus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Oceanus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ὠκεανός</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the world-encircling river · fresh water · the source of all waters</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="odysseus ὀδυσσεύς ulysses hero cunning strategy endurance homecoming eloquence seafaring polytropos (πολύτροπος) polymētis (πολύμητις) polymēchanos (πολυμήχανος) ptoliporthos (πτολίπορθος) polytlas (πολύτλας) talasiphron" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/odysseus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Odysseus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ὀδυσσεύς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>cunning · strategy · endurance · homecoming</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="oidipous οἰδίπους hero tragic kingship fate and prophecy the solving of riddles blood-guilt and pollution exile tyrannos (τύραννος) oidipous, 'swollen-foot' the riddle-solver oidipous kolonos, the hero of colonus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/oedipus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Oidipous</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Οἰδίπους</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>tragic kingship · fate and prophecy · the solving of riddles · blood-guilt and pollution</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="okeanides ὠκεανίδες nymph fresh water the sea's margins springs rivers wells rain-clouds the nursing and rearing of the young meadows and flowering places ὠκεανίδες (okeanides) — "daughters of oceanus" καλλίσφυροι (kallisphyroi) — "fair-ankled" / "slender-ankled" κοῦραι (kourai) — "maidens, girls" "who have the young in their keeping" (κουρίζουσι)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/oceanids" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Okeanides</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ὠκεανίδες</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>fresh water · the sea's margins · springs · rivers</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="orpheus ὀρφεύς hero music song poetry prophecy the mysteries the descent to the dead father of songs (descriptive) the thracian singer (descriptive) charmer of beasts and stones (descriptive) founder of the mysteries (descriptive) the argonaut (descriptive)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/orpheus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Orpheus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ὀρφεύς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>music · song · poetry · prophecy</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-P" data-letter="P" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>P</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="pallas πάλλας titan" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/pallas" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Pallas</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πάλλας</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="pan πάν faunus (the romans also identified him with their own woodland god faunus, and with inuus, a rustic fertility-spirit) minor the wild shepherds and their flocks herdsmen the mountains and lonely places rustic music fertility of the herd sudden fear aigipan (αἰγίπαν) lykaios (λυκαῖος) nomios (νόμιος) aigokeros (αἰγόκερως)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/pan" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Pan</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πάν</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the wild · shepherds and their flocks · herdsmen · the mountains and lonely places</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="pandora πανδώρα hero the first woman mortal womankind the crafted gift the loosing of toils and hope anesidora (ἀνησιδώρα) kalon kakon (καλὸν κακόν) pandora (πανδώρα) the first woman (protē gynē, πρώτη γυνή)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/pandora" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Pandora</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πανδώρα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the first woman · mortal womankind · the crafted gift · the loosing of toils and hope</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="paris πάρις hero the princes of troy beauty desire archery the herding of ida the cause of the trojan war ἀλέξανδρος (alexandros) — "defender of men" δύσπαρις (dysparis) — "ill paris," "paris of evil" εἶδος ἄριστος (eidos aristos) — "best in beauty of form" τοξότης (toxotēs) — "the archer," "bowman"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/paris" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Paris</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πάρις</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the princes of Troy · beauty · desire · archery</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="patroklos πάτροκλος hero comradeship loyalty gentleness in war healing the bond of companions μενοιτιάδης (menoitiadēs) — "son of menoetius" ἱππεὺς / ἱππῆος (hippeus) — "the horseman / knight" ἐνηής (enēēs) — "the gentle, the kindly" θεράπων ἀχιλῆος (therapōn achilēos) — "companion / squire of achilles"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/patroclus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Patroklos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πάτροκλος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>comradeship · loyalty · gentleness in war · healing</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="pegasus πήγασος minor flight springs and fountains poetic inspiration the thunderbolt of zeus πήγασος / 'the winged horse' (ho ptēnos hippos) born by the springs of ocean (pēgai ōkeanoio) horse of the muses (mousaios hippos) bearer of zeus's thunderbolt (brontēs kai steropēs phorēs)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/pegasus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Pegasus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πήγασος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>flight · springs and fountains · poetic inspiration · the thunderbolt of Zeus</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="penelope πηνελόπη hero marriage wifely fidelity patience cunning and craft the household weaving περίφρων πηνελόπεια (periphrōn penelopeia) — "circumspect penelope" ἐχέφρων (echephrōn) — "steady-minded" the weaver of the web (the shroud of laertes) the faithful wife" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/penelope" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Penelope</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πηνελόπη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>marriage · wifely fidelity · patience · cunning and craft</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="persephone περσεφόνη proserpina olympian the underworld queenship of the dead the coming of spring the ripening and the cutting of grain the mystery of death and rebirth kore (κόρη) despoina (δέσποινα) hagne (ἁγνή) praxidike (πραξιδίκη)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/persephone" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Persephone</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Περσεφόνη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the underworld · queenship of the dead · the coming of spring · the ripening and the cutting of grain</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="perses πέρσης titan" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/perses" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Perses</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πέρσης</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="perseus περσεύς hero heroism monster-slaying deliverance founding of cities eurymedon (εὐρυμέδων) gorgophonos (γοργοφόνος) perseus the constellation perseides / founder of the perseidai" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/perseus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Perseus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Περσεύς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>heroism · monster-slaying · deliverance · founding of cities</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="phoebe φοίβη titan prophecy radiance the oracle at delphi intellect phoibe (φοίβη) mistress of delphi" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/phoebe" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Phoebe</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Φοίβη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>prophecy · radiance · the oracle at Delphi · intellect</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="phorcys φόρκυς primordial" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/phorcys" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Phorcys</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Φόρκυς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="pleiades πλειάδες nymph the star-cluster of the pleiades the turning of the seasons the sailing year the harvest and the sowing mountain and spring nymphs the ancestry of gods and heroes ἀτλαντίδες (atlantides) — "the daughters of atlas" πλειάδες (pleiades) — "the doves" / "the sailing-stars" ἑπτάποροι (heptaporoi) — "the seven-pathed" / "the seven sisters" πελειάδες πέλειαι (the star-doves)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/pleiades" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Pleiades</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πλειάδες</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the star-cluster of the Pleiades · the turning of the seasons · the sailing year · the harvest and the sowing</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="polyhymnia πολύμνια personification sacred hymns" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/polyhymnia" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Polyhymnia</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πολύμνια</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>sacred hymns</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="polyphēmos πολύφημος monster the man-eating cyclops savage herding and the flocks the single eye lawlessness and the scorn of the gods the wild coast of sicily unrequited love (in later poetry) πολύφημος (polyphēmos) — "much-spoken-of, far-famed" κύκλωψ (kyklōps) — "the cyclops, round-eyed" "son of poseidon" (ποσειδάωνος) "the man-eater" (androphagos)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/polyphemus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Polyphēmos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πολύφημος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the man-eating Cyclops · savage herding and the flocks · the single eye · lawlessness and the scorn of the gods</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="pontus πόντος pontus primordial sea the salt deep the open water pontos (πόντος) atrygetos (ἀτρύγετος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/pontus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Pontus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πόντος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>sea · the salt deep · the open water</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="poseidon ποσειδῶν neptune olympian sea earthquakes horses storms seafaring enosichthon / ennosigaios gaieochos hippios asphaleios pelagios phytalmios prosclystios" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/poseidon" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Poseidon</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ποσειδῶν</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>sea · earthquakes · horses · storms</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="potamoi / the river-gods ποταμοί minor rivers and running water the freshwater of the land the power of the current fertility of river-fed fields the descent of cities and peoples boundaries and borders ταυρόμορφος / ταυρωπός (tauromorphos / taurōpos) — "bull-formed," "bull-faced" κερασφόρος (kerasphoros) — "horn-bearing" ἀχελῷος (achelous) εὐρυρέων / βαθυδίνης (euryreōn / bathydinēs) — "wide-flowing," "deep-eddying"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/river-gods" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Potamoi / the River-gods</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ποταμοί</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>rivers and running water · the freshwater of the land · the power of the current · fertility of river-fed fields</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="priamos πρίαμος hero kingship the city of troy old age fatherhood supplication the ransoming of the dead πρίαμος (priamos) — "the ransomed" γέρων (gerōn) — "the old man" εὐμμελίης (eummelíēs) — "of the good ash-spear" ἄναξ / king of troy" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/priam" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Priamos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πρίαμος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>kingship · the city of Troy · old age · fatherhood</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="prometheus προμηθεύς prometheus titan forethought fire craft civilisation pyrphoros (πυρφόρος) pyrkaeus (πυρκαεύς) desmotes (δεσμώτης) philanthropos" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/prometheus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Prometheus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Προμηθεύς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>forethought · fire · craft · civilisation</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="proteus πρωτεύς minor the sea prophecy shape-shifting the herding of seals hidden knowledge halios gerōn (ἅλιος γέρων) poimēn phōkaōn (ποιμὴν φωκάων) aigyptios (αἰγύπτιος) polytropos" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/proteus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Proteus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Πρωτεύς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the sea · prophecy · shape-shifting · the herding of seals</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="psyche ψυχή hero the human soul the trials of the soul love and the soul's union with it the winning of immortality psyche (ψυχή), the soul the butterfly-winged the deified bride of love" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/psyche" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Psyche</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ψυχή</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the human soul · the trials of the soul · love and the soul's union with it · the winning of immortality</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-R" data-letter="R" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>R</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="rhea ῥέα ops titan motherhood generation the flow of time female fertility mētēr theōn (μήτηρ θεῶν) megalē mētēr rhea kybelē" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/rhea" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Rhea</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ῥέα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>motherhood · generation · the flow of time · female fertility</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-S" data-letter="S" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>S</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="satyroi / satyrs σάτυροι the romans identified the satyrs with their own woodland fauni (fauns) and with the goat-god faunus — but this is a later conflation, and it is the roman blending that gave us the goat-legged 'faun'; the classical greek satyr is a man with a horse's ears and tail, not a goat-man (see the note in the overview) minor wild nature wine and drunkenness music and dance revelry animal vigour and fertility the untamed countryside the origins of theatre σειληνοί (seilēnoi) — "silenoi" σιληνός (silēnos) — "silenus" σάτυροι (satyroi) — "the satyrs" παππόσιληνος (papposilēnos) — "grandfather-silenus"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/satyrs" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Satyroi / Satyrs</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Σάτυροι</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>wild nature · wine and drunkenness · music and dance · revelry</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="scylla σκύλλα scylla monster the deadly strait sea-peril shipwreck devouring σκύλλα (skylla), 'the yelping one' the six-headed (ἑξακέφαλος) ausonian scylla (σκύλλα αὐσονίη) the scyllaean rock (σκύλλαιον)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/scylla" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Scylla</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Σκύλλα</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the deadly strait · sea-peril · shipwreck · devouring</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="seirēnes (sirens) σειρῆνες monster song enchantment the perils of the sea death forbidden knowledge σειρῆνες (seirēnes) the bird-women of the meadow the honey-voiced (meligērues) parthenope, ligeia, and leucosia thelxiepeia, aglaope, and peisinoe" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/sirens" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Seirēnes (Sirens)</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Σειρῆνες</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>song · enchantment · the perils of the sea · death</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="selene σελήνη luna titan moon moonlight months night mene (μήνη) pasiphaessa (πασιφάεσσα) euplokamos (εὐπλόκαμος) nyktos agalma titanis" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/selene" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Selene</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Σελήνη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>moon · moonlight · months · night</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="semele σεμέλη hero" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/semele" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Semele</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Σεμέλη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="sphinx σφίγξ monster riddles the strangling death the doom of thebes the guardian at the threshold the theban sphinx (ἡ θηβαία σφίγξ) phix (φίξ) the strangler (from σφίγγω, sphingō) the riddling hound (ῥαψῳδὸς κύων) the winged maiden (πτερόεσσα κόρα / παρθένος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/sphinx" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Sphinx</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Σφίγξ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>riddles · the strangling death · the doom of Thebes · the guardian at the threshold</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="steropes στερόπης monster lightning forging" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/steropes" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Steropes</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Στερόπης</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>lightning · forging</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="styx στύξ styx nymph underworld river the binding oath loyalty presbytate (πρεσβυτάτη) aphthitos (ἄφθιτος) horkos megas (ὅρκος μέγας) katastyx" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/styx" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Styx</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Στύξ</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>underworld river · the binding oath · loyalty</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-T" data-letter="T" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>T</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="tartarus τάρταρος tartarus primordial abyss imprisonment punishment the depths ēeroeis (ἠερόεις) eurōeis (εὐρώεις) chthonios" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/tartarus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Tartarus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Τάρταρος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>abyss · imprisonment · punishment · the depths</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="terpsichore τερψιχόρη personification dance" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/terpsichore" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Terpsichore</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Τερψιχόρη</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>dance</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="tethys τηθύς tethys titan fresh water springs rivers groundwater nursing waters titēnis (τιτηνίς) mother tethys (μήτηρ τηθύς)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/tethys" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Tethys</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Τηθύς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>fresh water · springs · rivers · groundwater</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="thalia θάλεια personification comedy" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/thalia" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Thalia</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Θάλεια</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>comedy</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="thanatos θάνατος personification death" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/thanatos" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Thanatos</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Θάνατος</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>death</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="thaumas θαύμας primordial" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/thaumas" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Thaumas</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Θαύμας</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="theia θεία titan light radiance the gleam of gold and precious metals the value of shining things sight euryphaessa (εὐρυφάεσσα) polyonymos (πολυώνυμος) boopis (βοῶπις)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/theia" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Theia</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Θεία</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>light · radiance · the gleam of gold and precious metals · the value of shining things</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="titan" data-search="themis θέμις justitia titan divine law right order custom prophecy good counsel assembly agoraia (ἀγοραία) themis euboulos / euboulia ichnaia (ἰχναία)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/themis" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Themis</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Θέμις</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Titan</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>divine law · right order · custom · prophecy</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="hero" data-search="theseus θησεύς hero heroism kingship city-founding civic order wayfaring synoikistes the second heracles aegeides ktistes / oikistes ephebos" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/theseus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Theseus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Θησεύς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Hero</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>heroism · kingship · city-founding · civic order</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="nymph" data-search="thetis θέτις nymph the sea sea-nymphs motherhood and maternal grief metamorphosis and shape-shifting the fostering and protection of gods and heroes prophecy ἀργυρόπεζα (argyropeza) — "silver-footed" θεὰ θέτις — "the goddess thetis" νηρηΐς / eldest of the nereids "she who bends the mighty to her will"" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/thetis" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Thetis</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Θέτις</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Nymph</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the sea · sea-nymphs · motherhood and maternal grief · metamorphosis and shape-shifting</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="minor" data-search="triton τρίτων minor the sea the calming and rousing of the waves heralds and sea-messengers the deep waters kēryx halós (κῆρυξ ἁλός) the conch-blower trumpeter of the deep (kochlos-bearer) herald of poseidon's palace" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/triton" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Triton</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Τρίτων</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Minor</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>the sea · the calming and rousing of the waves · heralds and sea-messengers · the deep waters</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="monster" data-search="typhon τυφῶν monster primeval chaos storm-winds and whirlwinds volcanic fire monstrous progeny revolt against the cosmic order typhoeus (τυφωεύς) father of the winds (πατὴρ ἀνέμων) father of monsters hundred-headed / hekatonkephalos (ἑκατοντακέφαλος) the cilician one (κιλίκιος)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/typhon" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Typhon</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Τυφῶν</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Monster</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>primeval chaos · storm-winds and whirlwinds · volcanic fire · monstrous progeny</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-U" data-letter="U" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>U</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="personification" data-search="urania οὐρανία personification astronomy" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/urania" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Urania</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Οὐρανία</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Personification</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>astronomy</span></a></li><li class="fig" data-tier="primordial" data-search="uranus οὐρανός caelus primordial sky heaven the starry firmament asteroeis (ἀστερόεις) ouranos eurys (οὐρανὸς εὐρύς) akmonides (ἀκμονίδης)" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/uranus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Uranus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Οὐρανός</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Primordial</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>sky · heaven · the starry firmament</span></a></li></ul></section><section class="letter-block" id="letter-Z" data-letter="Z" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><h2 class="letter-head" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Z</h2><ul class="figures" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><li class="fig" data-tier="olympian" data-search="zeus ζεύς jupiter olympian sky thunder kingship justice hospitality oaths olympios xenios horkios keraunios nephelegereta (νεφεληγερέτα) soter meilichios herkeios" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><a href="/deity/zeus" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2><span class="fig-name" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Zeus</span><span class="fig-greek" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Ζεύς</span><span class="fig-tier" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>Olympian</span><span class="fig-domains" data-astro-cid-eqibcql2>sky · thunder · kingship · justice</span></a></li></ul></section></main><footer class="site-footer"><small>A genealogy of the Greek divine</small></footer></body></html><script type="module">var e=document.getElementById(`q`),t=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(`#tier-filter .chip`)),n=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(`.fig`)),r=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(`.letter-block`)),i=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(`#az a`)),a=document.getElementById(`noresults`),o=`all`,s=()=>{let t=(e?.value??``).trim().toLowerCase(),s=0;for(let e of n){let 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