History Characters / SmiteGreekPantheon

* ContraltoOfDanger: She has one of the deepest voices of any of the female characters in Smite, which fits one of the most famous monsters in mythology.

* His passive is ''Monstrosity'', which gains stacks of ''Ferocity'' when hitting basic attacks, abilities, and participating in kills. After receiving enough Ferocity stacks, he consumes them to gain a temporary Attack Speed buff that can be extended by damaging enemy gods as well as a stack of Monstrosity, increasing his lifesteal and ability lifesteal. In addition, his basic attacks have slightly reduced base damage compared to other hunters, but apply Venom, which deals damage over time, applying 4 stacks on initial application and up to eight stacks maximum, with basic attacks refreshing the duration.
* His first ability is ''Acid Rain'', sending out a barrage of venomous spikes that damages enemies caught in the downpour. The spikes remain in the ground for a few seconds, damaging and slowing enemies that walk across it.
* His second ability is ''Poisoned Barb'', which fires a stinger that pierces through minions and stops on the first god hit, dealing damage to everything in its path. After being fired, the barb will either stick in the ground at the end of it's path or be stuck in a god, where they can be detonated by Martichoras' basic attacks and abilities. An exploding stinger will damage and temporarily halve the incoming healing of enemies caught in the blast, and gods will be rooted by detonated stingers that were stuck to them.
* His third ability is ''Stalk Pray'', creating a patch of grass around him that remains on the battlefield for several minutes. Martichoras and his allies inside the patch are hidden from enemy gods. While hidden, Martichoras' basic attacks deal increased damage and immediately apply maximum Venom stacks. He also gains a movement speed increase that persists for a few seconds after leaving the patch.

* BoringButPractical: Nike's main source of damage is easily interrupted by crowd control, and she's more based around slowing enemies with her ultimate and knocking them into the air with ''Valiant Leap'' rather than truly killing the enemy...aside from her passive constantly granting her team bonus power and movement speed after the team kills enough gods, kill enough minions and reaches level 20. As it turns out, this is so practical that this Goddess of Victory's win-rate is one of the best in the game.

* MightyGlacier: He has notoriously high damage output for a tank character with his ''Shackles'' ability, and ''Bolster Defences'' is a surprisingly powerful protection and crowd-control reduction aura. However, he has no inherent mobility in his kit whatsoever,[[AttackAttackAttack unless he's attacking you with ''Shackles'']].

* BoringButPractical: Hades's laning phase consists of little more than dashing into the middle of creeps and following up with his 3, then waiting for the next wave to do it over again. However, this combo clears the enemy creep wave instantly while healing Hades for a huge amount, and also making it very dangerous for the enemy god to come near while he does it. Early game, he's very hard to trade with or force out of lane because of this.

* GhostPirate: The Dread Captain skin looks like a ghostly pirate that wears tattered pants.

* TokenWholesome: If we count standard skins alone, she's the most well-covered goddess in the game (aside from Amaterasu and Scylla, who has the excuse of looking like a four year old) and even calls out a couple of the most {{Stripperific}} goddesses. Even Athena and Chang'e show some leg and some cleavage, respectively. Possibly going along with this is her joke that it's "stupid" how "all these guys" are "so serious over her." She has a good justification on this, though: chastity is one of her domains.

* BadassBaritone: Has a deep, gravely voice that suits his status as an ancient Titan and master of the heavens.

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Was solely kidnapped to be Hades' wife and since she has to return to him for part of the year, the attempt was successful. [[HappilyMarried It honestly kinda turned out OK]], seriously. Well, [[AwfullyWeddedLife compared to the]] [[ReallyGetsAround rest of Olympus]], at least.

* BadassBaritone: Of course, courtesy of Christopher Sabat.

* IWillFindYou: In the newest comic for Smite, after being nearly taken by Hades, Artemis discovers that her brother is missing, and she allies herself with Amaterasu, Thor, Nu Wa and other gods in order to find him.

* TokenWholesome: She's the most well-covered female character in the game (aside from Amaterasu and Scylla, who has the excuse of looking like a four year old) and even calls out a couple of the most {{Stripperific}} goddesses. Even Athena and Chang'e show some leg and some cleavage, respectively. Possibly going along with this is her joke that it's "stupid" how "all these guys" are "so serious over her." She has a good justification on this, though: chastity is one of her domains.

* BoringButPractical: Medusa's Sidewinder passive is not as flashy or dramatic as some of the passives available to the rest of Smite's roster. However, it allows you to easily kite enemies as all enemy gods, other than Medusa, move slower while strafing or moving backwards.

* SnakePeople: Unlike some other depictions, where Medusa is more or less human below the hairline, Smite's Medusa is fully serpentine from her head to her tail. Even her face is far more serpentine than human, with a flat, lipless mouth full of razor sharp teeth and scent pits instead of a nose.

* {{Foil}}: Ares is directly compared to her in her background as another Greek WarGod who goes about his position rather differently. Their ultimates are also downright opposites - Athena uses hers to directly go to the aid of a single ally while Ares uses his to pull potentially multiple enemies to himself.

* The Strategist: She's the goddess of it.

-> '''Beach Babe Skin Voiced by:''' Creator/KaraEdwards (English), Dulce Guerrero (Mexican Spanish

* MsFanservice: Completely justified, as Aphrodite isn't the "goddess of beauty" for nothing.

* NoSocialSkills: Artemis' isn't exactly a social girl, being secluded in the forests by choice. Her jokes thus come off like taunting her enemies further:

* ALizardNamedLiz: His name is taken from a mistranslation of Aristotle's transcriptions, which would eventually be anglicized into the term "manticore" itself.

** The mythical manticore is also typically presented as a SingleSpecimenSpecies. Here the manticores are a more established race, enough for Martichoras to emerge as its king.

-->'''Charybdis:''' '[[JoinTheArmyTheySaid Brush your teeth daily,' they say. 'It's important!' they say.]] It's so much work though, uggghhh!

* BadassInCharge: Or he likes to assert himself as one, giving commands when using ''Bolster Defenses''.
-->''Allies! Follow my lead!''
-->''HoldTheLine!''

* AuthorityEqualsAssKicking: Why he's the TopGod of the Greek and Roman Pantheons, but with the "[[BadassInCharge in-charge]]" part questioned by other pantheons invading and even his children rebelling, he'd like to reassert his authority.

* With her first ability, ''Kiss'', Aphrodite blows a kiss forward in a line. If it hits an allied God they will be marked as her Soul Mate, forming a link between the two that will grant them bonus movement speed as well as sharing a portion of Aphrodite's MP5 and protections to her Soul Mate. However, it will break if they stray too far away from each other, and she can only have one Soul Mate at the same time. If it hits an enemy God they will be damaged, briefly stunned, and Aphrodite's Soul Mate will get Jealous, temporarily increasing all damage they deal.

* With her third ability, ''Love Birds'', Aphrodite will call forth a flock of doves that will fly forward in a line, damaging all enemies in their path over time for a few seconds. Aphrodite and her Soul Mate are also automatically healed over time for the same duration. Each tick of healing also slightly reduces the cooldown for Aphrodite and her soul mate's abilities.
* Her ultimate ability, ''Undying Love'', cleanses Aphrodite and her Soul Mate of all crowd control effects and renders them immune to all damage for a brief duration as well as giving them the Jealousy buff for a longer duration.

* His passive, ''Spirit of Death'', reduces the healing of any nearby enemy god by 20%, while granting himself 40% of it.

* With her first ability, ''Kiss'', Aphrodite blows a kiss forward in a line. If it hits an allied God they will be marked as her Soul Mate, forming a link between the two that will grant them both bonus movement speed and mana regeneration. However, it will break if they stray too far away from each other, and she can only have one Soul Mate at the same time. If it hits an enemy God they will be briefly stunned and Aphrodite's Soul Mate will get jealous, temporarily increasing all damage they deal.

* With her third ability, ''Love Birds'', Aphrodite will call forth a flock of doves that will fly forward in a line, damaging all enemies in their path over time for a few seconds. Aphrodite and her Soul Mate are also automatically healed over time for the same duration.
* Her ultimate ability, ''Undying Love'', cleanses Aphrodite and her Soul Mate of all crowd control effects and renders them immune to all damage for a brief duration.

* Her first ability, ''Venomous Bite'', is a steroid that boosts her next basic attack, making it deal extra damage and inflicting a draining poison that causes further damage over time while healing Arachne for the same amount.
* Her second ability, ''Cocoon'', is another steroid which greatly increases the speed of her next three basic attacks. If all three land on the same target, they are wrapped in a cocoon and briefly stunned.

* His passive, ''Herbal Medicine'', causes him to periodically store a poultice, stacking up to three times. Whenever he uses an ability, a poultice is consumed and a nearby ally will be healed, prioritizing the lowest-health ally.

Originally a creature from Persian mythology, the manticore is a ferocious beast that has enraptured and haunted the minds of many for centuries. With their sharp claws, vicious fangs, and venomous spines, manticores are known throughout ancient times as a vicious hunter, greedily devouring those it passes by. However, even the most beastly of creatures need a leader, someone to help guide their kind in being the most effective predators possible. And with the Ages of Monsters tearing the realm of the gods asunder, the time has come for the king of the manticores, Martichoras, to arise.

* BareYourMidriff: Her "Sparrow" skin, unlike her fully armored default skin, wears a midriff-baring superhero costume.

* BareYourMidriff: As you can see from her picture up there, her outfit doesn't cover much, least of all her stomach.

* BareYourMidriff: Her shirt amounts to a midriff tank-top.

* ALizardNamedLiz: His is taken from a mistranslation of Aristotle's transcriptions, which would eventually be anglicized into the term "manticore" itself.

* OriginalGeneration: Martichoras is an original character, one made as a unique representation of the manticore. Slightly downplayed in that he is presented as the original manticore discovered by Ctesias, but so much of his lore is invented by Hi-Rez (including his name and title) that he effectively qualifies.

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[[folder:Martichoras, the Manticore King]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Tim Bick

Originally a creature from Persian mythology, the manticore is a ferocious beast that has enraptured and haunted the minds of many for centuries. With their sharp claws, vicious fangs, and venomous spines, manticores are known throughout ancient times as a vicious hunter, greedily devouring those it passes by. However, even the most beastly of creatures need a leader, someone to help guide their kind in being the most effective predators possible. And with the Ages of Monsters tearing the realm of the gods asunder, the time has come for the king of the manticores, Martichoras, to arise.

Martichoras is a Hunter-class god who fights using his natural weaponry, with his horns, claws, and spines all being able to spread a vicious brand of venom.

* His passive is ''Monstrosity'', which gains stacks of ''Ferocity'' when hitting basic attacks, abilities, and participating in kills. After receiving enough Ferocity stacks, he consumes them to gain a temporary Attack Speed buff that can be extended by damaging enemy gods as well as a stack of Monstrosity, increasing his lifesteal and ability lifesteal. In addition, his basic attacks have slightly reduced base damage compared to other hunters, but apply Venom, which deals damage over time, applying 4 stacks on initial application and up to eight stacks maximum, with basic attacks refreshing the duration.
* His first ability is ''Acid Rain'', sending out a barrage of venomous spikes that damages enemies caught in the downpour. The spikes remain in the ground for a few seconds, damaging and slowing enemies that walk across it.
* His second ability is ''Poisoned Barb'', which fires a stinger that pierces through minions and stops on the first god hit, dealing damage to everything in its path. After being fired, the barb will either stick in the ground at the end of it's path or be stuck in a god, where they can be detonated by Martichoras' basic attacks and abilities. An exploding stinger will damage and temporarily halve the incoming healing of enemies caught in the blast, and gods will be rooted by detonated stingers that were stuck to them.
* His third ability is ''Stalk Pray'', creating a patch of grass around him that remains on the battlefield for several minutes. Martichoras and his allies inside the patch are hidden from enemy gods. While hidden, Martichoras' basic attacks deal increased damage and immediately apply maximum Venom stacks. He also gains a movement speed increase that persists for a few seconds after leaving the patch.
* ''Death From Above'' is his ultimate, which has Martichoras take to the skies and rain down bursts of toxin, damaging and applying a stacking physical protection debuff on enemies hit.

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* AscendedMeme: The manticore has been long-requested by the fans as a playable character, to the point of getting a fake trailer released for it on April Fools Day, 2016. And with Martichoras, it's finally happening.
* BewareMyStingerTail: As a manticore, he has a stinger-tipped scorpion-like tail that oozes glowing green venom -- and in his reveal trailer is shown using it to almost kill a Greek soldier, managing to knock off her helmet.
* MonsterLord: Martichoras is the king of the manticores, who were included in the game's beta as an enemy before being removed and became the subject of a running gag among the fandom.
* SadlyMythtaken: A manticore is actually a creature from Persian mythology. However, the lack of a Persian pantheon in this game, alongside how the manticore is often used in Greek literature (first coined by Greek physician Ctesias, who worked in the Persian court in his life) meant that Martichoras is lumped into the Greek pantheon.
* SpikeShooter: He's shown firing venomous quills at a Greek soldier before knocking off her helmet with his tail and devouring her.
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* His second ability is ''Poisoned Barb'', which fires a stinger that pierces through minions and stops on the first god hit, dealing damage to everything in its path. The barb will lie on the ground after travelling the full distance, where it can be detonated by abilities. Barbs that hit gods will embed themselves into the target, where they can be triggered by basic attacks in addition to ability damage. An exploding stinger will damage and temporarily halve the incoming healing of enemies caught in the blast, and gods will be rooted by detonated stingers that were stuck to them.

* His second ability is ''Poisoned Barb'', which fires a stinger that pierces through minions and stops on the first god hit, dealing damage to everything in its path. The barb will lie on the ground after travelling the full distance, where it can be detonated by abilities. Barbs that hit gods will embed themselves into the target, where they can be trigger by basic attacks in addition to ability damage. An exploding stinger will damage and temporarily halve the incoming healing of enemies caught in the blast, and gods will be rooted by detonated stingers that were stuck to them.

* His second ability is ''Poisoned Barb'', which fires a stinger that pierces through minions and stops on the first god hit, dealing damage to everything in its path. If it does hit an enemy god, it will become embedded in them, and Martichoras has a few seconds to hit them with a basic attack or another ability to detonate the stinger. An exploding stinger will damage and temporarily halve incoming healing enemies caught in the blast, and the god pierced by the stinger will be rooted.

Martichoras is a Hunter-class god who fights using venomous horns, claws, and spines.

* AscendedMeme: The manticore has been long-requested by the fans as a playable character, to the point of getting an April Fools Day fake reveal trailer in 2016. And with Martichoras it's finally happening.

* MonsterLord: Martichoras is the king of the Manticores, who were included in the game's beta as an enemy before being removed and became the subject of a running gag among the fandom.
* SadlyMythtaken: A manticore is actually a creature from the Persian mythology. The lack of Persian Pantheon in this game and how manticore is often used in Greek literatures (first coined by Greek physician Ctesias, who worked in the Persian court in his life) mean that Martichoras is lumped with the Greek Pantheon instead of opening a new Persian Pantheon.

* CoolMask[=/=]WhiteMaskOfDoom: The mask she wears to conceal her face and make her appear more "normal." Also serves as a PowerLimiter so she doesn't petrify the wrong people.

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This page is for the Greek pantheon deities that are playable in Smite. [[https://www.smitegame.com/gods The entirety of any God's lore can be found on the official Smite website]].

[[center: [[Characters/{{Smite}} Main Page]] | '''Greek''' | [[Characters/SmiteEgyptianPantheon Egyptian]] | [[Characters/SmiteNorsePantheon Norse]] | [[Characters/SmiteChinesePantheon Chinese]] | [[Characters/SmiteRomanPantheon Roman]] | [[Characters/SmiteMayanPantheon Mayan]] | [[Characters/SmiteHinduPantheon Hindu]] | [[Characters/SmiteJapanesePantheon Japanese]] | [[Characters/SmiteCelticPantheon Celtic]] | [[Characters/SmiteSlavicPantheon Slavic]] | [[Characters/SmiteVoodooPantheon Voodoo]] | [[Characters/SmitePolynesianPantheon Polynesian]] | [[Characters/SmiteArthurianPantheon Arthurian]] | [[Characters/SmiteYorubaPantheon Yoruba]] | [[Characters/SmiteGreatOldOnes Great Old Ones]] | [[Characters/SmiteBabylonianPantheon Babylonian]]]]

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-> '''The Legion Skin Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidLodgeAmericanActor (English)