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8[[folder:Algea (singular: Algos)]]
9!!Ἄλγεα (Ἄλγος)
10Personifications of pain and sorrow, and distress, both the physical and mental/emotional. The sons and daughters of Eris.
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12* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of pains of the body and the mind.
13* OddJobGods: These guys are one set of Eris's many sets of children that represent different causes/results of strife.
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16[[folder:The Amphilogiai (Singular: Amphilogia)]]
17!! Ἀμφιλλογίαι (Ἀμφιλογία)
18The gods and goddesses of Disputes, children of Eris, and no doubt the patrons of FlameWar.
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20* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of disputes/disagreement.
21* OddJobGods: The Amphilogiai were some of Eris's children that took on "sub-categories" of her domain, in their case, disagreement.
22[[/folder]]
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24[[folder:The Androktasiai (singular: Androktasia)]]
25!!Ἀνδροκτασίαι (Ἀνδροκτασία)
26The female personifications of man-slaughter, which is to say, slaughter during battle, and daughters of Eris.
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28* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of manslaughter.
29* OddJobGods: Not goddesses of death, or murder in general; just killing of enemies on the battlefield.
30[[/folder]]
31
32[[folder:The Anemoi / Venti]]
33!!Ἄνεμοι | Venti
34These beings were Greek wind gods who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from where their particular special winds came, and each of them is ascribed to certain seasons and weather patterns. They were variously represented as gusts of wind, winged men, and as horses kept in the stables of the storm god Aeolus. Astraeus and Eos were their parents. Their Roman equivalent was the '''Venti'''.
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36There are four main gods, each representing a cardinal direction, and four secondary gods representing the other directions. They were: '''Boreas''', Greek god of the cold north wind, who brought Winter and is known in Roman religion as '''Aquilo''' or '''Septentrio'''; '''Notus''', Greek god of the South wind, who brought the storms of late summer and autumn, known to the Romans as '''Auster''', embodiment of the sirocco wind; '''Zephyrus''' (Zephyr), who was the Greek god of the West wind, the gentlest wind that brought light spring and early summer breezes, known in Rome as '''Favonius''', who held domain over plants and flowers; [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and then there was]] '''[[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Eurus]]''', god of the unlucky east wind who was not associated with a season and was known in Rome as '''Vulturnus''', a tribal river god who became god of the river Tiber.
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38The four minor gods were: '''Kaikias''', Greek god of the northeast wind, represented as a bearded man with a shield of hailstones, known as the "dark wind," whose Roman equal was '''Caecius'''; '''Apeliotes''' (Latin spelling, Apeliotus) was the Greek god of the southeast wind, who brought good rain that helped farmers, and thus, is usually depicted in farmers' attire carrying fruit, clean shaven, and with curly hair and a pleasant disposition, with his Roman equivalent being '''Subsolanus''', who was sometimes considered the east wind by the Romans; '''Skiron''' (Skeiron), Greek god of the Northwest wind, depicted as bearded man tipping over a cauldron, representing the coming of winter, with his Roman equal being '''Caurus''' (Corus), the oldest Roman wind deities; '''Lips''' was the Greek god of the Southwest wind, usually depicted holding a ship's stern, whose Roman counterpart was '''Afer ventus''' (African wind), also called '''Africus''', because Africa is southwest of Italy, natch.
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40* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the winds.
41* WingedHumanoid: The Anemoi/Venti were depicted as humanoids with a set of wings.
42* {{Yandere}}: Zephyr's most famous myth involved him being in love with Apollo's lover Hyacinth. The story ends when Hyacinth is accidentally killed by a blow to the head during a game of discus. Is some tellings, however, Zephyr is the one responsible, having sent a gentle wind that would blow the discus off course.
43[[/folder]]
44
45[[folder:The Charites (sing. Charis) / Graces]]
46!!Χάριτες (Χάρις) | Gratiae
47Also known as the '''The Graces''' in Roman mythology, these goddesses (Aglaea, "Splendor"; Euphrosyne, "Mirth"; and Thalia, "Good Cheer") were the patrons of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility. While Charis is technically the single form of their name and what they could be referred to as individually, in some stories, Charis is the name of a fourth member of their group and not the singular form. They are also sometimes mentioned with other members, such as Pasithea, but the first three are always included. They have many possible parents, most notably Zeus and Eurynome, but also Dionysus and Aphrodite, or Helios and a naiad named Aegle. Typically, the three Charities are sisters, with Thalia being the oldest, Euphrosyne being the middle sister, and Aglaea being the youngest. All the Charities, these three and others, were listed as attendants/messengers of Aphrodite, and Aglaea was sometimes thought to be the same as Aphrodite, since Aglaea was mentioned as the wife of Hephaestus (and the mother of four daughters by him). However, Homer says that Aglaea was Hephaestus's second wife, Hephaestus having gotten a divorce after catching Aphrodite with Ares in the net.
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49* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of splendor (Aglaea), mirth (Euphrosyne), festivities (Thalia) and rest and relaxation (Pasithea).
50* GodOfGood: They all represent good and happy things, like parties, beauty, and relaxation.
51* IHaveManyNames: Aglaea was also called Kharis, meaning grace, and Kale, meaning beauty.
52* MultipleChoicePast: Aglaea and Thalia's father was Zeus, but her mother could be Eunomia or Eurynome, while Euphrosyne either had matching parentage or was the daughter of Erebos and Nyx. Pasithea was either the daughter of Hera or Dionysos.
53[[/folder]]
54
55[[folder:The Erinyes / Furies]]
56!!Ἐρινύς | Furies
57Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone, the goddesses of vengeance. Born from the blood of the castrated Ouranos. They were depicted as ugly, winged women with hair, arms, and waists entwined with poisonous serpents. They wielded whips and were clothed either in the long black robes of mourners or the short-length skirts and boots of huntress-maidens.
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59* AndIMustScream: They whipped and chased the damned for all eternity.
60* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of vengeance.
61* BlueAndOrangeMorality: They hunt down Orestes for his {{Matricide}}. However, when it's pointed out to them that Orestes did it to avenge his father, whom Orestes's mother Clytemnestra had murdered, they brush it off, stating that Clytemnestra didn't kill her own blood.
62* BornAsAnAdult: In most versions, they sprang fully formed from the Earth after Ouranos's blood spilled onto Gaia's body, along with the Gigantes and the Meliae ash tree nymphs.
63* DarkIsNotEvil: They're creepy and nasty, but their role is to enforce the laws.
64* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Early on, they were treated as mostly interchangeable, usually only being brought up when the Gods decided to sic them on some poor sucker. Later myths would specify that there were three: Tisiphone, Megaera, and Alecto.
65* TheDreaded: Due to what they represented, people treated them with fear.
66* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The early writings about them never gave them names and often didn't even clarify how many of them there were, only that there was more than one. Later stories would name them Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone and specify their number as three.
67* HeelFaceTurn: In the play ''The Eumenides'' Athena persuades them to become a proactive force for justice and vigilance instead of vengeance, and they take on the name "The Kindly Ones."
68* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In ''The Eumenides'', they brush off Orestes' claim that they should've gone after Clytemnestra for killing her husband Agamemnon by saying that it wasn't their problem since Agamemnon and Clytemnestra weren't blood related. They then lose their case when Apollo makes the argument that Orestes and Clytemnestra weren't blood related ([[ArtisticLicenseBiology because women don't contribute genetic material to the fetus]] so mothers aren't blood related to their children) so that crime shouldn't count either.
69* HumanoidAbomination: They were humanoid creatures with snakes for hair, had bat-like wings, could cry blood, and in general came off as bizarre and terrifying even compared to other gods. It's not helped by the fact that in some versions, they're said to have been born from another {{Eldritch Abomination}}'s blood.
70* ImplacableMan: One of their defining traits was to ''never'' stop hounding someone until their debt was settled.
71* KnightTemplar: Their name translates as "avengers".
72* MeaningfulRename: Athena changed their names from "The Erinyes" to "The Eumenides" (The Kindly Ones) when she establishes the rule of law and had them become its enforcers.
73* MultipleChoicePast: The most common one, based on Hesiod's ''Theogony'', is that they sprung forth from Ouranos's spilled blood. Aeschyluls, Lycophron, Vergil, and Ovid, however, claim that they were daughters of Nyx, and the Orphic Hymns even claim they were the daughters of Hades and Persephone!
74* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "The Furies" is an obvious one. Tisiphone means "Vengeful Destruction," Alecto "Unceasing Anger," and Megaera "the Jealous One."
75%%* NightmareFace: [[http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/F46.1.html And how!]]
76* SadlyMythtaken: Modern depictions of the Furies will give them the AdaptationalWimp treatment, depicting them as generic monsters similar to the Gorgons and the Harpies; this disregards the fact that they were full on ''goddesses'' in the original mythos and ''very scary'' ones at that.
77* SnakeWhip: The Thebaid describes Tishiphone as wielding a live water-snake as a lash.
78* SpeakOfTheDevil: Some myths say that if you curse someone in their names, they'll fly to that person and hound them constantly and relentlessly.
79* SpontaneousGeneration: The three were born fully formed from Ouranos's blood.
80* ATasteOfTheLash: Their primary means of punishing the wicked living and the wicked dead is with strikes of their long scourges.
81%%* TearsOfBlood: In response to [[MagicMusic Orpheus]].
82* TerribleTrio: Though early myths never clarified how many of them there were, later versions depict three particular ones--Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone -- and all three were frightful beings who tortured the souls of the wicked.
83* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Inverted in the Orphic Hymns where they're Hades and Persephone's daughters -- they're a trio of monstrous-looking goddesses born to a beautiful mother and an at least average-looking-to-attractive father.
84* WhipOfDominance: They serve as the strict and merciless wardens and jailers of the Underworld, being in charge of keeping the sinner's souls subjugated, as well as overseeing their eternal punishments. They're frequently described as carrying whips with which to beat their victims (though, uniquely, the whips are for torturing their ''minds'', instead of their bodies) and their whips are coated with brass studs to make the whipping hurt more. As AnthropomorphicPersonification of vengeance, they take sadistic joy in performing these whippings.
85* WomanScorned: Unsurprisingly, this happens when Tisiphone falls in love with a mortal, who then spurns her. She ends up turning a lock of her hair into a viper and prompting it to bite him.
86[[/folder]]
87
88[[folder:The Erotes]]
89!!Ἔρωτες
90A group of little love gods that resembled young men, and in later depictions little boys, with wings, they were part of Aphrodite's retinue. Four of them ([[Characters/ClassicalMythologyProtogenoi Eros]], Anteros, Himeros, and Pothos) were the sons of Aphrodite and Ares. [[note]]Anteros has also been attributed to Poseidon and Nerites, see Nerites's entry below. Himeros and Eros were considered [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyProtogenoi Protogenoi]] by some poets, like Creator/{{Hesiod}} [[/note]]
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92Anteros was the god of requited love (i.e. returned love or "counter-love') as opposed to just love in general (or unrequited love, or lust) and was a punisher of those who scorn love or other's advances and the avenger of love unrequited. He was given to his brother Eros as a playmate, with the idea that love must be answered if it is to be proper. He physically resembles Eros, except with longer hair, and beautiful plumed butterfly wings. Unlike his brother, he said to be armed either with a Golden Club or arrows of lead.
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94Himeros was the god of sexual desire and unrequited love. Pothos was the god of longing and yearning.
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96* AdaptationalCurves: Hit Eros pretty hard. While usually represented as a svelt and thin young man, as time went by his Roman form Cupid became more and more known and represented as a chubby little boy.
97* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of different aspects of love and attraction.
98* TheCharmer: Hedylogos, god of sweet-talk and flattery.
99* CupidsArrow: While Eros obviously had his golden tipped arrows which caused LoveAtFirstSight and his lead arrows to bring about HateAtFirstSight, Anteros had a golden club and lead arrows to avenge unrequited love via BelatedLoveEpiphany.
100* HeartBeatDown: Eros and Anteros especially with their above described weapons.
101* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Trope namer Hermaphroditus was a handsome winged young man in appearance like his fellow Erotes before Salmacis clung to him and prayed fervently to never be parted from him. The gods [[LiteralGenie granted her prayer]] by [[FusionDance merging the two of them into a single being]], half male and half female. Except in the older versions where Hermaphroditus was born that way.
102* HomosexualReproduction: Anteros in the myths where he's the son of Poseidon and Nerites. They're gods. Don't question it.
103* LoveDeity: Of various aspects and traditions of romance, attraction and relationships.
104* MrFanservice: Despite many modern depictions portraying them as kids, the Erotes were classically depicted as impossibly beautiful young men who usually went around naked.
105* MultipleChoicePast: Eros and Himeros were either [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyProtogenoi Protogenoi]] that greeted Aphrodite when she was born from the sea or her sons. Anteros was depicted as being the son of Poseidon and Nerites or Aphrodite and Ares. Hymenaeus was the son of a muse (Clio, Urania or Terpsichore) and Apollo ''or'' Aphrodite and Dionysus ''or'' the muse Calliope and Magnes, the grandson of Phrixus. Hermaphroditus is ''always'' the child of Hermes and Aphrodite ([[MeaningfulName hence their name]]), but due to Ovid's usual revisionism, many are divided as to whether they were born intersex or ended up that way due to the gods' machinations.
106* ThemeTwinNaming: Eros with Himeros, and sometimes Eros and Anteros.
107* TooImportantToWalk: Aphrodite's chariot is depicted as being drawn by a pair of the Erotes in art.
108* WalkingShirtlessScene: None of the Erotes were particularly fond of clothing in general, though Himeros usually carried a taenia which was a ribbon-like headband worn by athletes.
109* WingedHumanoid: All the Erotes are depicted with feathered wings, and Anteros is sometimes described and depicted with plumed butterfly wings.
110[[/folder]]
111
112[[folder:The Graeae]]
113!!Γραῖαι
114Also called the Grey Witches, the Graeae were three sisters who shared one eye and one tooth amongst themselves. Though usually depicted as old, grey-haired women, sometimes, storytellers would portray them as beautiful, and in some legends, they were portrayed as being half-swan. They were apparently so old that they couldn't grasp the concept of human childhood. Their names were '''Deino''' (dread), '''Enyo''' (horror, not the same Enyo as the goddess of war), and '''Pemphredo''' (alarm). There is sometimes also a fourth named '''Persis''' (destroyer, slayer) or '''Perso'''. Perseus was able to get the women to tell him how to kill Medusa by stealing their one eye.
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116* AffablyEvil: Often depicted as such.
117* {{Blackmail}}: Perseus persuaded them into telling him where Medusa was by stealing their eye. Some versions say that he threw their eye into a river afterward.
118* BodyHorror: They share an eye and a tooth. ''One eye, and one tooth.''
119* BornAsAnAdult: An extreme example; they were born old women (although some say that they were pretty).
120* EyelessFace: Whenever one is wearing the eye, two of them are eyeless.
121* EyeScream: {{Downplayed}}, they regularly have to pluck out their own unique eye and hand it over to another sister, but it doesn't seem to pain them so much.
122* HumanoidAbomination: They're inhumanely old, have magical powers, and have one eye and one tooth that they must share. In some versions they're actually half-swan, half-human.
123* LegoBodyParts: Swap the Eye and Tooth around quickly and easily.
124* MeaningfulName: "Deino" means "Dread", "Pamphredo" means "Alarm" and "Enyo" means "Horror". Fits with the fact that all three of them are viscerally terrifying.
125* MysticalWhiteHair: The stories that depict them as beautiful say that they were only called "old" because they had white hair.
126* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Let's repeat it, their names mean '''Dread'', '''Alarm''' and '''Horror'''.
127%%* PhysicalGod
128* SadlyMythtaken: The Disney Hercules film gave their defining trait, sharing one eye, to the Moirai (Fates), causing confusion.
129* ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof: [[DependingOnTheWriter In some versions]] of the myth, [[OutOfCharacterMoment Perseus]] (who is otherwise a fairly NiceGuy) throws their eye in the river or in a lake.
130* TheWeirdSisters: A trio of wicked old witches with detachable body parts.
131* WickedWitch: Generally depicted as such and likely the {{Trope Maker}}s.
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133
134[[folder:The Horae]]
135!! Ὧραι
136The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time. Started out as general personifications of nature itself in its different seasonal aspects, but later evolved into being the goddesses of order in general and natural justice in particular. Were noted to guard the gates of Olympus, promote the Earth's fertility, and rally stars and constellations. If all of this sounds a little confusing, [[ContinuitySnarl it is]]. Lack of unity among the myths has lead to disagreement on some things about these goddesses, including their exact number and even ''who they are''. The most agreed upon number is that there are three of them at any given time, and there are two generations: Thallo, Auxo and Carpo, who were goddesses of the order of nature, and Eunomia, Diké, and Eirene, who were law and order goddesses.
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138Argos had its own duo of Horae, Damia and Auxesia. Hyginus, a Latin author identified yet a third set made up of Pherousa (goddess of substance and farm estates), Euporie or Euporia (goddess of abundance), and Orthosie (goddess of prosperity). Nonnus, a Greek epic poet, mentions yet another set of four Horae, Eiar, Theros, Cheimon and Phthinoporon, whose names were the Greek words for spring, summer, winter and autumn.
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140And then, finally, there was a completely different group of Hours, who personified the twelve hours, (originally ten) of the day.
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142* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the twelve hours.
143* OddJobGods: One goddess per hour of the day/night.
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145
146[[folder:The Hysminai (singular: Hysmine)]]
147!!Ὑσμῖναι (Ὑσμίνη)
148Spirits of fighting and combat, and children of the goddess Eris. While some sources mix them together with their siblings the Mahkai and have the Hysminai present on battlefields, their focus was on forms of non-martial combat, including things like singular duels, fist fights, and street fights. Apparently depicted on the shield of Achilles as described in an account of the Trojan War.
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150* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of war and combat.
151%%* WarGoddess
152* OddJobGods: One of many gods/daemons that represented highly specific aspects of combat; in their case, fighting that is not part of a war, such as duels or street fights.
153[[/folder]]
154
155[[folder:The Keres / Tenebrae / Letum]]
156!!Κῆρες | Tenebrae / Letum
157The Keres (singular Ker), were daemons and sisters, the daughters of Nyx and Erebus (just how many kids did these two have?) Their Latin counterpart was the '''Tenebrae''' (The Darkness) or '''Letum''' (Death). They were dark, bat winged, beings with gnashing teeth and claws, and a thirst for (human) blood. They favored death from bleeding out (as opposed to Thanatos, who presided over all forms of death) and hovered over battlefields looking for wounded and dying men to devour and send to Hades.
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159* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of violent death.
160* OddJobGods: Specialized psychopomps who only go after those who've died of blood loss.
161* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They have several features in common with more monstrous takes on vampires. In particular bat wings and their manic thirst for blood.
162* {{Psychopomp}}: One of the scariest out there. Rather than guiding a soul away they pounced on a dying person, sucked them dry, and cast their soul aside.
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164
165[[folder:The Makhai (singular: Makhê)]]
166!!Μάχαι (Μάχη)
167The gods or spirits (daemons) of battles and children of Eris. They're sometimes confused with their siblings, the Hysminai (gods of fighting ''not'' during battle).
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169* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of battle.
170* WarGod: One of the many Greek spiritual figures associated with war. Their particular specialization was in actual battles.
171[[/folder]]
172
173[[folder:The Moirai / Parcae / Fates]]
174!!Μοῖραι | Parcae / Fāta
175A trio of goddesses: Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. They are the daughters of Nyx and Erebus, or of Zeus and Themis. They determine fate and controlled the life cycle. Clotho would determine when someone is born by spinning a length of thread on a spinning wheel, Lachesis would allot the length of time a person had to live by measuring the thread, and Atropos would sever the thread with a pair of shears when it was time for them to die. By the Romans, they were known as '''Nona''', '''Decima''' and '''Morta''' respectively, and collectively called the '''Parcae'''. This is where we get words like '[[MoralityPet Morality]]'.
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177* ActionGirl: They fought in the war between the Gods and Giants and killed Agrios and Thoon with bronze maces.
178* AboveTheGods: They have dominion over the destinies of ''everyone'', including the gods themselves, giving them a higher cosmic authority than even Zeus.
179* AnthropomorphicPersonification: More than just deities that control fate, they ''are'' fate.
180* CoolOldLady: They were feared, yes, but they would also help out gods and mortals, like warning Meleager's mother about his life being tied to a stick and aiding the Olympians in the Gigantomachy and the fight against Typhon. Women would swear by them, and brides would offer them locks of hair.
181* DarkIsNotEvil: They sided with Zeus in his battle against Typhon and even tried to hinder Typhon by feeding him a poisonous fruit and telling him that it was a PowerUpFood.
182* DeathsHourglass: The Thread of Life is a measurement of how long someone had to live. When it came for them to die, Atropos would cut the thread.
183* DecompositeCharacter: They may have been one goddess named Moira (sources are unclear) at one point but were later separated out into the famous trio.
184* TheDreaded: All three of them were feared by mortals and deities, especially Atropos.
185* EtherealWhiteDress: Commonly remembered as women in ''black'', but the original myths say that they wore white, and are heavily associated with death and moving between worlds.
186* MasterOfThreads: The Fates are a trio of goddesses who control destiny through the thread they spin.
187* {{Meaningful Name}}s: Clotho, the name of she who spins the thread of life, means "the weaver". Lachesis, the name of the one who measures the thread, means "the distributor of lots". Atropos, the name of she who cuts the thread of life, means "the inevitable".
188* TheOldGods: They pre-date the Olympians, and in most stories even the Titans. They are conceptually why even immortals must adhere to the cause and effect that is fate.
189* TheOmnipotent: As they are embodiments of fate, they can create any factor, or shape any event. Mortals and gods alike are subject to such events, being a god, at best, makes you aware of them.
190* TheOmniscient: They know everything. This of course, comes with the territory of being the Goddesses of Fate.
191* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: Basically their role in any story they appear in. Their main purpose seems to be to just sit there, weaving the Tapestry of Fate and discussing the exploits of the Gods and heroes, as well as knowing everything.
192* PowersThatBe: Referring to them as three woman is metaphorical at best. They are some of the only deities which don't just have the powers of something (In this case fate) but are the pure embodiment of it.
193* {{Seers}}: As the Goddesses of Fate, they are capable of seeing the future.
194* ShearMenace: Atropos and her life thread-cutting shears of destiny are the {{Trope Maker|s}}.
195* TheThreeFacesOfEve: When not portrayed as a trio of old women, they are portrayed as maiden (Clotho), mother (Lachesis), and crone (Atropos).
196* YouCantFightFate: It's in Atropos' name. This was a big deal in Ancient Greece.
197[[/folder]]
198
199[[folder:The Muses]]
200!!Μοῦσαι
201Completely unlike the gospel singing, American-inspired character of the Disney Hercules film, the Muses were the Greek goddesses of the inspiration of literature, science and the arts. One of the largest groups in Olympus, their members were: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania. Each goddess represented a different domain (for example, Calliope represented Epic Poetry) and the goddesses were said to be the source of knowledge passed through the oral legends and myths.
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203* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Each Muse represents something different:
204** Καλλιόπη / Calliope: Epic Poetry - TheMunchausen
205** Κλειώ / Clio: History - {{Bookworm}}
206** Ἐρατώ / Erato: Love Poetry - ItsNotPornItsArt
207** Eὐτέρπη / Euterpe: Music - ElegantClassicalMusician
208** Μελπομένη / Melpomene: Tragedy - TheEeyore
209** Πολυύμνια / Polyhymnia: Hymns - GodIsLoveSongs
210** Τερψιχόρη / Terpsichore: Dance - DancingWithMyself
211** Θάλεια / Thalia: Comedy - PluckyComicRelief
212** Οὐρανία / Urania: Astronomy - {{Astrologer}}
213%%* TheBard
214* FourthWallObserver: Before plays they come out and make introductions and set-up, then they merge into the plays themselves as background extras - flitting between narrator minor characters as needed.
215* GreekChorus: UrExample, TropeNamers, and TropeCodifier: they are literally and figuratively The Greek Chorus in plays and the reason the role is named as such.
216* GroupieBrigade: For the other gods, but especially for Apollo.
217* LemonyNarrator: Depending on the acting troop playing them, they may exude various levels of snark and/commentary about a specific play unfolding.
218* TheMuse: UrExample, TropeNamers, and TropeCodifier. The Muses were the goddesses of the arts and were said to inspire all creative works. Many poems begin with an invocation to the Muses to grant the poet the ability to give their subject the epic telling it deserves.
219* TheMusicMeister: Orpheus is said to have picked up this ability from them.
220* ParentalSubstitute: Calliope is Orpheus's mother, but all nine raised him. They also were this to Pegasus in-between his birth and bridling.
221* SlaveToPR: They essentially act as the Olympian version of a P.R. team. Myths are what the Muses pass onto the mortal world, and they try to portray it in the most palatable way possible (more for their audience than those at the center of the story).
222[[/folder]]
223
224[[folder:The Neikea (singular: Neikos)]]
225!!Νείκεα (Νεῖκος)
226The spirits of Arguments and children of Eris. They are probably the patrons of InsaneTrollLogic and logical fallacies. Not to be confused with the Amphilogiai, fellow children of Eris who represent disagreements.
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228* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of arguments.
229* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Their collective name means "quarrels".
230* OddJobGods: They are Daemons of ''argument''. Not just disagreement (that's another set of Eris kids), but arguments.
231[[/folder]]
232
233[[folder:The Nereids]]
234The 50 daughters of Nereus and Doris, who accompany Poseidon and often aid sailors.
235----
236* DependingOnTheWriter: Many writers portray Poseidon's wife Amphitrite as a Nereid, but it's also common for her to be an Oceanid, and still other times, she's presented as ''both''.
237* LikeParentLikeChild: The wisest among them, Nemertes, is said to be their father Nereus's equal in intelligence. Another, Apseudes, is implied to have inherited her father's honesty, given her name means "truthful."
238* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Not to the Oceanid or Potamoi's extent, but there's fifty daughters and a son (not always officially considered a Nereid himself), resulting in fifty-one siblings overall.
239* SingleSexOffspring: They greatly outnumber their only brother Nerites.
240[[/folder]]
241
242[[folder:The Oneiroi]]
243!!Ὄνειροι
244More than likely children of Nyx (though MultipleChoicePast strikes again here) these gods were the gods of dreams and were close siblings to Hypnos. There were three (or just three prominent ones depending on the myth), and they were '''Morpheus''' (a god who appeared in dreams as human figures), '''Phobetor''', also called Icelus, (a god who appeared in dreams as various animals and monsters, being the personification of nightmares), and Phantasos (a god who appeared in dreams as inanimate objects). Together, the siblings lived together in the Dream World, a realm located somewhere in the Underworld.
245
246Other sources place Morpheus, at least, as Pasithea's son by Hypnos (sleep + illusions/hallucinations = dreams).
247----
248* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of dreams and nightmares.
249* DreamingTheTruth: It is told that when they descend upon the world they pass through two gates, one made of horn and one made of ivory. The ones that pass through the gate made of horn will bring dreams of true things, [[DreamingOfThingsToCome or possibly even things that will come true]], while those that pass through the ivory gate will only bring false dreams.
250* MassiveNumberedSiblings: In the myths where there is more than the most prominent three, ''all dreams'' are stated to be siblings.
251[[/folder]]
252
253[[folder:The Phonoi (singular: Phonos)]]
254!!Φονοι (Φονος)
255The sons of Eris who presided over murder, killing, and slaughter out of battles. The patron gods of those who think MurderIsTheBestSolution.
256----
257* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of murder.
258* OddJobGods: Eris had a lot of kids that represented different sub-divisions of her domains. The Phonoi presided specifically over murder, while other sets of her children personified battles, killing as part of battle, and fights not part of battles.
259[[/folder]]
260
261[[folder:The Pseudologoi (singular: Pseudologos)]]
262!!Φευδολόγοι (Φευδολόγος)
263The Gods of Lies and sons of Eris.
264----
265* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of lies and falsehoods.
266[[/folder]]
267
268[[folder:The Psychai]]
269!!Ψυχαι
270Female personifications of pleasure and pluralizations of the goddess Psyche, making them something of an in-universe AKindOfOne. They were portrayed as beautiful young women with butterfly wings and were in most respects the female counterparts to the Erotes. They even pulled Aphrodite's chariot from time to time.
271----
272* AnthropomorphicPersonifications: Of sensual pleasures.
273* HotGod: As to be expected of not just Olympians, but love goddesses, they are all very beautiful and [[ShamelessFanServiceGirl proudly show it off]].
274* PrettyButterflies: They sport a pair of butterfly wings on their backs.
275* WingedHumanoid: They were winged, just like the Erotes. However, the Psychai had butterfly wings, whereas the Erotes had feathered wings like a bird's (except for Anteros, who also had butterfly wings).
276[[/folder]]
277
278!!Individuals
279
280[[folder:Aceso]]
281!!Ἀκεσώ
282The daughter of Asclepius and Epione, and goddess of the healing process.
283----
284* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the healing process.
285* FlatCharacter: Even less is said about Aceso than Iaso.
286* OddJobGod: His divine domain is a derivative of a derivative; Apollo was the original god with healing amongst his domains, which he passed on to his son Aesclepius (the god of the medical field), who in turn had a lot of kids who all represented different aspects of healing. Aceso in particular was the goddess of the ''process'' of healing.
287[[/folder]]
288
289[[folder:Achlys / Caligo]]
290!!Ἀχλύς
291One of the goddesses suffering from a MultipleChoicePast due to ContinuitySnarl, Achlys is either a primordial god or a daughter of Nyx, in which case she is sometimes portrayed as one of the Keres. Achlys is the goddess of the eternal night, aka the Mist of Death, which clouds the eyes of the dying. She is depicted as a pale, emaciated, and weeping woman, with chattering teeth, swollen knees, long nails on her fingers, bloody cheeks, and her shoulders thickly covered with dust.
292----
293* AnthropomorphicPersonification: In some tellings, she's the embodiment of sorrow.
294%%* NightmareFace:
295* OddJobGods: In some of her versions, she's the goddess of the cloudy eyes corpses have.
296[[/folder]]
297
298[[folder:Adrastea]]
299!!Ἀδράστεια
300Another goddess of revenge, she was also a goddess of balance and appears to have been tied with war, like her father Ares. Perhaps because of her role, she was often equated with Nemesis, who also had an epithet of "Adr'''a'''st'''e'''ia" (which, confusingly enough, is also the name of a nymph who nurtured Zeus).
301----
302* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Possibly of {{Revenge}}. She tends to get confused with Nemesis, which might be one of the reasons she isn't very well known.
303[[/folder]]
304
305[[folder:Agon]]
306!!Ἀγών
307Greek god of competition and competitive games, in particular, the Olympic Games. Among the words we get from his name are agony, antagonism, protagonist, etc.
308----
309* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Interestingly, he was one of Competitive games, not some abstract concept.
310%%* SatelliteCharacter: Even more so than most Greek gods.
311[[/folder]]
312
313[[folder:Alala]]
314!!Ἀλαλά
315Goddess of the war cry and daughter of Polemos, she was an attendant of Ares who used her name as his war cry, and Greek soldiers used this battle cry before battle. Greek soldiers used a similar cry in World War II. Listed as a member of the Makhai.
316----
317* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the war cry.
318* BattleCry: She was the goddess of these! Heck, her name was Ares's battle cry!
319* WarGoddess: Probably the most fun, if there is such a thing.
320* OddJobGods: A war goddess specifically devoted to [[BattleCry war cries]].
321[[/folder]]
322
323[[folder:Algos]]
324!!Ἄλγος
325A lesser-known god or goddess who personifies grief and sorrow. Child of Eris.
326----
327* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of grief and sorrow.
328[[/folder]]
329
330[[folder:Alke]]
331!!Ἁλκή
332The goddess of battle-strength, prowess, and courage. She was listed as another member of the Makhai. Presumably a daughter of Eris.
333* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of strength in battle.
334* WarGoddess: A more positive take, as she is specifically the goddess of strength and courage demonstrated in battle.
335[[/folder]]
336
337[[folder:Amechania]]
338!!Αμηχανια
339Sister of Penia and Greek goddess of helplessness. Often traveled around with her sisters.
340----
341* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of helplessness.
342* OddJobGods: Yes, the Greeks had a goddess for ''helplessness''.
343[[/folder]]
344
345[[folder:Amphitrite / Salacia]]
346!!Ἀμφιτρίτη | Salācia
347A major sea goddess and Poseidon's wife. In Rome, she was conflated with '''Salacia''', goddess of saltwater and Neptune's wife.
348----
349* GoodStepmother: Theseus, a demigod son of Poseidon, meets her when he dove into the sea to retrieve Minos's ring, during which she gives him a golden crown.
350* HolyWater: Greek tradesmen, both on sea ''and'' land, held a ceremony to her before they left; said ceremony involved boiling water, where the water was at that point considered blessed by Amphitrite and safer to drink. It is ambiguous if they knew the boiling itself purified water or thought the prayer prior to the boiling is what did it.
351* HotConsort: She is always displayed as very conventionally attractive, even when her husband isn't.
352* MarriageOfConvenience: Crossed with AltarDiplomacy. Poseidon married her to get lordship of the oceans from her father without a fight. She accepted the marriage to be the Queen of the Oceans instead of just one of hundreds of ocean princesses.
353* MultipleChoicePast: Some call her a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, thus making Amphitrite an Oceanid and possibly a Titaness, while other tales identify her as the daughter of Nereus and Doris, making Amphitrite a Nereid, while another group say she is a personification of the sea itself.
354* OceanAwe: She is basically assigned as the goddess of this concept--serene waterscapes.
355* OutOfCharacterMoment: She was sometimes said to be responsible for turning Scylla into a monster following her affair with Poseidon, but she otherwise isn't a jealous wife.
356* TopWife: While there are no surviving credible writings of the two having any sort of romance, we do have reference that Amphitrite is Poseidon's only official wife and she was never threatened by any of his affairs (besides one version where she, rather than Circe, is responsible for turning Scylla into a monster). Outside his affairs, Poseidon had a very traditional nuclear family with her, their son Triton, and two daughters, Rhode and Benthesikyme.
357* WaterIsWomanly: Originally one of many female embodiments of seas; after marriage, she becomes the queen of all bodies of water.
358[[/folder]]
359
360[[folder:Apate / Fraus]]
361!!Απάτη | Fraus
362The daughter of Nyx and Erebos, Apate was the Greek personification of deceit and was one of the evil spirits released from PandorasBox. Her Roman equivalent is '''Fraus''', from which we get the word ''fraud''. She had many siblings, including Nemesis and Keres. Her counterpart is '''Dolos''', the god of trickery, who was also a spirit released from Pandora's box.
363----
364* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of deceit.
365* EvilTwin: Looks identical to Alethia, the goddess of truth (despite not being sisters). The only way to tell them apart is that Apate does not have real feet, either having fake ones or none whatsoever.
366* GodOfEvil: She is a goddess of deception and one of the evils held in PandorasBox.
367* MagicalAccessory: Had a magical, multicolored belt that made the wearer a better liar by making people more likely to believe whatever you tell them.
368* RedRightHand: Apate does not have (real) feet below her ankles. It's the one way to tell her apart from Alethia.
369[[/folder]]
370
371[[folder:Arete / Virtus]]
372!!Ἀρετή | Virtūs
373At its basic level, ''arete'' was a concept that was extremely important to the Greeks, commonly thought of as meaning "virtue," its meaning is closer to something like, "being the best you can be," or "reaching your highest human potential." Thus, it's natural that there was a goddess that represented the concept. Arete, as a goddess, was the personification of this idea and was the daughter of Praxidike and the sister of Homonoia. Her contested Roman equivalent is '''Virtus'''. The only know tale of her has her and her counterpart Kakia (goddess of vice) offer Heracles a SecretTestOfCharacter, which he of course passed.
374----
375* AnthropomorphicPersonification: "Arete" was both an ideal and the goddess of said ideal. While the concept of ''arete'' doesn't have a direct English translation, "moral excellence" and "one's best possible self" are decent descriptions.
376* GodOfGood: She personified virtue, excellence, and the ideal of what you could become. All Greeks aspired to her concept.
377* GoodCounterpart: To Kakia, the goddess of temptation and vice.
378[[/folder]]
379
380[[folder:Aristaeus]]
381!! Aristaeus
382
383A minor god primarily known for rustic arts like beekeeping and cheesemaking. In some versions of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, he attempted to assault Eurydice on her wedding day, inadvertently causing her unfortunate death.
384----
385* LaserGuidedKarma: In myths that have him being involved with Eurydice's death, all his bees died, and he was prevented from practicing apiculture until he made a sacrifice to her soul.
386* OddJobGod: Literally the god ''of'' odd jobs: bee-keeping, cheesemaking, fruit farming, and assorted other pastoral past times.
387[[/folder]]
388
389[[folder:Arke / Arce]]
390!!Ἄρκη
391Daughter of Thaumas and Electra and sister of the Olympians' messenger and goddess of rainbows Iris. During the Titanomachy, Arke betrayed the Olympians and became a messenger for the Titans, and when the battle ended, Zeus punished her by tearing off her wings and casting her into Tartarus. Eventually, her wings were given to Thetis as a wedding gift.
392----
393* BrokenAngel: Her punishment for siding with the Titans was to have her wings ripped off.
394* CainAndAbel: Possibly with Iris, though no mention is made of how Iris felt about her sister's betrayal.
395* EvilCounterpart: For Iris.
396* FaceHeelTurn: She turned against the Olympians in favor of the Titans.
397* OddJobGods: It's sometimes thought that she was the god of double rainbows; more specifically, she personified the second, fainter rainbow you can occasionally see under the main one. Her nature as a BrokenAngel is why second rainbows are so faint.
398[[/folder]]
399
400[[folder:Asclepius / Vejovis]]
401!!Ἀσκληπιός | Vēdiovis
402In Greek mythology, the patron of medicine and son of Apollo. He not only cured the sick but recalled the dead to life. This rare authority over Hades may have been derived from the circumstances of his own birth: Coronis, a lake nymph or a princess, was impregnated by Apollo yet dared to take in secret a human being as a second lover. The god was so furious on discovering the infidelity that he shot her dead himself or sent his sister Artemis to slay Coronis, which she did with a pestilence. When the fire was already blazing around Coronis on the funeral pyre, Apollo felt compassion for his unborn son and removed him from the corpse. In this manner, Asclepius came into the world and was taught the art of healing by Chiron, the wisest of the Centaurs, beast-like monsters who dwelt in the woodlands. The success of this instruction was so great that Zeus, fearing that men might contrive to escape death altogether, killed Asclepius with lightning; at Apollo's request, he was revived, according to some authors. He was associated with the Roman god '''Vejovis''' and his staff, The Rod of Asclepius, remains a symbol of medicine to this day [[note]]It is oftentimes confused with the Caduceus, which tends to be incorrectly used in that role as well.[[/note]].
403----
404* BackFromTheDead: He was so good at healing he could bring the dead back to life, and when he was killed for this, Apollo had him raised as a deity in his own right.
405* BornFromADeadWoman: Apollo killed Coronis (or had her killed) while still pregnant; while her body was being consumed by the funerary flames, he cut her belly open and took the still living Asclepius from inside her.
406* EnemiesWithDeath: Hades was so pissed when Asclepius started resurrecting the dead Zeus had strike him dead just to keep Hades from showing everyone what a death-god can do when the laws of life and death don’t need to be followed.
407* HappilyMarried: To Epione. All of his children were born to her.
408* HealerGod: As the god of medicine. He also had a family of minor gods that took various subordinate roles, like remedies, healing process, and recovery.
409* HealingSerpent: The TropeCodifier. Asclepius[[note]] Also known as Asklepios and Aesculapius or Vejovis to the Romans.[[/note]], who was a demigod and [[DeityOfHumanOrigin later god]], was affiliated with, healing, medicine, rejuvenation, and physicians. The second part of this trope is found in the snakes[[note]]Supposedly the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesculapian_snake Aesculapian snake]] species.[[/note]] that he had help him in healing pilgrims at his temples. Some myths stated that he learned healing from a snake. His symbol, the Rod/Staff of Asclepius or the asklepian, which is a snake coiled around a staff, is still a prominent symbol for medicine and health care around the world.
410* TheMedic: As a mortal.
411* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Restored life to Hippolytus, who was killed as a result of a misunderstanding with his father Theseus. Zeus then killed him for robbing Hades of a subject and upsetting the balance of nature. Granted, it might not have been a good deed, since DependingOnTheWriter, Asclepius may have received payment for it.
412* PhysicalGod
413* SitcomArchnemesis: With Hades, who would like the dead to remain dead.
414* SuperDoc: Even in his mortal days, he was so good at healing that he could bring people back to life.
415[[/folder]]
416
417[[folder:Asopus]]
418A river god and father of Aegina, who was kidnapped by Zeus and later gave birth of Aeacus.
419----
420* BargainWithHeaven: Sisyphus agreed to tell Asopus the identity of the latter's daughter's kidnapper in exchange for Asopus providing a fountain for Corinth, Sisyphus's city.
421* DesignatedVictim: In one version, ''nine'' of his daughters were kidnapped by three separate Olympian gods.
422* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Despite going after Zeus for kidnapping his daughter Aegina, Asopus had to retreated after the Olympian started hurling his thunderbolt at him.
423* PhysicalGod
424* PapaWolf: Pursued '''Zeus''' after learning the king of the gods had kidnapped his daughter. He eventually backed off after Zeus brought out his thunderbolt, but still.
425[[/folder]]
426
427[[folder:Astraea / Justitia]]
428!!Ἀστραῖα | Iūstitia
429A Greek goddess of justice (similar to the Horae, Dike, who she is sometimes equated with) and also of innocence and purity. She is not to be confused with the goddess Asteria. Called the Celestial Virgin, she is said to be one of the last goddesses to come to Earth during man's Golden Age, and, according to Ovid, abandoned Earth during the Iron Age. Fleeing humanity's wickedness, she fled to heaven and became the constellation Virgo, her scales of justice becoming the constellation Libra. Like Dike, she is associated with the Roman goddess '''Justitia''' (also known as Lady Justice). One day, it is said that she will return to Earth, bringing with her the return to the utopic Golden Age.
430----
431* AllLovingHero: Possibly the closest equivalent Greece has.
432* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of justice.
433* GodOfGood: Possibly the nicest god in the whole pantheon.
434* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Why she left.
435[[/folder]]
436
437[[folder:Atë]]
438!!Ἄτη
439Perhaps a daughter of Zeus or Eris (or both), she was the goddess of mischief, delusion, folly, and reckless impulsiveness that leads to ruin. In Homer's Iliad, she is said to be Zeus's oldest child, and her mother is not mentioned. Hera used Ate to make Zeus swear that, on that very day, a mortal son of his would be born who would be a great ruler. Afterward, Hera sought to delay Hercules's birth and to birth prematurely Eurystheus, Hera's hero and direct counterpoint to Hercules. In anger, Zeus punished Ate by throwing her down to Earth and forbidding her from ever returning to Heaven or Mt. Olympus. Ate wanders the Earth now, making hell for everybody who meets her. Supposedly followed by the ''Litae'' (Prayers), who act as her healers, but cannot keep up with Atë, who runs too fast.
440----
441* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of ruin caused by reckless actions and delusion.
442* TheCorrupter: Her whole schtick.
443* GodOfEvil: She's the god of folly and ruin, and nothing good ever comes from meeting her.
444* WalkingTheEarth: Her punishment, though it is said she walks on the heads of men rather than the ground.
445* SatanicArchetype: Perhaps the UrExample. Cast out from heaven, walking the Earth and tempting mortals into sin... who does that sound like?
446[[/folder]]
447
448[[folder:Aura]]
449!!Αὔρα
450A breeze nymph from Asia Minor, Aura was one of Artemis's attendants and had thus sworn to remain a virgin. One day, she questioned Artemis's status as a virgin on account of her sensual body. Artemis went to Nemesis, who figured out that the appropriate punishment would be to get Aura raped. Nemesis then contacted [[LoveGod Eros]], who shot Dionysus with a love arrow. Dionysus then got Aura drunk and raped her. Aura woke up violated and pregnant, leading to her SanitySlippage.
451----
452* AbhorrentAdmirer: Dionysus is this for her.
453* BlasphemousBoast: She says to Artemis's face that she is better than her because her lithe silhouette is what's expected of a maiden, and that Artemis's voluptuous and womanly figure means she is lying about being a virgin.
454* ButLiquorIsQuicker: Dionysus's way of raping her, since as a sworm virgin, she would never have him willingly.
455* BuxomBeautyStandard: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. Aura thinks her slim and boyish figure makes her better than Artemis, as in her view virgins are not supposed to have sensuous bodies like Aphrodite's. She shames Artemis for her large breasts and lush body.
456* ChainedToABed: Not a bed, but Dionysus did tie her up while she was unconscious.
457* ChildByRape: Her twins by Dionysus, Iacchus and the unnamed twin. She tried to kill them both and was successful in ''eating'' one.
458* DefiledForever: Aura's view on her situation. Her virginity was her most prized asset, and losing it pushed her over the edge.
459* DespairEventHorizon: Her rape at the hands of Dionysus.
460* DisproportionateRetribution: Sure, Aura should have held her tongue, but Artemis arranging her rape is a bit too much.
461* DrivenToSuicide: After being raped and forced to give birth to her rapist's children, Aura decided she did not want to live anymore and drowned herself in the river Sangarius.
462* DudeShesLikeInAComa: Due to being struck with Eros's love arrow, Dionysus drugged her with wine and raped her while she was asleep.
463* DudeNotFunny: Aura might have thought her teasing innocent, but since being a virgin goddess was a major part of Artemis's divine identity, claiming that Artemis couldn't be a virgin while talking up her own virginity was essentially Aura saying that she should be goddess of maidenhood instead of Artemis... something that Artemis, naturally, didn't find all that funny.
464* ForcedTransformation: In the end, after she drowned herself in the river Sangarius, Zeus turned her into a spring.
465* GratuitousRape: Her rape scene can come off as that, courtesy of Nonnus's prose.
466* IAmAHumanitarian: After several attempts to kill her rape babies, she decides to straight up ''eat'' one. Artemis saves the other, Iacchus.
467* KarmicRape: How her story was meant to come off. Aura's BlasphemousBoast was about her own virginity, so Nemesis determined that the proper punishment would be for her to lose her virginity so she could no longer boast about it- which meant having her raped. Artemis even mocked Aura when she saw her in her deranged state after being raped.
468* KickTheDog: Aura's story.
469* MeaningfulName: Her name means "breeze" in both Greek and Latin and according to some myths, she was a daughter of Boreas.
470* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Artemis realizes she might have gone a bit ''too'' far when Aura cannibalizes her newborn son, so she saves the other one, Iacchus.
471* MultipleChoicePast: Her father is a minor god name Lelantos, but Nonnus apparently could not decide whether her mother was Cybele or the nymph Periboea.
472** Also applies to her surviving son, Iacchus, who was usually connected to Demeter in other traditions.
473* OffingTheOffspring: As soon as they were born, too! First, she tried to feed them to a lioness, and when that failed, she ate one of them.
474* PetitePride: Her BlasphemousBoast talking up her small bust (and generally boyish figure) as more befitting of a virgin while shaming Artemis for having large breasts and insinuating that she wasn't actually a virgin.
475* RapeAsDrama: Dionysus replaces the water from a spring with wine, intoxicating Aura, and then rapes her while she's passed out.
476* RapeLeadsToInsanity: ''Aura ended up '''eating''' one of her newborn twins''. See {{SanitySlippage}} below.
477* RealWomenHaveCurves: According to Aura, Artemis has a very voluptuous and curvaceous body, which Aura uses as evidence to argue that Artemis cannot be a virgin.
478* SanitySlippage: What happened to her after she discovered she was raped and got pregnant on top of that. She tried to kill herself, then tried to cut her belly open, then tried to feed her newborn twins to a lioness, then ate one of the twins, and in the end killed herself.
479* SinsOfTheFather: Why she tried to kill her innocent infants--she never meant to have them, and they only came to exist because their father raped her.
480* SlippingAMickey: Dionysus replaced her water with wine.
481* SlutShaming: To ''Artemis'', of all people, insinuating that her famed virginity was a lie because Artemis had curves, as the idea that big breasts meant promiscuity is OlderThanFeudalism. Why she thought that was a good idea is a RiddleForTheAges.
482* TooDumbToLive: No matter your opinion on Artemis's reaction, Aura doubting the virginity of the goddess famous for being a virgin was not the brightest move.
483* VirginPower: She was sworn to celibacy as a companion of Artemis, at least until she got on Artemis' bad side, with unfortunate results.
484[[/folder]]
485
486[[folder:Bia]]
487!!Βία
488The goddess and personification of force, Bia, daughter of Pallas and Styx and sister of Nike, Kratos, and Zelus. She and her siblings were Zeus's constant companions, as they, along with their mother, help Zeus fight the Titans. In Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, she along with Hephaestus and Kratos bound the Titan Prometheus.
489----
490* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of force.
491* WingedHumanoid: Same as her siblings.
492[[/folder]]
493
494[[folder:Caerus / Kairos]]
495An obscure god of opportunity. Seemed to be an allegory for taking chances when they present themselves.
496----
497
498* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Said to be Zeus's youngest child (of his divine children, at least).
499* FullFrontalAssault: Runs completely naked.
500* SuperSpeed: Why opportunities are so fleeting.
501* OddJobGod: He's the god of opportunities, and mostly seen as an explanation why they come and go.
502[[/folder]]
503
504[[folder:Ceto / Crataeis / Trienus]]
505!!Κητώ / Κράταιις / Τρίενος
506An early, powerful sea goddess, sometimes conflated with Hecate. Mother of a race of monsters with Phorcys, called the Phorcydes, which include Echidna, and (sometimes) The Gorgons (including Medusa), Ladon, Scylla, and The Graeae.
507----
508* MonsterProgenitor: She's the mother of a whole lot of sea monsters.
509* PhysicalGod
510[[/folder]]
511
512[[folder:Calypso]]
513Calypso was a daughter of Atlas who captured Odysseus for many years, before he finally managed to escape. She lived on the mythical island of Ogygia, her very own abode. According to Homer's epic, the Odyssey, when Odysseus landed on Ogygia, Calypso fell in love with him and decided to keep him as her immortal husband.
514----
515
516* AbductionIsLove: Definitely on her end, how "in love" Odysseus was is debatable but most likely he was just buying time till he could escape.
517* DomainHolder: Has absolute power over her island, stopping people from leaving and effectively stopping time there so Odysseus would not age.
518* DoubleStandardRapeDivineOnMortal: Calypso is an immortal goddess who keeps Odysseus as her lover against his will; he is very clearly unwilling to be with her, but has no other choice as he is stranded on her island.
519* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Homer makes it very clear that Odysseus has no choice in sleeping with Calypso, depicting him often crying by the seashore.
520* DrivenToSuicide: One account states she killed herself after Odysseus left her.
521* HospitalHottie: Heals Odysseus after his shipwreck and seduces him at the same time.
522* ImmortalityInducer: Wanted to be this for Odysseus, but he rejected her gift, wanting only to return to his mortal family.
523* LimaSyndrome: Despite holding him against his will, her feelings for Odysseus were genuine and she was not doing it out of cruelty or mistreating him in anyway OTHER than not allowing him to leave.
524* MindControlMusic: She used this power to help keep Odysseus from leaving by singing. Furthermore the Odyssey describes her voice as enchanting wild animals and even Hermes has trouble resisting her song.
525* MultipleChoicePast: She is usually the daughter of Atlas, but some accounts make her an Oceanid (thus a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys) while a rare one has Helios and Perse (Circe's parents) as her parents.
526* PhysicalGod: She is a daughter of either Atlas or Oceanus.
527[[/folder]]
528
529[[folder:Circe]]
530!!Κίρκη
531Sometimes called a witch, sorceress, enchantress, or nymph. MultipleChoicePast again, however, she is usually seen as a daughter of Helios and Perse, though some see her as the daughter of Hecate. Called "The loveliest of all immortals", she was known for turning people she didn't like into animals and having a truly massive knowledge of drugs and herbs. She lives in a large mansion, which she surrounded with feral predators she culled with her magic. She is most well known for her run-in with Odysseus: She turned some of his crew into pigs and Odysseus set out to rescue them from her, using advice given by Hermes as an aid. Following Hermes' advice, Odysseus succeeded in freeing his men and gaining Circe's trust, and she helped him on his journey.
532----
533* BackFromTheDead: In one version of the ''Telegony'', she brings Odysseus back to life after their son Telegonus kills him without knowing him. In another, he stays dead.
534* CompellingVoice: Her beautiful songs lure men to her island, where she turns them into animals.
535* DefeatMeansFriendship: She's a GracefulLoser after Odysseus outwits her, to the point where they become lovers and she aids him in his journey.
536* TheExile: Sent to Aeaea by her father Helios for killing her husband, the prince of Colchis.
537* ForcedTransformation:
538** In ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', she turns some of Odysseus' crew into pigs.
539** Jealous of the sea god Glaucus's love for the nymph Scylla, she turned the poor girl into a monster.
540** She also turned King Picus into a woodpecker when he spurned her to remain faithful to his wife.
541* ForTheEvulz: There's really no motive given for why she turns men into animals. It's not that she DoesNotLikeMen, because she hooks up with Odysseus (and Telemachus) and falls/fell for Glaucus at some point.
542* HotWitch: "The loveliest of all immortals."
543* IGaveMyWord: Even ''she'' won't go back on an oath taken in the name of all the gods.
544* ImmortalityInducer: At the end of ''The Telegony'', she makes Telegonus, Telemachus, and Penelope immortal like herself. If Odysseus isn't dead anymore, she does the same for him, too.
545* LoveFatherLoveSon: According to ''The Telegony'', she shacks up with Telemachus. In one version, this turns into a weird double example with Penelope, who ends up with Telegonus, Circe's son with Odysseus.
546* MayflyDecemberRomance: Any relationship she has with a mortal counts, technically. Perhaps notable is that she shacked up with Odysseus, and later his son (by Penelope) Telemachus in the ''Telegony''.
547* PhysicalGod: She's got immortality, powerful mystic abilities, and direct divine ancestry.
548* ThePowerOfTheSun: Her powers are said to come from her father, the sun god Helios. LightIsNotGood ensues.
549* SolitarySorceress: Lived all alone on her island, Aeaea.
550* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Like all descendants of Helios, she has fiery eyes.
551* TheTransmogrifier: Renowned for transforming people she didn't like into animals - or worse: she turned the nymph Scylla into a monster out of jealousy, transformed Picus into a woodpecker for refusing her advances, and famously reduced several members of Odysseus's crew to pigs. In some versions of the story, her island is ''infested'' with various beasts - all of them former explorers who found themselves on the receiving end of her bad mood.
552* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Gave her son Telegonus a magical spear tipped with a ray's poisonous sting in order to protect him on his journeys. When he washed up on Ithaca, Telegonus tried to make a meal out of some cattle that belonged to Odysseus, who tried to stop him, and so Telegonus Crocodile-Huntered his own father. It's okay in some versions 'cause she brings him back.
553* {{Yandere}}: She's got a nasty habit of transforming the love interests of men she loves into animals.
554[[/folder]]
555
556[[folder:Clytie]]
557!!Κλυτίη
558An Oceanid nymph (a minor water goddess) who was very deeply in love with Helios, the sun god. Unfortunately for her, [[LoveGoddess Aphrodite]], who hated his guts, cursed him with uncontrollable lust for a mortal princess named Leucothoe, so Helios left her. In bitterness, Clytie informed Leucothoe's father Orchamus of the affair, leading to Orchamus burying Leucothoe alive. This only made Helios dislike Clytie even more, and refused to even look at her. So she stripped herself naked, sat on a rock, not eating or drinking, just looking at him cross the skies. She was eventually transformed into a sun-gazing flower, the heliotropium.
559----
560* AbhorrentAdmirer: She eventually became this for Helios; he is said to have hated her by the end.
561* AlasPoorVillain: Causes an innocent woman's death, but it's still hard not to feel sorry for her. Especially since Helios leaving her in the first place was due to Aphrodite's interference, not even him naturally falling out of love with her.
562* BrokenBird: After Helios left her.
563* ClingyJealousGirl: Essentially, her plan was that if she could not have Helios, no one would have him either.
564* DidNotGetTheBoy: For all her scheming and wishing, she and Helios did not end up together.
565* DespairEventHorizon: When Helios left her for good, she lost all will to live.
566* DidntThinkThisThrough: Somehow decided that ratting his secret out to the king thus causing Leucothoe's death would make Helios love her again. Needless to say it didn't work.
567* DrivenToSuicide: [[ZigzaggedTrope In a way]]. After Helios refused to even look at her, she sat on a rock naked looking at him, refusing food and drink. She turned into a heliotropium before she could die.
568* EarnYourHappyEnding: Completely [[AvertedTrope averted]]. Clytie did everything she could to have Helios back, and it only resulted in him liking her even less.
569* ForcedTransformation: Ended up transforming into a heliotropium.
570* GreenEyedMonster: Her actions are entirely motivated by her feelings of jealousy toward the god she loves and the woman his eyes wandered to.
571* HopelessSuitor: After Aphrodite cursed Helios to fall in love with Leucothoe, she stood no chance.
572* KissingCousins: She as this with Helios at first, since she's an Oceanid (a daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys).
573* LoveHurts: She was in love with Helios, but was unable to win his affections due to Aphrodite's meddling.
574* LoveMakesYouCrazy: It sure made Clytie crazy and desperate.
575* LoveMakesYouEvil: Well, maybe not necessarily evil, but surely bitter and terribly misguided.
576* MadLove: For Helios, big time.
577* MakingASplash: An Oceanid nymph.
578* TheMissusAndTheEx: It's even the myth's title, ''Leucothoe and Clytie''. It ended up terribly for poor Leucothoe.
579* MurderTheHypotenuse: Her plan in a nutshell. Though it's not specified that she wanted Leucothoe ''dead'', perhaps she thought that her father the king would just lock her away or something.
580* TheOneThatGotAway: Helios is this for her.
581* PsychoExGirlfriend: "Psycho" is perhaps too extreme to describe her, but she did ruin it for everyone because she couldn't move on.
582* SadlyMythtaken: Many modern retellings have her transform into a sunflower due to it being more sun-like and known than the heliotrope. Sunflowers, however, are native to North America, and the ancient Greeks could not have made myths about them.
583* SingleTargetSexuality: She was romantically interested only in Helios, to the point of withering away when she couldn't have him.
584* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: "Although a root now holds her fast to earth, the Heliotrope turns ever to the Sun, as if to prove that all may change and love through all remain."
585* WomanScorned: What she became when Helios' affections shifted elsewhere.
586* {{Yandere}}: Causing the other woman's death sure qualifies her as one.
587[[/folder]]
588
589[[folder:Cybele/Magna Mater]]
590!!Κυβέλη | Magna Mater
591A Phrygian Mother Goddess, Cybele was a wildly popular goddess throughout Anatolia, her cult eventually filtered its way back to Greece and the Hellenistic World, eventually coming to Rome in the form of Magna Mater ("the Great Mother"). The only known Phrygian Goddess, her only major myth concerns her relationship with the mortal Attis. She's often depicted wearing a mural crown and seated in a chariot pulled by lions.
592----
593* CanonImmigrant: Originally a Phrygian Goddess, she would make her way to Greece via the Greek colonies in Anatolia.
594* ChariotPulledByCats: Well, by lions, so close enough.
595* CripplingCastration: Seems to play a major role in her myths:
596** Originally, Cybele was born as the intersex deity Agdistis, but the Olympians fearing their power, cut off their male organ and created the female Cybele. The discarded member eventually grew into an almond tree.
597** Later, Attis, who was conceived when a princess laid an almond from the same tree on her bosom, was about to be married, Cybele interrupted the wedding and the sight of her drove Attis to go mad and castrate himself, which also inspired his would-be father-in-law to do the same and pledge himself to the service of Cybele. [[JustSoStory Which is why Cybele's priests are all eunuchs]].
598* CompositeCharacter: When she first arrived in Greece a lot of her attributes were initially given over to other goddesses, Gaea, Rhea, and Demeter in particular.
599* ForeignFanservice: Even when she developed a distinct Greek cult, she was always acknowledged as having come from Phrygia in Anatolia and thus was seen as exotic and mysterious.
600* MotherGoddess: She was known as "The Mother of the Gods", and the "Mother of Mountains". Eventually, under the Romans, she took on a role as a protectress of cities, and of the Empire as a whole.
601* ParentalIncest: Her lover Attis was also her son by almond (don't ask).
602* TheProphecy: Was the subject of one, after several inauspiscous signs during the Second Punic War (the one with Hannibal) including a failed harvest and famine, the Romans consulted the Sybilline Books and discovered that Rome would triumph if they brought the cult of Cybele to the city. After confirming the prophecy with the Oracle of Delphi, they brought the cult image of Cybele to the city, just in time for Hannibal to be defeated.
603[[/folder]]
604
605[[folder:Deimos / Formido / Metus]]
606!!Δεῖμος | Formīdō / Metūs
607Brother of Phobos (and, like him, had a moon of Mars named after him), and the son of Ares, Deimos is the god of terror who commonly accompanied his father, brother, Aunt Enyo, and Eris into war, along with his father's attendants, Trembling, Fear, Dread, and Panic. More of an abstract personification of sheer terror, especially that which is brought on by war, he doesn't really appear in any tales. His Roman equivalent is '''Formido''' or '''Metus'''. He's also the namesake of the smaller of Mars' two moons.
608----
609* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of terror.
610[[/folder]]
611
612[[folder:Dike]]
613!!Δίκη
614Goddess of mortal justice and fair judgment. She is sometimes counted among the Horae. As a daughter of Zeus and Themis, she was sent to Earth to help maintain order among mankind. She would reward virtue and punish the guilty. Eventually, she grew tired and disgusted with humanity's wickedness. She fled back to Olympus where she reports to Zeus the evil deeds of man and the perverted judgments of justice so he can punish them accordingly.
615----
616* GodOfGood: She's the god of fairness and moral judgement.
617* GoldenAge: Said to have enjoyed the company of Golden Age humans and been much kinder. As each subsequent race of men was increasingly wicked she became less caring and merciful.
618* PhysicalGod
619* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: She fled Earth because as the goddess of justice, the injustice of humanity was too much for her.
620[[/folder]]
621
622[[folder:Dolos]]
623!!Δόλος | Mendacius
624God of trickery and guile, the master of masters at cunning deception, craftiness, and treachery. A patron to would-be [[TheChessmaster chessmasters]] everywhere. Was an apprentice to Prometheus. Possibly a child of Nyx or Gaia.
625----
626* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of lies and treachery.
627* ConsummateLiar: The god OF it.
628* TheTrickster: A primordial example, predating many of the other more famous tricksters in the Greco-Roman pantheon but often outshined by them.
629[[/folder]]
630
631[[folder:Dysnomia]]
632!!Δυσνομία
633Daughter of Eris, and goddess of Lawlessness (though some call her a daemon), and was considered similar to Ate. Didn't figure much in Greek myth. Eris the dwarf planet has a moon named after her.
634----
635* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of lawlessness.
636* AnarchyIsChaos: In a sense. She can be considered a personification of anarchy and her mother is Eris, goddess of strife.
637* OddJobGods: The god of Anarchy, and one of Eris's many divine children.
638[[/folder]]
639
640[[folder:Eileithyia / Ilithyia]]
641!!Εἰλείθυια
642As her overly weird name might attest to, this goddess is not a native Greek one, but a transplant from Crete, who became the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery. She was the divine helper of women in labor, and, though it's agreed upon generally that her mother is Hera, her father's identity is disputed.
643----
644* ButtMonkey: Her most common role in mythology is to get kidnapped by Hera so one of Zeus's illegitimate kids won't be born until she gets released.
645* CanonImmigrant: More than likely did not originate from Greece but with the Minoans of Crete.
646* DesignatedVictim: Most famously for Hera.
647* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: Is on the receiving end of this. Galanthis tricks her into thinking that Alcmene has already given birth despite Eileithyia's attempts to prevent it.
648* FlatCharacter: Was well known among Greeks, but has few stories, and little is developed of her character, other than "chronic victim of Hera".
649* PhysicalGod
650* SatelliteCharacter: She only appears alongside Hera in the myths. Theologically speaking her domain is an extension of Hera's.
651* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Hera instructed her to delay Heracles's birth, which Eileithyia managed to achieve by focusing on prolonging Alcmene's labor. Alcmene's maid Galanthis eventually realized what was going on and told Eileithyia that the baby had already been born, which shocked the goddess enough to break her concentration and allow Alcmene to finally give birth.
652[[/folder]]
653
654[[folder:Eleos / Clementia]]
655!!Ἔλεος | Clēmentia
656One of the many children of Nyx. The goddess and personification of pity, mercy, clemency, and compassion. Because she is entity or force, rather than a person, she lacks a defined appearance in Greek mythology, with the only consistency in her appearances being that she is a young woman with a blue veil or dress. A very hard god to deal with even by her worshippers, she is is shy, weak, sad, constantly depressed, filled with grief and mentally vulnerable all the damn time, even when there is no good reason to be so. In Rome, her counterpart is Clementia.
657----
658* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of pity, mercy, clemency and compassion.
659[[/folder]]
660
661[[folder:Endovelicus]]
662!!Endovelicus
663A less known deity worshipped by the Romans, he actually came from the Myth/LusitanianMythology, but after the Romans conquered the Iberian Peninsula he became quite a popular deity, until of course the arrival of Christianity. He was a god of healing and light and was often referred to as ''Deus'', a title now used when referring to the Christian God in Portuguese.
664----
665* CanonImmigrant: As stated, he originated from Myth/LusitanianMythology.
666* HealerGod
667* HijackedByJesus: Being a god of light was apparently enough for the Christians to identify him as ''Lucifer'' after pagan religions were replaced by Christianity.
668* InexplicablyAwesome: As the result of being an addition from a different religion, he never quite fit into the scheme of the pantheon. and we don't really know what his deal was.
669* LightEmUp
670* LightIsGood
671* PhysicalGod
672* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Aendovelicus and, in Portuguese, Endovaelico are alternative spellings/pronounciations of the name.
673[[/folder]]
674
675[[folder:Enyo / Bellona / Duellona]]
676!!Ἐνυώ | Bellōna / Duellōna
677A war goddess alongside Ares, she was his companion and counterpart and occasionally his wife. May have had a son by him named Enyalius in earlier legends, but that name was later conflated with Ares himself (helps that Enyalius was also a war god). Enyo, a daughter of Hera and Zeus, was responsible for orchestrating the destruction of cites, much to her enjoyment, and often accompanied Ares directly into battle. Alongside Eris, Deimos, and Phobos, she instigated the horrors of war. Tied to the Roman goddess '''Bellona''' whose name is related to the Latin word for war, ''bellum''. The older form of Bellona's name was '''Duellona''' and she was sometimes identified as Mars' wife, sometimes as his sister. When Rome declared war on someone, the Fetial priests had to throw a spear from a column in front of her temple. Bellona was later identified with the Cappadocian Earth and Mother goddess '''Ma'''.
678----
679* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of destruction.
680* BloodKnight: Possibly the biggest one in the Greek Pantheon, even beating out Ares! Notably, when Zeus went up against Typhon, a creature that all the Greek gods feared, ''she refused to take sides'', instead she delighted in watching the conflict from afar!
681* BreakoutCharacter: By comparing it to her Greek conflation, Bellona was ''far'' more prominent than Enyo, with her arguably taking the title of the pantheon's predominant WarGoddess from Minerva/Athena. Bellona remained depicted in art long after the Roman Empire's fall as a symbol of war as well (for example, Shakespeare references her in Theatre/{{Macbeth}}) -- indeed, ancient Roman visual depictions of her haven't seemed to have survived. From the constant Roman perspective over the years though, [[SubvertedTrope Bellona's name just only changed as she was a popularly-worshiped goddess among the Romans]] long before their religion merged with the Greeks. Funnily enough, while various Roman worship practices of her remain pretty known by historians even before she was merged with Enyo, actual ''myths'' involving her are scant.
682* BrotherSisterIncest: With Ares, but you should be used to this by now.
683* GodOfEvil: She was essentially the goddess of WarIsHell.
684* PhysicalGod: She's a divine companion of Ares.
685* RapePillageAndBurn: Also part of her MO.
686* WarGoddess: A companion of Ares who oversaw the conflict between Zeus and Typhon, though she refused to take a side.
687* WarIsHell: She makes it like this and would have it no other way.
688[[/folder]]
689
690[[folder:Epione]]
691!!Ἠπιόνη
692The Greek goddess of the soothing of pain, the wife of Asklepios, and the mother of some of his children.
693----
694* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of soothing pain.
695* OddJobGods: A minor medical god associated with the more prominent Asclepius, specifically providing over painkillers.
696[[/folder]]
697
698[[folder:Eris / Discordia]]
699!!Ἔρις | Discordia
700The goddess of Strife and Discord, she is known in Roman mythology as '''Discordia''' and has a dwarf planet named after her. Is widely considered a less than pleasant goddess with even more than unpleasant children. She is the daughter of Nyx, which may explain how she got her job. Homer equated her with Enyo, resulting in her being also thought of as the daughter of Zeus and Hera, though they are clearly not the same god. Actually escorted the monster Typhon into his battle with Zeus and had a hand in causing the war between Greece and Troy. Has become a deity in the modern religion of UsefulNotes/{{Discordianism}}. A dwarf planet is named after her... rather appropriately, it's the one that sparked the creation of "dwarf planet" as a category and led to Pluto's demotion. Eris would ''absolutely'' be proud.
701----
702* AffablyEvil: A common interpretation of her.
703* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Her whole character, however, Discordianism makes her much nicer.
704* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of discord.
705* AppleOfDiscord: Her symbol is the {{Trope Namer|s}}, best known for when she used it to start the Trojan War.
706* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Possibly the case. She leads Typhon into battle in his fight against Zeus but doesn't seem to personally confront Ares, who is her close companion and friend.
707* ChaosIsEvil: Generally seen as one of the more malevolent goddesses.
708* CompetitionFreak: Sometimes combined with FriendlyRivalry; just like some philosophers did with Aphrodite, Hesiod declared that there were two goddesses named Eris. The "common" Eris is the one who represents her usual characterization as a dark goddess of strife and hatred... and a "heavenly" Eris, who represents the "healthy" competition between athletes, businesses, and artisans and causes them to "strive" to better themselves and their trade/art.
709* DisproportionateRetribution: Started the Trojan War over [[RevengeSVP not being invited to a wedding]].
710* EvilIsPetty: It's hard to top starting a gigantic war for not being invited to a wedding.
711* ForTheEvulz: About 90% of her actions, to be expected from the personification of discord.
712* GodOfEvil: Exists to cause chaos through inciting conflict and discord, and was thought to be behind most bad things that plauged Earth, either directly or through her many kids. She's also the GreaterScopeVillain of the Trojan war, having incited it by causing an argument between Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera.
713* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the Trojan War. She instigated the whole conflict, but the war was mainly fought between the Greeks and Trojans; the BigBad, in this case, was Paris. As per other legends about Greek deities, [[KarmaHoudini she was not punished for it]].
714* MotherOfAThousandYoung: Eris has had MANY children, all of them terrible. The children she gave birth to probably did about as much damage to the Earth and all the people on it as the things released from PandorasBox. See individual entries above and below.
715* MultipleChoicePast: Most legends described her as one of Nyx's numerous terrible children, but in the story that she is most associated with, the Trojan Cycle, she was equated with Enyo, a daughter of Zeus and Hera. It's clear, however, that the two aren't the same, since during the battle with Typhon, they were mentioned separately: Eris seemed to take Typhon's side, while Enyo became a sort of the battle's ring girl.
716* NightmareFetishist: She adores Ares for the same reason most hate him, namely his wake of violence and blood.
717* NoLoveForTheWicked: Possibly — despite having many, many, ''many'' kids, Eris was never depicted as having any lovers, having conceived all of her children on her own, without the help of a father. Unlike explicit virgin goddesses like [[CelibateHero Athena, Hestia and Artemis]] or [[WellIntentionedExtremist the Furies]], Eris was depicted in a far more negative light.
718* RevengeSVP: The UrExample. You know [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent's curse to Aurora?]] It's based on Eris's tale. Unlike [[DisneyVillainDeath Maleficent]], though, [[KarmaHoudini Eris didn't get punished for doing that]].
719* SadlyMythtaken: Was ''not'' the goddess of chaos. The role of god of chaos went to Chaos themself. Eris was the goddess of discord, as in infighting, arguing, and conflict.
720* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Eris was not invited to Peleus and Thetis's wedding because she's a big troublemaker. And made a lot of trouble did she ''ever''...
721* TokenEvilTeammate: The only god who took Typhon's side during his battle with Zeus, besides Gaia herself (who was behind the war in the first place). And like Gaia, she managed to ''get away'' for it! (But poor Typhon...)
722* TheTrickster: A malevolent example.
723* {{Troll}}: She provokes other gods just to get a reaction out of them or see what their {{BerserkButton}}s are.
724* TrulySingleParent: None of her children have a father and unlike her mother Nyx, who is sometimes depicted as conceiving her children with her husband's help, Eris is never depicted as having a lover to conceive her kids with.
725* WingedHumanoid: One of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eris_Antikensammlung_Berlin_F1775.jpg most famous depictions of her]] shows her with large feathered wings.
726[[/folder]]
727
728[[folder:Eros / Cupid]]
729!!Ἔρως | Cupīdō
730See Characters/ClassicalMythologyProtogenoi.
731[[/folder]]
732
733[[folder:Eucleia]]
734!!Εὐκλεία
735The Greek goddess of glory and good repute, sister to Euthenia. Often shown alongside Aphrodite as an attendant, where she represents the good repute of a young bride.
736----
737* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of glory.
738* OddJobGods: Essentially the goddess of good publicity.
739[[/folder]]
740
741[[folder:Eupheme]]
742!!Εὔφημος
743Greek goddess of words of good omen, praise, acclaims, shouts of triumph, and applause. Her opposite was Momus. Was the nurse of the Muses and the mother of Krotos with Pan, who became the constellation Sagittarius.
744----
745* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of praise and triumph.
746[[/folder]]
747
748[[folder:Eurynome]]
749!!Εὐρυνόμη
750Ancient Greek sea goddess worshiped in the form of a mermaid, she was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, and was the third wife of Zeus, with whom she had her daughters, the Charities. When Hephaestus was cast from Olympus by Hera, it was Eurynome and Thetis who caught him and nursed him back to health. This Eurynome is closely associated with the Titan Eurynome, wife of Ophion, the first ruler of Olympus.
751----
752* ParentalSubstitute: She and Thetis served as this to Hephaestus after he was thrown from Mount Olympus as a baby, raising him as he gradually honed his talents as a craftsman.
753* PhysicalGod: A daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.
754[[/folder]]
755
756[[folder:Euthenia]]
757!!Εὐθηνία
758Greek goddess of prosperity, who had three sisters: Eucleia, Philophrosyne, and Eupheme. Sometimes regarded as a younger Charity, along with her sisters. She and her sisters' parents were Hephaestus and Aglaea.
759----
760* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of prosperity.
761[[/folder]]
762
763[[folder:Chloris / Flora]]
764!!Χλωρίς | Flōra
765Flora was one of several Roman goddesses associated with spring, grain and flowers, first worshipped by other Italic tribes. Her feast, the ''Floralia'' ran from April 28 to May 3 and was a bit raucous. Chloris, whom the Romans identified with Flora, was a nymph and minor godess of flowers who was married to the god of spring and the west wind, Zephyrus.
766
767----
768* AscendedExtra: Flora was one of the older Roman gods who lost importance in the myths as the Romans syncretised their gods with the Greek Pantheon, and her Greek 'counterpart', Chloris, is specifically named as a nymph. However over a thousand years later Flora achieved widespread popularity in Renaissance and Baroque art.
769* EthicalSlut: One of her cognomina was ''meretrix'', "whore", and she was generally seen as a kind goddess responsible for spring.
770* FertileFeet: A variation; in poetry Flora's breath is said to turn into petals and blossoms as she speaks.
771* GreenThumb: It comes with her domain.
772* {{Heaven}}: Chloris is sometimes said to reside in the Elysian Fields.
773* MysticalPregnancy: Not Flora or Chloris herself, but in Roman myth she was said to have possessed a magical flower that could induce one of these in women. In one myth she loaned that flower to Juno, who used it to become pregnant with Vulcan.
774* PhysicalGod: As with the other gods.
775* {{Transflormation}}: In some versions of the myths, Flora is behind the various person-to-flower transformations in Classical Mythology.
776[[/folder]]
777
778[[folder:Geras / Senectus]]
779!!Γῆρας | Senectus
780The god of old age, and the counterpart to Hebe (Youth). It was said that the more geras a man had, the more kleos (fame) and arete (excellence and courage) he had. Generally considered a son of Nyx and Erebus, he was usually portrayed as a shriveled-up old man. His Roman equivalent was '''Senectus'''. In vases, he's usually portrayed alongside Hercules, but the story that inspired these illustrations has been completely lost.
781----
782* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of old age.
783* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Vase art [[https://www.palladion.hu/en/heracles-and-geras/ implies that]], much like Thanatos, Heracles defeated Geras and died in his prime.
784* OddJobGods: He's the god of old age, contrasting with Hebe the goddess of youth.
785* SuperPersistentPredator: A symbolic variant, as old age will ''always'' catch up to us at some point.
786[[/folder]]
787
788[[folder:Glaucus]]
789!!Γλαῦκος
790A god of the sea, Glaucus was one of the very few mortals who attained immortality and godhood. It is believed that he comes to the rescue of fishermen and sailors caught in storms; this is because he was one himself. One day, when Glaucus was still mortal, he came across a weird herb that could resurrect dead fish, and tried eating it himself. The herb made him immortal, but at a steep cost: in place of his arms, he had fins, and his legs were replaced with a fish's tail (though there are versions of the story that say he just became a merman), forcing him to live in the sea forever. Though initially saddened by these turn of events, Oceanus and Tethys took Glaucus in as one of their own, teaching him the gift of prophecy and making him a god of the sea. Glaucus later fell in love with Scylla (who was a beautiful sea nymph at the time) and tried to marry her, but Scylla was repulsed by his physical appearance and ran away from him. Glaucus went to Circe for help in getting Scylla to fall for him, but Circe fell in love with ''him'' instead. Though Circe tried her best to win his heart, Glaucus was too in love with Scylla to go with her. Circe, in rage, poisoned the water where Scylla bathed and turned her into the horrible monster we all know. [[note]]This is just one version of Scylla's transformation. It's also been attributed to a jealous Amphitrite over Poseidon.[[/note]]
791----
792* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Had blue skin and copper-green hair.
793* ChickMagnet: Scylla aside, a number of women (and men) find him attractive. The ladies: Circe, Ariadne (over whom he briefly tussled with Dionysus), Syme, and Hydne. The guys: Nereus and Melicertes. Not bad for a guy with fish parts.
794* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: Accidentally dropped one of his fish on an herb that brought it back to life, then decided give it a shot for himself. Now he's a god, albeit one whose body was fundamentally changed.
795* FamousAncestor: He's one to Glaucus of Carystus (a renowned boxer) and the Cumaean Sibyl. By whom, exactly, isn't clear.
796* GodOfHumanOrigin: One of the few mortals to achieve divinity.
797* PhysicalGod: One of many sea-gods.
798* PowerUpFood: One writer explained that the magical herb was specific to an island holy to Helios and was used to refresh his horses. Another said it was dogs-tooth grass, sown by Cronus.
799* {{Seers}}: Learned the art of prophecy. During the search for the Golden Fleece, he showed up and gave advice to the adventurers, particularly Heracles, Castor, and Pollux to whom he related tales of their future adventures and eventual deification.
800[[/folder]]
801
802[[folder:Harmonia / Concordia]]
803!!Ἁρμονία | Concordia
804A slightly complicated instance of Greco-Roman syncretism. Concordia was an old Roman personification of concord and symbolized the opposite of Discordia/Eris. Because of the similar meanings of their names, she was commonly associated with a strangely mortal daughter of Ares and Aphrodite (or a daughter of Zeus and the Pleiad Electra), Harmonia. In her own myth, Harmonia married the Phoenician prince Cadmus, with whom she conceived six children, one of whom, Semele, became the mother of Dionysus, making Harmonia also Dionysus's grandmother. She is most well-known for her necklace, the Necklace of Harmonia, which ironically brought misfortune to all who came in possession of it.
805----
806* AdaptationalBadass: In Greek mythology, Harmonia is a mortal who eventually gets turned into a snake. Her 'counterpart' in Roman mythology, Concordia, is a full-fledged goddess of concord and harmony who is said to nourish all of creation and inhabit a palace that is four times the size of the entire universe.
807* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Concordia is this of harmony.
808* ArtifactOfDoom: Her namesake necklace, which was highly coveted despite being cursed due to its ability allow the wearer to [[TheAgeless retain her youth and beauty]]. Its most famous victims include Semele, who died after demanding to see Zeus's true form, and Jocasta, the mother and wife of Oedipus.
809* DivineParentage: Harmonia, who was the only mortal child of Ares and Aphrodite.
810* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: She was given to Cadmus as a reward for serving her father Ares for eight years after killing a dragon sacred to Ares. Nevertheless, she clearly loved him dearly, as when she saw he had been turned into a snake, she begged the gods to let her share his fate.
811* RevengeByProxy: Is on the receiving end of this from Hephaestus, whom Harmonia's mother Aphrodite had cuckolded with Ares, Harmonia's father. For her wedding present, he gives her an intricately crafted necklace, henceforth known as the Necklace of Harmonia, that allows any woman who wears it to remain eternally young and beautiful but will also bring misfortune to anyone who comes into contact with it, thus making it partially responsible for the various tragedies that befall Harmonia's descendants. Her daughter Semele wore it when approached by Hera in disguise and was subsequently tricked by the goddess into demanding Zeus reveal his true form to Semele, [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm leading to her being instantly incinerated into ashes]]. The necklace was later passed on to Jocasta, whose lasting youth and beauty from the necklace resulted in her marrying her own son Oedipus.
812* StandardHeroReward: Harmonia was presented to Cadmus as a reward for becoming the king of Thebes. To be fair, [[PerfectlyArrangedMarriage she did love him genuinely]], to the point of choosing to be TogetherInDeath rather than live without him.
813* TogetherInDeath: When Cadmus was turned into a serpent, Harmonia decided to indulge herself in solitary with the serpent in a pool of wine, grieving every day. [[MercyKill The gods decided to turn her also into a serpent as well.]]
814%%* ShesAManInJapan: Concordia the Roman goddess was equated with a mortal queen of Greek mythology because of the meaning of their names, though there is evidence that the idea of a goddess called Harmonia was present in Greece even before the Greco-Roman period, due to association with the, similarly named goddess Homonoia.
815[[/folder]]
816
817[[folder:Hebe / Juventas]]
818!!Ἥβη | Iūventās
819Goddess of youth and the original cupbearer for Olympus. She was a daughter of Zeus and Hera, and later married Heracles, after which she gave up her job as cupbearer; she was succeeded in that role by the Trojan prince Ganymede. The Illiad, however, seems to imply that Hebe was a cupbearer at the same time as Ganymede. Her name comes from a Greek word that means "youth" or "prime of life". She was also worshiped as a goddess of forgiveness and pardons. In Roman mythology, she is known as '''Juventas'''.
820----
821* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the youth/prime of life.
822* EternalLove: In most traditions, she had this with Herakles after he AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence.
823* GratuitousPrincess: One of her epithets was "Ganymeda", which can be translated to "gladdening princess". She also appears to be referred to as "Basilia" occasionally, which translates to "princess".
824* PrincessClassic: Her role as a cupbearer and assistant to her mother/brother appear to be typical tasks assigned to unmarried girls in high ranking households, appropriate for the daughter of the King and Queen of Olympus.
825* TheAgeless: While eternal youth is a characteristic of most of the Olympian gods, Hebe is of special mention since some classical authors outright state that she is the reason for the other gods remaining young.
826* WingedHumanoid: Occasionally presented in art with wings, which has led to her being confused with Iris and Nike.
827[[/folder]]
828
829[[folder:Hecate / Hekate / Trivia]]
830!!Ἑκάτη | Trivia
831Goddess of magic, crossroads, and ghosts (among other things that overlap considerably with other gods), very popular in UsefulNotes/{{Neopaganism}} today even outside Hellenism. Had three appearances, or sometimes just three heads. Lived in the Underworld with Hades and Persephone and was a close friend to the latter. Feared and revered by night travelers, but worshiped by about-to-deliver mothers. In some versions, she's depicted as a Titan who sided with the Olympians in the Titanomachy, though usually, her heritage is unexplained. She was identified with the Roman goddess '''Trivia'''. Modern historians suspect she originated the primary deity of a culture conquered by the Greeks, who proceeded to assimilate her into their own mythology.
832----
833* ActionGirl: Joins the Olympians despite her status as a Titan, and later fights in the Gigantomachy. To a lesser extent, she is also this in Demeter's search for her daughter, Persephone.
834* AttemptedRape: Once, Hermes tried to rape her. She roared so loud she scared him off, earning her the epithet "Brimo" ("angry"). Other sources describe this encounter as consensual.
835* AtTheCrossroads: Hecate is the goddess of the crossroads, and presides over all the strange things that might potentially happen there. On the first day of each month, the day of the New Moon ("Deipnon"), Ancient Greeks would leave food offerings for Hecate and her host of the dead that poor people would eat.
836* BirdsOfAFeather: Had a lot in common with Hermes. This resulted in him deciding to take her as a lover, at least in accounts where she wasn't a virgin. In most accounts, they're LikeBrotherAndSister.
837* CanonImmigrant: It's likely that Hecate's worship originated in ''somewhere'' that wasn't Greece, but there's a lack of clear consensus as to where; one common theory is that she was adapted from the Egyptian goddess Heqet, though this has never been proven, with others being she came from Anatolia, being there either a Sun goddess with ties to the Underworld or one of nature and childbirth akin to Artemis even if for the latter idea some suggest her being Mycenaean instead. Her many conflicting functions with other gods, bizarrely powerful nature even when compared to Zeus, and lack of consistent parentage seem to support this idea.
838* CompositeCharacter: Hecate gained most of her lunar associations through being syncretized with Selene and Artemis, and became associated with midwifery and childbirth through being syncretized with Eileithyia. She was also sometimes identified with other chthonic goddesses like Persephone and Ereshkigal.
839* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite the association with night and the undead, Hecate was just a loner comfortable staying in the shadows and was a lot nicer to mortals than most deities, not that she wasn't a danger to anyone stupid enough to disrespect her. {{Zigzagged}}, in that one of her common symbols was the light of her torches, that she was outright called a ''light-bringer'' by some, and that the Orphic Hymn to Hecate describes her wearing saffron (yellow-colored) robes (''Krokopeplos'').
840* DeityOfHumanOrigin: According to Hesiod's ''Catalogues of Women,'' she was originally Iphigeneia, the daughter of Agamemnon, whom Agamemnon sacrificed to Artemis so that his army could sail to Troy. Artemis saved her and made her a goddess. (This isn't consistent with Hesiod's description of Hecate as an ancient Titan goddess in ''The Theogony,'' but [[CanonDiscontinuity since when has mythology been consistent?]])
841* DistaffCounterpart:
842** To her cousin Apollo, courtesy of being identified with Artemis so much. One of Apollo's epithets, Hecatos, is the masculine version of Hecate's name (and means "working from afar"), he is associated with the sun as she is with the moon, she is the protector of crossroads while he of the streets, and their cults also mixed a lot.
843** To Hermes, who shares many of her domains. He is also a god of roadways and gateways, is also a psychopomp who guides souls to Hades, and is also associated with magic in specific contexts (even more so after being syncretized into Hermes Trismegistus). This may be why Hermes is the closest thing to an official consort that Hecate has.
844* EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity: She was this for Medea and Circe, having taught them how to use magic and [[MasterPoisoner especially poisons]].
845* ForcedTransformation: Turned a mortal witch named Gale into a polecat for having "abnormal sexual desires."
846* GodOfTheMoon: She became a lunar deity during the Roman period. She was often depicted as [[TheHecateSisters a triple goddess in this form]], forming a triad with Luna, the moon itself and emblematic of the sky, and Diana, who as the goddess of hunting was emblematic the earth; Hecate herself represented the underworld.
847* IHaveManyNames: For a relatively minor goddess, she has many epithets, including ''Brimo'' ("angry, terrifying"), ''anassa eneroi'' ("queen of those below"), ''Enodia'' ("of the roads"), ''Nycteria'' ("nocturnal"), ''Nyctipolos'' ("night-wandering"), ''Propylaia'' ("the one before the gate"), ''Trikephalos'' ("three-headed"), ''Soteira'' ("savior"), ''Euplokamos'' ("bright-tressed"), ''Kourotrophos'' ("protector of children"), ''Krokopeplos'' ("saffron-robed"), ''Scylacagetis'' ("leader of dogs"), and Borborophorba ("[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast she who feeds on filth]]"). The Romans called her Trivia, which means "three roads."
848* TheHecateSisters: TropeNamers, but not TropeCodifier. When Hecate appears as three women back-to-back, this represents her capacity as a [[AtTheCrossroads goddess of the crossroads]], with each head looking in a different direction and the three being also Hecate (ie, three-bodied) instead of three independent deities. All three women are apparently ageless, or else explicitly young.
849** Some Roman writers do show her in such a trio with Artemis/Diana and Selene/Luna, as the chthonic aspect of a triple goddess of night, witchcraft, and femininity (with Artemis being the earthly aspect and Selene being the celestial aspect).
850* JackOfAllTrades: Both a status she started with and continued well into Late Antiquity. It seems that she had ''many'' conflicting roles until gaining a more unique association with magic.
851* HotWitch: She's usually depicted as a young woman.
852* KissingCousins: In some versions she is the mother of Scylla by Apollo, her first cousin.
853* LadyOfBlackMagic: The '''goddess''' of magic.
854* LandSeaSky: Uniquely, she holds power in all three domains of the sky, the sea, and the Underworld, and was one of the few Titans to actually ''gain'' power under Zeus.
855* {{Lunacy}}: Due to her association with the moon.
856* MasterPoisoner: Hecate's knowledge of herbal properties was unlimited, which was all the better for the very witchy art of brewing potions (called ''pharmakeia,'' φαρμακεία). Many plants sacred to her, e.g. aconite, nightshade, mandragora, and yew are infamously poisonous.
857* MultipleChoicePast: Usually the only daughter of Asteria and Perses, but many authors have her different origins. She is also said to be the daughter of Zeus (by either Hera, Pheraea or Asteria), another Perses who is Helios' son, Demeter, Leto, or even Tartarus. In one version of her origin story, she is [[DeityOfHumanOrigin Iphigenia]], having been granted apotheosis by Artemis.
858* NatureAdoresAVirgin: Another virgin goddess. In accounts where this is {{Subverted}}, she pairs up with Hermes.
859* {{Necromancer}}: Hecate is the goddess of necromancy. She travels around with a train of ghosts accompanying her, and several rites from the ''Greek Magical Papyri'' invoke her help to enslave the restless dead to the caster's will.
860* NiceGirl: Hecate is often compassionate in the myths in which she appears. In the "Homeric Hymn to Demeter," she helped Demeter find her daughter Persephone. She also turned the Trojan Queen Hecuba into a dog to save her from slavery (or various other awful fates in the fallout from the Trojan War), adopting her as her canine familiar. She also helped a midwife called Galthinas, who helped to deliver Heracles, after the Fates punished her by making her infertile. Hecate (Hera in other accounts, given Galthinas helped Alcmena to deliver Heracles) turned Galthinas into a polecat and adopted her.
861* OlderSidekick: Often portrayed as such for Persephone, acting as her attendant in the Underworld and being at least one generation older than her.
862* OvershadowedByAwesome: Extremely powerful according to many stories, (with Zeus himself according her special status, according to Hesiod), but somehow was mostly left out from the big names. Possibly because of her above status as CanonImmigrant.
863* PairTheSpares: Probably why Hermes was regarded as her consort in some, albeit few, accounts.
864* PerkyGoth: She preferred hanging out in the dark, gloomy Underworld over Mount Olympus, and while "perky" isn't the right word, Hecate was maternal, generous with her blessings, and considered a friend to all outcasts.
865* PhysicalGod
866* ThePowerOfTheSun: Most historians believe as noted above that she was originally an Anatolian Sun goddess, maybe with ties with the Underworld.
867* {{Psychopomp}}: She guides souls of the dead across the earth.
868* RememberTheNewGuy: A possible way to interpret Hesiod's incredible praise of her and her appearance in the Eleusinian Mysteries. These myths served as ways of integrating Hecate by downplaying her many, ''many'' conflicting roles. As mentioned in OvershadowedByAwesome, she's not as popular in myths as her Olympian peers, possibly because Artemis largely filled any niche she would have had before her later association with torches and witchcraft.
869* SadlyMythtaken: Despite the modern depictions, she was actually never depicted as "maiden, mother, and crone" (and the triple Moon symbol (")O(") very associated with her is also modern). When she's manifested in three bodies, they're all the same age.
870* TakeAThirdOption: Having crossroads as her domain makes Hecate the Goddess of taking a third option. There's a reason her Roman name literally means "three paths."
871* WalkingTheEarth: A goddess of crossroads. Later depictions of Hecate portrayed her as constantly roaming in search of souls who had lost their way to the Underworld. She also became identified with a sort of "World Soul" in Late Antiquity, at least in some cults, providing guidance in a philosophical sense.
872[[/folder]]
873
874[[folder:Hermaphroditus / Hermaphroditos]]
875!!Ἑρμαφροδιτος
876The child of Hermes and Aphrodite ([[PortmanteauCoupleName hence their name]]), Hermaphroditus had the very niche godly domain of intersex individuals and effeminacy. In the older myths, they were named because their features were a perfect mix of their parents--having their mother's breasts and their father's genitalia. Later myths (started by Ovid) depict them as having originally been a boy who was almost raped by a nymph, but the nymph wished to never be parted from him... which led to the two being merged into one, a being with the features of both a man and a woman. Obviously, we get the word "hermaphrodite" from them.
877----
878* AmbiguousGender: Hermaphroditus is usually referred to in ancient texts with male pronouns and as Hermes' "son", but this is more likely to be due to ValuesDissonance.
879* BiggerIsBetterInBed: They inheretited Hermes' equipment.
880* BuxomBeautyStandard: They inherited Aphrodite's breasts, which made them even more attractive.
881* EverybodyWantsTheHermaphrodite: Often portrayed as extremely beautiful. Hardly a surprise, seeing as they're the progeny of [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman Aphrodite]] and [[MrFanservice Hermes]].
882* ExactWords: The gods granted Salmacis's wish to never be parted from Hermaphroditus by merging their bodies together into a being with physical traits from both a man and a woman.
883* {{Hermaphrodite}}: They're likely the UrExample in storytelling, though they're a variant--they only appear to have male reproductive organs, but their body also has the features of a woman, most notably their breasts.
884* MeaningfulName: Their name is a portmanteau of "Hermes" and "Aphrodite" and their body is described as a perfect mix of both their parents.
885* OddJobGods: They were the deity of effeminacy and intersex individuals.
886* RomanticFusion: Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' sort of deconstructs this trope by portraying Hermaphroditus as having been born a boy and nearly raped by a Naiad, who then wished for him to never leave her. The gods responded by merging them into a single being that can't be called male or female.
887* {{Trope Namer|s}}: For "hermaphrodite," of course.
888* WingedHumanoid: Ancient artwork depicts them as having wings. They are sometimes depicted as a member of the Erotes.
889[[/folder]]
890
891[[folder:Homados]]
892!!Όμαδος
893God of the noise of battle and all the blood-curdling screaming that implies. Similar to Kydoimos. Was also listed as a member of the Makhai, and therefore presumably a son of Eris.
894----
895* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of battle- specifically, noise caused by battle.
896* WarGod: Of a kind.
897* OddJobGods: He is the god of the noise of battle. Not anything that actually ''happens'' in battle, just how it ''sounds''.
898[[/folder]]
899
900[[folder:Homonoia]]
901!!Ὁμόνοια
902A minor goddess of concord, unanimity, and oneness of mind. Was so similar to Harmonia as to sometimes be equated with her.
903----
904* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of wholeness of mind.
905* OddJobGods: Her domain was so minor and so close to Harmonia's that they were often equated with each other.
906[[/folder]]
907
908[[folder:Horkos / Orcus]]
909!!Ὅρκος | Orcus
910A rather obscure character. The god or daemon of oaths who inflicted punishment upon perjurers. A son of Eris. Most people are more familiar with his Roman counterpart: '''Orcus'''- or at least, the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Demon Prince]] who bears his name. Some later authors conflated him with Thanatos.
911----
912* AscendedExtra: Compared to his Greek version (who is basically a footnote and all but forgotten by modern audiences) Orcus was far more popular, often rivalling Pluto for the position of chief God of the Underworld. Monuments to Orcus still survive into the modern day.
913* AnthropomorphicPersonification: In a sense. He is the spirit of oaths, or more specifically, false oaths, and the one that deals out punishment for making false oaths.
914* HandicappedBadass: In one Aesop fable, he appears as a lame man.
915* HumanoidAbomination: Is said to have a son with no name that serves as his personal [[TheBrute attack dog.]] This son lacks hands or feet yet can move with incredible speed to hunt down a target and destroy them.
916* KnightTemplar: The aforementioned Aesop fable describes how he drags an oath-breaker off a cliff!
917** In another story an oracle mentions that even ''considering'' going back on an oath can be enough to encur his wrath.
918* OrcusOnHisThrone: {{Averted}}, despite being ([[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Sort of]]) the {{Trope Namer|s}}. He was actually quite active and wandered the earth searching for evil-doers.
919* PhysicalGod
920[[/folder]]
921
922[[folder:Hygieia / Valetudo / Salus]]
923!!Ὑγιεία | Valetudo / Salūs
924As her name more than amply implies, Hygieia is the goddess and personification of health, cleanliness, and sanitation, the daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Of course, her name is obviously the root for hygiene and its associated words. While Asclepius was associated with healing illness and injury, Hygieia was associated with prevention of disease. in Rome, she was initially identified with the goddess of personal health '''Valetudo''', but she was eventually identified with the goddess of social welfare, '''Salus'''.
925----
926* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of health.
927* HealingSerpent: She is the goddess of good health, cleanliness, and sanitation. She is also affiliated with snakes as the trope requires, often being accompanied by one.
928* OddJobGods: A minor medicine god of health and good hygiene.
929[[/folder]]
930
931[[folder:Hypnos / Somnus]]
932!!Ὕπνος | Somnus
933The personification of Sleep, son of Nyx and Erebos and twin brother of Thanatos. Generally not shunned like his twin brother, who is always at his side in visual art. In Creator/{{Homer}} he allowed Hera to harass Heracles by putting Zeus to sleep. Zeus was understandably angry when he woke up but found Hypnos already hidden in Nyx's place, so he held the BoltOfDivineRetribution back since it risked an [[MamaBear angry Nyx]]. Apparently, Hypnos disturbed Zeus a few more times but always ran behind his mom for protection afterward. His Roman counterpart is '''Somnus'''.
934----
935* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of sleep.
936* BirdsOfAFeather: Hypnos, the personification of ''sleep'', married Pasithea, the personification of ''rest and relaxation''.
937* HappilyMarried: Believed to be this with Pasithea, the youngest of the Graces.
938* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and his twin brother Thanatos were often seen together in art.
939* HomoeroticSubtext: Selene (Moon) once asked Hypnos to put her mortal lover, Endymion, to eternal sleep as an alternative method of immortality. One text said Hypnos was stunned by Endymion's beauty and causes him to sleep with his eyes open, so he could admire Endymion's full face.
940* KarmaHoudini: While most gods are, he deserves special mention for avoiding Zeus' BoltOfDivineRetribution.
941* MommasBoy: Whenever he angered Zeus, he always found a way to escape his wrath by hiding behind his mother.
942* PhysicalGod
943* SiblingTeam: With his twin brother Thanatos.
944* SleepCute: With his brother, Thanatos sometimes. [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Waterhouse-sleep_and_his_half-brother_death-1874.jpg Awwwww!]]
945* {{Sleepyhead}}: Unsurprisingly, he was often depicted asleep.
946[[/folder]]
947
948[[folder:Iaso / Ieso]]
949!!Ἰασώ / Ἰησώ
950Daughter of Asclepius and the goddess of recuperation from illness.
951----
952* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of recuperation.
953* FlatCharacter: Very little is known about Iaso in the grand scheme of things.
954* OddJobGods: One of a number of minor medical gods associated with Asclepius. In her case, she is the goddess of recuperation after healing/illness.
955[[/folder]]
956
957[[folder:Ioke]]
958!!Ἰωκή
959The goddess of onslaught. She was another member of the Makhai. Sometimes considered to be the same as Proioxis. Presumably a daughter of Eris.
960----
961* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of onslaught.
962* PhysicalGod
963* WarGoddess
964[[/folder]]
965
966[[folder:Iris]]
967!!Ἶρις
968The goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods, as well as a goddess of the sea and sky. She links the gods to humanity and travels with the speed of wind from one end of the world to the other, and into the depths of the sea and the underworld.
969----
970* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the rainbow.
971* AttemptedRape: She once interfered with Dionysus' cult, and the satyrs almost raped her for that.
972* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Uses rainbows to connect Earth, Hades, and all other realms together.
973* MeaningfulName: "Iris" is Greek for rainbow.
974* PhysicalGod: As the personification of a rainbow.
975* DistaffCounterpart: Hermes, the Olympian messenger god.
976* WingedHumanoid: Iris has golden wings.
977[[/folder]]
978
979[[folder:Janus]]
980A uniquely Roman deity, Janus was the god of doorways, gates, transitions, and beginnings and endings. He was important enough to the Romans that a month is named after him: January.
981----
982* DeityOfHumanOrigin: Sometimes considered to be this, having been an early king of Latium in his (mortal) life.
983* TwoFaced: Quite literally.
984[[/folder]]
985
986[[folder:Kakia]]
987!!Κακίαν
988The counterpart to Arete, Kakia was the goddess of vice and, literally, "moral badness" (as in sin or crime). She's generally depicted as a vain, plump, and heavily made-up woman who wears revealing clothing. Her job was to try to lead others to fall into evil.
989----
990* BigBeautifulWoman: As part of her embodying '''every''' vice she is depicted as both overweight (gluttony) and provocatively dressed (lust).
991* TheCorrupter: Her job is to tempt humans away from Arete and into embracing the vice she embodies.
992* EvilCounterpart: Kakia is the opposite of Arete, representing degredation of character via embracing sin.
993* GodOfEvil: The god of vice and sin.
994* MakeupIsEvil: Is depicted as wearing heavy makeup to demonstrate the sins of Lust and/or Pride.
995* SatanicArchetype: Though predating contact between the cultures, she obviously comes off as the Greek version of Satan as an archetype of The Tempter.
996[[/folder]]
997
998[[folder:Charon]]
999!!Χάρων
1000TheFerryman of the River Styx, [[{{Psychopomp}} where he helps the souls of the dead to cross]], for a small price. Coins were placed in the mouths of the dead to pay the ferryman's toll.
1001----
1002* TheFerryMan
1003* FireBallEyeballs: Charon is sometimes described as having burning balls of fire for eyes.
1004* InvisibleParents: A rather unique case among Greek gods as his parentage is never mentioned in any ancient source.
1005* MeaningfulName: One interpretation of his name is "fierce-" or "flashing eyes", and as mentioned above this may indicate actual fire.
1006* OddJobGods: If you were to say what he was actually the god of, you'd be forced to admit he was the god of his boat. This is especially notable when compared to other chthonic gods, who were often TheDreaded: Nemesis is perhaps the ultimate TheDreaded for the whole mythos, Eris was singled out as this over fellow war god Ares and fellow trickster Hermes for exclusion from Thetis's wedding, and Thanatos is a far greater and more feared example of a psychopomp. Other Underworld gods include the embodiments of Doom, Sleep, and Hemera, goddess of Day, who was equal to the Protogenoi. Charon, meanwhile... drove a boat.
1007* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Seems to be the reason why he makes you pay him. Getting a free ride for him is a noteworthy feat.
1008* {{Psychopomp}}: Escorts the shades of the deceased across the river Styx.
1009[[/folder]]
1010
1011[[folder:Kratos/Cratus]]
1012!!Κράτος
1013[[VideoGame/GodOfWar No, not that Kratos]]. This Kratos, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS or Cratus]] (the final child of Pallas and Styx's children) was the god and personification of strength and power, and, along with his siblings, was a winged enforcer of Zeus. Helped bound Prometheus.
1014----
1015* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of strength and power
1016* MeaningfulName: His name is literally the Ancient Greek word meaning strength or power, which he is also the God of.
1017* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Same as his two preceding siblings
1018* {{Irony}}: Kratos, acting as an agent of Zeus, instructs Hephaestus to chain Prometheus to a rock. Kratos says "I do not have the nerve myself to bind with force a kindred god upon this rocky cleft assailed by cruel winter. Yet, come what may, I am constrained to summon courage to this deed" which is ironic if you met Prometheus in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarII'', where the character with his namesake doesn't hesitate to kill him.
1019[[/folder]]
1020
1021[[folder:Kydoimos]]
1022!!Κυδοιμός
1023Another god of battle, though he also represents confusion, uproar, and ruckus in general. Listed as a member of the Makhai, and presumably a son of Eris. Similar to Homados.
1024----
1025* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of confusion, uproar and ruckus.
1026* WarGod
1027[[/folder]]
1028
1029[[folder:Lethe]]
1030!!Λήθη
1031Not the river in the Underworld, though the river has power over memory and is associated with her, she is the Greek Goddess of forgetfulness and oblivion. Usually seen as a child of Eris, some identify the river with her. It was said those who went to Hades had to drink from the river before reincarnation so that they wouldn't remember past lives.
1032----
1033* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of oblivion.
1034* ForgettableCharacter: In a sense. One reference to the goddess Lethe described her as "dull", which could be taken to mean her appearance was unremarkable, or, well, forgettable. And it is possible that anyone that drank the water of the river Lethe would also forget meeting the goddess.
1035[[/folder]]
1036
1037[[folder:Limos / Fames]]
1038!!Λιμός | Famēs
1039Daughter of Eris, Goddess of Starvation. Was opposed by Demeter and Plutus, who was also the god of plentiful harvest. Ovid states that she finds her home in the frozen wastes near Scythia where nothing grows in the barren soil. Demeter once asked her to take revenge on someone, as Greek gods and goddesses are wont to do, and it turned out ''horribly'' for the target.
1040----
1041* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of starvation.
1042* DisproportionateRetribution: Was tasked by Demeter with giving someone eternal hunger in revenge for cutting down a sacred tree (which, to be fair, was also a dryad, so the guy had committed murder). She did, and the poor sod ''ate himself''.
1043* NightmareFace: Her description is...rather unpleasant.
1044* OddJobGods: God of starvation.
1045[[/folder]]
1046
1047[[folder:Lyssa / Ira / Furor / Rabies (and the Maniae)]]
1048!!Λύσσα | Ira / Fūror / Rabiēs
1049Lyssa, yet another daughter of Nyx, was the Greek spirit/goddess of mad rage, frenzy and rabies in animals. Whether or not that makes her the goddess of the HatePlague or the Crossed is up for debate. Her Roman equivalent had multiple names, including '''Ira''', '''Furor''', or '''Rabies'''. She sprung from the blood of Ouranos after he was castrated by Cronos and is the one who inflicted the insanity on Hercules, at Hera's behest, that caused him to murder his own family. She's also used her [[{{Pun}} mad skills]] on several other occasions. Connected to her are the '''Maniae''' (singular Mania) who are spirits that personify Insanity, madness and crazed frenzy and are presumed to be children of Nyx as well.
1050----
1051* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Subverted, in that despite what she represents, Lyssa is maybe one of the ''nicest'' of Nyx's children, in sharp contrast to Eris, and never uses her powers on friends. To whit, she only ever uses her powers at the behest of other gods and goddesses, usually to right some perceived wrong, or, in Hera's case, because ''they'' are the assholes.
1052* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of rage.
1053* BlessedWithSuck: She doesn't like the way her powers affect people, and usually only uses them because deities more powerful than her, outnumbering he, or both in the case of Hera and Iris pressuring Lyssa to curse Heracles, coerce Lyssa into using them against targets of ''their'' wratch In such situations Lyssa's powers don't really work well as a deterrent or form of self defense.
1054* NobleDemon: Not exactly a demon, but unlike most of the other less than likable beings on this page, Lyssa takes no pleasure in what she does and even tried to talk Hera down from her original plan before relenting.
1055[[/folder]]
1056
1057[[folder:Maia]]
1058!!Μαῖα
1059Eldest of the Pleiad Nymphs, Maia was the daughter of the Titan Atlas and his lover Pleione and is most well-known for being the mother of Hermes. She was a loving, nurturing parent, but known to be rather shy and thus didn't concern herself with the Olympians, preferring to live her life in a cave in Arcadia, though Hermes did make sure she got the recognition she deserved by becoming an Olympian himself. In some stories, she was also the adoptive mother of Arcas, the son of Zeus and Callisto.
1060----
1061* GoodParents: Was a kind and loving mother to Hermes and Arcas, which is even reflected in her name.
1062* MamaBear: In some tellings, part of the reason she lived in a cave was to keep Hermes safe from Hera's wrath, though [[TricksterGod Hermes]] had other ideas...
1063* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: Refused to believe Apollo when he tells her Hermes stole a herd of cattle from him. Granted, her son was barely even a day old.
1064* MeaningfulName: Maia is Greek for "nurturing mother" and Maia was a mother who cared not only for Hermes but also Arcas.
1065* NonHumanHumanoidHybrid: Daughter of a Titan and an Oceanid Nymph.
1066* ParentalObliviousness: DependingOnTheWriter, she is either utterly oblivious of the mischief her son gets into on the day he's born or sees right through his innocence act and scolds him.
1067* ShrinkingViolet: Along with being Hermes' mother, she's most well-known for being one of these; the reason she hid away in a cave was partly due to the fact that Hera would mess her up if she found out about Hermes and partly because she was shy and preferred to live on her own.
1068[[/folder]]
1069
1070[[folder:Makaria]]
1071!!Μακαρία
1072A psychopomp of "blessed death" in Hades' retinue.
1073----
1074* CanonForeigner: The only mentions of her are from obscure, post-Christian texts that were written long after the Ancient Greek traditions fell out of practice.
1075* GodCouple: Is said to be this with Thanatos, given they serve in the same function it could be seen as the mythological equivalent of a workplace romance.
1076* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Is called Hades' daughter but no mother is mentioned. Persephone would be the obvious choice but nothing is confirmed.
1077[[/folder]]
1078
1079
1080[[folder:Melinoë]]
1081!!Μηλινόη
1082An obscure chthonic goddess associated with nightmares, ghosts, madness, the Moon, and witchcraft.
1083----
1084* BornOfHeavenAndHell: Downplayed as "Heaven" and "Hell" are not quite the right words to use, but Melinoe's dual nature comes from being the offspring of both Olympus and the Underworld.
1085* ChildOfTwoWorlds: Regardless of her father's identity, she was seen as a child of both Olympus and the Underworld.
1086* CoolBigSis: She is the dark, moody big sister of Plutus. (Even when the two have different parents)
1087* DecompositeCharacter: Is occasionally seen as an aspect of Hecate. Her Orphic backstory also shares similarities to that of her brother Zagreus.
1088* DualityMotif: Noted to have limbs that are "half light and half dark," denoting her status as a ChildOfTwoWorlds.
1089* ExtraParentConception: The Orphic Hymn to Melinoë states that she receives her dark half from Hades and her bright half from Zeus, implying that both of them are her father.
1090* {{Lunacy}}: A goddess of madness who is occasionally also considered a moon goddess.
1091* MadArtist: More manic than outright mad, but she considers nightmares to be fine art that she constantly tries to innovate.
1092* MultipleChoicePast: Her mother is definitely Persephone, but the father could be either Zeus or Hades (or sometimes [[CompositeCharacter both]])
1093* NightmareFetishist: Her role as a goddess whether you make her goddess of nightmares or ghosts.
1094* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: A somewhat literal example. She sees nothing wrong with the twisted logic and horrifying state of nightmares, in fact, she just trying to impress you with their creativity.
1095* ObliviouslyEvil: What mortals view as nightmares, she views as art. She's just trying to show-off her work but tends to scare the Tartarus out of people in the process.
1096[[/folder]]
1097
1098[[folder:Minthe / Mentha]]
1099!!Μίνθη
1100A Naiad nymph, who became Hades' mistress either before or during his marriage to Persephone. She was killed and turned into a mint plant by either Persephone herself or Demeter.
1101----
1102* BlasphemousBoast: In one version, after Hades left her for Persephone, she boasted that she was better than her and that Hades would soon make ''her'' the Queen of the Underworld. Demeter was not amused.
1103* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She was ''trampled'' to death. What little was left of her became the mint plant.
1104* ForcedTransformation: She was trampled to death and turned into a mint plant either by Persephone for sleeping with Hades, or by Demeter for saying that she is better than Persephone and that Hades would soon return to her arms.
1105* JustSoStory: The myth explains the origins of mint, and why it was associated with the cults of Demeter, Persephone and Hades.
1106* KickTheDog: Literally - she was kicked to death.
1107* MeaningfulName: Her name means, of course, mint.
1108* TheLostLenore: She is this for Hades; in one version, when Persephone killed her after she found them together, he turned the remains of his dead lover into the mint plant.
1109* TheMissusAndTheEx: Persephone killed her once she discovered her with Hades.
1110* TheMistress: She was this for Hades. Versions vary on whether this was before his marriage to Persephone or after.
1111* TheOneThatGotAway: Hades is this for her.
1112[[/folder]]
1113
1114[[folder: Mithras]]
1115A Roman god worshipped by a popular mystery cult beginning in the late 1st century AD. Very little is known about him because of the whole 'mystery' thing, but he killed a bull of some sort and this was very important. Supposedly the Roman version of Mithra, the Zoroastrian god of the sun, oaths, and friendship, but in practice they have basically no iconography in common and are almost entirely separate deities.
1116------
1117* BigEater: One of the most common depictions of Mithras is him sharing a large feast with Sol (usually consisting of the bull he killed), and his worship involved a whole lot of communal feasting.
1118* BornAsAnAdult: Various art in mithraeums shows Mithras being born from a rock as an adult.
1119* MysteryCult: The Mithraic Mysteries was a very popular mystery cult in the Roman empire. Membership was restricted to men only (though some branches might have allowed female initiates), there were 7 levels of initiation, and they worshipped in temples that were called 'mithraeums' and made to look like caves (because the bull-killing took place in a cave). Little is known about their actual rites or theology, but they seemed to include feasting, animal sacrifice, re-enactments of scenes from Mithras's life, and question-and-answer recitals. Initiates were also put in a pit to undergo ordeals to rise in rank.
1120 * NoodleIncident: One of the most commonly depicted scenes of Mithras is him killing a bull, but due to the whole 'MysteryCult' thing, we have no idea what the context for this was or ''why'' it was so important (it might have had something to do with agricultural prosperity, as there's usually wheat coming out of the bull).
1121* ThePowerOfTheSun: One of the few holdovers from Mithra is that Mithras is friends with Sol Invictus.
1122[[/folder]]
1123
1124[[folder:Momus]]
1125!!Μῶμος
1126Yet, another child of Nyx, Momus was the god of satire, mockery, censure, writers, and poets. [[InsaneTrollLogic Which basically means he was evil!]] He was, however, a twisted god of evil-spirited blame and unfair criticism, because apparently, the Greeks didn't appreciate satire or overly critical views. He notably mocked Hephaestus for not having made mankind with a doorway in his heart so that his thoughts may be seen. He also mocked Aphrodite for being talkative and having creaky sandals, and he even mocked Zeus for being a violent bastard and unrepentant womanizer and for having children as violent as he was. For his constant stream of critiques, he was booted out of Olympus (According to a fable by Aesop, he was actually booted out because he was jealous of the creations of three gods, and criticized them for it). For his wily ways, Momus has become quite popular (unsurprisingly) with writers.
1127----
1128* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of mockery.
1129* DeadpanSnarker: Snarked about UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar. Among other things.
1130* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Many later writers identified more with the 'satire and criticism' part and not the 'unfair blame and slander' part and emphasized his nature as the former. It doesn't hurt that ValuesDissonance means that people are more likely to ''agree'' with his critiques of the pantheon.
1131* LampshadeHanging: Did this beautifully with Zeus, and the other gods, calling out all their faults in a truly epic fashion
1132* OddJobGods: The god of mockery and criticism.
1133* TakeThat: Was probably a take that to people like him, but really ended being a take that to the Greek gods themselves.
1134[[/folder]]
1135
1136[[folder:Moros]]
1137!!Μόρος
1138Brother of the Moirai (Fates) and son of Nyx, whom she conceived without any male help. He is the god of impending doom, and actively drives mortals to horrible, deadly fates.
1139----
1140* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of doom.
1141* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: He's the ''god'' of doom.
1142* GodOfEvil: God of Doom, and makes sure that mortals suffer horrible fates.
1143[[/folder]]
1144
1145[[folder:Nemesis / Invidia]]
1146!!Νέμεσις | Invidia
1147This goddess with a hell of a name was the personification of revenge, in particular, that of divine judgment for hubris before the gods, and was the daughter of Nyx. Her Roman equal was '''Invidia'''.
1148----
1149* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of revenge.
1150* TheDeterminator
1151* DisproportionateRetribution: Averted. By her nature, all her judgments are absolutely correct.
1152* TheDreaded: Notably one of the few deities that nobody dared cross intentionally, since interfering in [[ShapedLikeItself divine judgment of hubris is itself hubris.]] Even Zeus avoided angering her.
1153* HumanoidAbomination: Has virtually no personality outside of fulfillment of her duties. Unlike other mythical figures who are simply [[FlatCharacter undetailed]], Nemesis just doesn't care. Her judgments are her own, and nobody second-guesses them.
1154* SadlyMythtaken: She is the distributor of fortune, both good and bad. Mind, winning the lottery isn't as impressive as inescapable, inexorable revenge.
1155* TheStoic: Absolutely uncaring of anyone and anything that does not fall within her judgment, and even then, is an impassive, implacable force of nature -- something like an ancient, Greek ComicBook/JudgeDredd.
1156* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite the frequency of mortals defying gods in myth, Nemesis doesn't always show up to pronounce judgment. This is particularly true if other gods themselves take a direct hand in avenging hubris. [[CruelMercy In the long run, the mortals might be better off if she doesn't show.]]
1157* WingedHumanoid: Often portrayed as a woman with wings.
1158[[/folder]]
1159
1160[[folder:Nereus]]
1161Eldest son of Pontus and Gaia, Nereus is the father of the sea nymphs, the Nereids, with his wife Doris and one of many gods of the sea. He is a shapeshifter with the power of prophecy and is very similar to the god Proteus in this respect. Well known for being truthful and virtuous, he commonly helped heroes like Heracles on their quests.
1162----
1163* HermitGuru: Similar to Proteus, who is also known as the "Old Man of the Sea," Nereus was very wise and possessed prophetic powers but is extremely reluctant to share his knowledge with heroes unless they quite literally wrestle it out of him.
1164* OneSteveLimit: Known as "The Old Man of the Sea," but this title has also been applied to Proteus, Triton, and even Pontus.
1165* PhysicalGod
1166* SappingTheShapeshifter: Though he was commonly depicted as more honorable and honest than Proteus, he would only grant his knowledge to those [[OnlyTheWorthyMayPass who could best him in combat]]. As such, heroes hoping to learn from him - like Heracles, for example - would have to win a wrestling match with him, during which he would attempt to shapeshift out of their grip until they could finally exhaust and best him.
1167* SingleSexOffspring: Has fifty-one children with his wife Doris, only the youngest of whom is male.
1168* UglyGuysHotDaughter: While never depicted as ugly ''per se'', he was usually depicted as an old man with a big bushy beard, while his daughters and especially his son Nerites are considered beautiful.
1169* WillNotTellALie: Famous for his honesty and willingness to give heroes straightforward answers, unlike the oracles. As long as you can best him at wrestling, that is.
1170[[/folder]]
1171
1172[[folder:Nerites]]
1173!!Νηρίτης
1174God of Shellfish and in some versions, the charioteer of the sea. He was the son of Nereus and Doris and the only brother among the Nereids. Some versions say that he was Aphrodite's lover and that he offended her by declining an offer to go to Olympus. Others say that he was a lover of Poseidon, only to offend Helios for unknown reasons (some say Helios wanted him for himself, others say that Nerites boasted about his chariot skills). Either way, every version of Nerites got turned into a shellfish or snail.
1175----
1176* ButtMonkey: In both myths about him, he's turned into a snail for petty reasons.
1177* TheDutifulSon: Seems to have been this. He refused to leave his family to live with Aphrodite on Mount Olympus, even when given a pair of wings.
1178* DifferingPrioritiesBreakup: His relationship with Aphrodite ended after the latter became an Olympian. She wanted Nerites to join her on Mount Olympus, while he refused to leave his sisters and parents behind in the ocean, even after Aphrodite gave him a pair of wings. This being Aphrodite, she [[NotGoodWithRejection responded]] by [[ForcedTransformation turning him into a shellfish]], taking back the wings, and giving them to Eros.
1179* ForcedTransformation: Into a shellfish or sea snail.
1180* HappilyMarried: They weren't ''officially'' married, but his relationship with Poseidon was considered such a beautiful spectacle that it could easily be considered this.
1181-->''And so, as I am told, of the rest the favourite spent his time with his lover, and moreover when Poseidon drove his chariot over the waves, all together great fishes as well as dolphins and Tritones too, sprang up from their deep haunts and gambolled and danced around the chariot, only to be left utterly and far behind by the speed of his horses; only the boy favourite was his escort close at hand, and before them the waves sank to rest and the sea parted out of reverence to Poseidon, for the god willed that his beautiful favourite should not only be highly esteemed for other reasons but should also be pre-eminent at swimming.''
1182* HomosexualReproduction: His union with Poseidon spawned Anteros, God of Mutual Love.
1183* LoverAndBeloved: With Poseidon.
1184* OddJobGods: God of Shellfish.
1185* TheOneGuy: The only male Nereid.
1186* ThePowerOfLove: His and Poseidon's union was one of mutual love. Mind you, that alone is ''huge'' by Greek Mythology standards.
1187* PrettyBoy: Famous for his beauty.
1188* SettleForSibling: Possibly the case. Poseidon married Nerites's sister Amphitrite, but it's not confirmed whether this was after his and Nerites's relationship.
1189* StuckInTheirShadow: Unlike the rest of his family, Nerites was never mentioned by epic poets despite being popular among mariners' folklore.
1190* WingedHumanoid: In the Aphrodite version of the myth. His wings were given to Eros after his transformation.
1191[[/folder]]
1192
1193[[folder:Nike / Victoria]]
1194!!Νίκη | Victōria
1195Probably one of the most well known of the minor goddesses, she was the goddess of victory (and strength and speed) and was the daughter of Styx and Pallas. Her siblings were Kratos ([[VideoGame/GodOfWar not that Kratos]]), Bia, and Zelus. She and her companions were close to Zeus, and she herself was Zeus's divine charioteer who led him into battle with the Titans. Is noted for having wings, even into classical times and being a friend of Athena. While she doesn't have a planet, moon, or other celestial body named after her[[note]]Except for an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/307_Nike asteroid]], [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Victoria two]] if you include her Roman equivalent[[/note]], she does have a brand of shoe! Her Roman counterpart was '''Victoria'''.
1196----
1197* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of victory.
1198* PhysicalGod
1199* WarGoddess: Specifically of the victorious aspect of war.
1200* WingedHumanoid: She's often portrayed as this, with one of her more iconic statues of her literally being call "Winged Victory".
1201[[/folder]]
1202
1203[[folder:Oizys / Miseria]]
1204!!Ὀϊζύς | Miseria
1205Goddess of Misery, daughter of Nyx, and twin of the god Momos. Her Latin Counterpart is '''Miseria''', from which the word ''misery'' is derived.
1206----
1207* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of misery.
1208[[/folder]]
1209
1210[[folder:Palioxis and Proioxis]]
1211!!Παλίωξις | Προΐωξις
1212The goddesses of the backrush and onrush of battle respectively. The two were sisters, and were listed as members of the Makhai, and presumably daughters of Eris.
1213----
1214* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the back rush and onrush of battle.
1215* WarGoddess: One ushered battle in, one saw it peter out.
1216* OddJobGods: Two of Classical Mythology's variety of highly specific war gods.
1217[[/folder]]
1218
1219[[folder:Pan / Faunus]]
1220!!Πάν | Faunus
1221Son of Hermes. God of nature, mountains, shepherds and sexuality (especially males). A satyr-like [[TheTrickster trickster]] who is mainly concerned with the preservation of Nature and the enjoyment of earthly pleasures such as music and sex. The panflute is named after him. An overall "free-spirit" who often pals with his uncle Dionysus, but generally doesn't interact with other gods simply because he doesn't care about political schemes unless it concerns him directly. His name is the root of the word "Panic".
1222----
1223* BeastMan: He's often depicted as half-man, half-goat.
1224* BestialityIsDepraved: At least one statue depicts him enjoying the company of a goat. Technically, it's only halfway depraved considering what's going on below his waist.
1225* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Inverted, see Hephaestus' entry. Pan actually has an even worse reputation.
1226* BiggerIsBetterInBed: According to the many nymphs he chased.
1227** Notably, this is one of the few cases in Greek mythology, as the Greeks felt smaller was better.
1228* CarpetOfVirility: Always represented as shaggy.
1229* DecompositeCharacter / DemotedToExtra: Pan seems to be ''very old'', and so predates Hermes, even possibly going as far as being traced to a deity from the proto-Indo-European civilization, that also gave us the similar Vedic deity Pushan. Hermes was likely an ephitet for Pan before becoming a separate deity that took Pan's dominions over journeys and being the messenger of the gods, while Pan himself got significantly reduced and was rewritten to be Hermes' son.
1230* DepravedBisexual: Went for both nymphs and shepherds.
1231* FaunsAndSatyrs: Shares the appearance associated with them, partially responsible for the trope name and their association with that shape, though regular satyrs are separate entities from him in classical mythology.
1232* FriendToAllLivingThings: As the protector of livestock, especially supernatural ones or those belonging to gods. Generally friendly, if mischievous and lecherous, with women.
1233* GodIsDead: He is supposedly the only god of the Greco-Roman pantheon who actually died. According to Plutarch, the sailor Thamus heard a voice coming from the island Paxi ordering him to "Tell everyone that the great god Pan is dead".[[note]]This may have been a misunderstanding, since "pan" can also be a prefix meaning "all," and Paxi also had a local cult worshipping the Mesopotamian deity Tammuz, known primarily for dying and returning from the underworld, and being imported to Greece as "Adonis". The ancient Greek sentence "Tammuz/Thamus panmegas tethneke" can thus mean either "Thamus, great Pan is dead" or "Tammuz, all-great, is dead."[[/note]]
1234* MagicalFlutist: He could induce fear and panic with his pipes.
1235* MissingMom: His nymph mother ran away after his birth. Fortunately, his dad Hermes thinks he's awesome and really loves him.
1236* MusicalAssassin: His primary weapon is his flute.
1237* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: In a rather literal sense, as he is the one that spreads ''Pan''ic. Greek warriors never knew why thousands of men would stand bravely for a long time and then suddenly stampede with no warning. All they knew was it was a great mystery, so they attributed it to Pan.
1238* PhysicalGod
1239* ReallyGetsAround: At least as much as Zeus himself.
1240* SpeaksFluentAnimal
1241* StealthPun: His affair with Selene. Pan ("all") x Selene ("moon") = full moon (panselenos).
1242* AWolfInSheepsClothing: Or rather satyr; this is how he seduced Selene the moon goddess, by wrapping himsel in sheep skin to approach her.
1243[[/folder]]
1244
1245[[folder:Panacea]]
1246!!Πανάκεια
1247Greek goddess of the Universal Remedy, daughter of Asclepius and Epione. Always carried a potion around with her that could heal the sick, and this idea was the beginning of the idea of the panacea in medicine (i.e. a substance that could cure all disease)
1248----
1249* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of remedies.
1250* HealerGod: One of several minor gods associated with various aspects of healing.
1251* OddJobGods: The minor deity of a universal cure.
1252* {{Panacea}}: The {{Trope Namer|s}} and TropeCodifier.
1253[[/folder]]
1254
1255[[folder:Pasiphaë]]
1256!!Πασιφάη
1257Like her sister, Circe, Pasiphaë is a minor goddess of magic, herbs, and the sun, being one of Helios and Perse's four children. She was given in marriage to King Minos of Crete upon his ascension as monarch and gave birth to eight children with him. She was most famous as the biological mother of Minotaur: when her husband refused to kill Poseidon's white bull as sacrifice, Poseidon cursed Pasiphaë into mating with the bull and in turn giving birth to the Minotaur, who was then used by Minos to devour the Athenian teenagers whom he demanded as peace treaty with Athens, until Theseus was able to save the day.
1258----
1259
1260* AdaptationalWimp: Some sources have implied she was once a great Sun Goddess and her white bull symbolized the Moon, their tale an allegory of the transition from day to night.
1261* BestialityIsDepraved: Her punishment for something her husband did!
1262* ClingyJealousGirl: Because her husband Minos would often cheat on her, she cursed him so that he ejaculated centipedes, scorpions and snakes, which killed his mistresses from the inside.
1263* HiddenDepths: She seems to have good (or at least amicable) relationship with her monstrous child the Minotaur. He was named after Minos's stepfather, which, considering Minos's attitude towards the Minotaur, makes it likely the name was her idea. The Minotaur also seemed to enjoy some normalcy during his infant years (even being breastfed by Pasiphaë), and some painting and vases made by cultures less antagonistic toward Minoan Crete depicts her and her son in a loving context.
1264* TheHighQueen: Of Crete.
1265* HotWitch: She was a sorceress like her sister and pretty like all goddesses are.
1266* {{Lunacy}}: As a possible lunar figure.
1267* MoonGod: She was equated by some authors to Selene, the moon goddess, and there's theories she might have been a celestial deity at some point.
1268* OutOfFocus: Much less well known than Circe. Most people know the Minotaur but not where he came from, and even most tellings of his myth leave out Pasiphaë's personal history.
1269* PhysicalGod
1270* ThePowerOfTheSun: Same with Circe, she inherited their father, Helios' power, her sorcery is said to have come from being Helios' daughter, witchcraft and the Sun being inexplicably linked in much of Greek myth.
1271* RevengeByProxy: She was cursed with lustful desires for the Cretan Bull in an effort to humiliate her husband for breaking his promise to sacrifice it.
1272* SadlyMythtaken: Has the same problem as her sister, Circe, but slightly worse because people hardly even know that Pasiphaë ''existed''. She was a goddess, not just a mere princess-turned-queen. Giving minor goddesses as a reward to kings weren't uncommon in Classical myths (see Harmonia for example).
1273* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Inherited Helios's "Evil Eye".
1274[[/folder]]
1275
1276[[folder:Peitho / Suadela]]
1277!!Πειθώ | Suādēla
1278Greek goddess of persuasion and seduction. Was known in Roman mythology as '''Suadela'''. She was an attendant and/or companion of Aphrodite and thus was very connected to her. The two were so intertwined that sometimes they were combined into one character, a reflection of how closely connected the Greeks saw persuasion and love (or lust). Her ancestry is disputed, but she is perhaps the daughter of the Titans Tethys and Oceanus. It should be noted that persuasion is not limited to romance/seduction, but also to political persuasion and debate.
1279----
1280* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of seduction and persuasion.
1281* OddJobGods: Goddess of persuasion.
1282[[/folder]]
1283
1284[[folder:Penia / Penae]]
1285!!Πενία | Pēnae
1286Called '''Penae''' in Latin, Penia was the Greek goddess of poverty and need, sometimes considered the mother of Eros.
1287----
1288* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of poverty.
1289* OddJobGods: Yes, much like the Japanese, the Greeks had a God(ess) of Poverty.
1290[[/folder]]
1291
1292[[folder:Philophrosyne]]
1293!!Φῐλοφροσῠ́νη
1294The Greek goddess of welcome, friendliness, and kindness.
1295----
1296* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of kindness.
1297* FlatCharacter: Not much really to set her apart from the other goddesses, or even her own sisters.
1298[[/folder]]
1299
1300[[folder:Phobos / Timor]]
1301!!Φόβος | Timorus
1302The son of Ares and Aphrodite, his name means "fear". [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin That should tell you all you need to know about him]]. For those who are a little slower than most, he is a personification of fear for the Greeks, in particular, the fear brought about through war. He notably rode into war with his father Ares, the Goddesses Enyo and Eris, and his brother Deimos. His association seems to have made him unpopular with the Greeks, as he doesn't appear in any major Greek myths as a character. His Roman equivalent is '''Timor'''. It is from his name that we get the word "phobia", as well as the name of the larger of Mars' two moons.
1303----
1304* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of Fear.
1305[[/folder]]
1306[[folder:Phorcys]]
1307!!Φόρκυς
1308God of the mysterious dangers of the deep, identified as a son of Gaia and Pontus or a son of Tethys and Oceanus. Married Ceto and had many "nice" children. Is depicted as a fish-tailed merman, with crab claws for fore-legs and red-spiked skin.
1309----
1310* EldritchOceanAbyss: Essentially the god of this trope.
1311* MonsterProgenitor: He and Ceto were responsible for a lot of sea monsters.
1312* MultipleChoicePast: He has two options for his parentage: Gaia and Pontus, or Tethys and Oceanus.
1313* PhysicalGod
1314
1315[[/folder]]
1316
1317[[folder:Phosphorus / Heosphoros / Lucifer]]
1318!! Φωσφόρος | Lucifer
1319One of the Astra Planeta, though more specifically the personification of the planet Venus as it appeared as the Morning Star, he is associated with the goddess Aphrodite/Venus. Depending on the myth, he is either the son of Astraeus and Eos, Cephalus and Eos, or of Atlas. In Roman folklore, his parents were named to be Aurora and Cephalus.
1320----
1321* AmbiguousSituation: Whether he and Hesperus are the same entity. At some point in time, the Greeks recognized that Venus as the morning and evening star are the same celestial body, but still treated the two gods as separate entities that look identical. On some accounts, they share the same parentage and are brothers rather than being the same entity.
1322* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of Venus as the "Morning Star". He may also be one as the "Evening Star" as well, if he and Hesperus are indeed the same god.
1323* IdenticalStranger: According to the Latin Poet Ovid, he and Hesperus are identical as gods of the morning and evening star. On some accounts, this is explained away as them being brothers.
1324* IHaveManyNames: In Greek, his name is both "Phosphorus" and "Heosphoros". He may also be the same god as Hesperus, making that another one of his names as well.
1325* MeaningfulName: In both Greek and Latin, his name means "light-bringer" and he is the personification of Venus as it rises in the morning, aka the "Morning Star". His alternate Greek name, "Heosphoros", translates to "dawn bringer".
1326* WingedHumanoid: He is depicted with wings in his paintings.
1327* [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman World's Most Beautiful Man]]: According to Ovid, he surpassed many in beauty to the point where he competed with the goddess of love and beauty herself.
1328[[/folder]]
1329
1330[[folder:Ploutos / Plutus]]
1331!!Πλοῦτος | Plūtus
1332Probably more well known by his Roman name '''Plutus'''. Ploutos was the ancient Greek god of wealth and was the son of Demeter and the Demigod Iasion. Has a complex relationship in the Roman pantheon with the god of the underworld, Plouton (Pluto), who is also a god of riches, leading to conflation. Was blinded by Zeus so that he could dispense of his riches without prejudice. He is also lame, but has wings, so he arrives slowly, but leaves quickly (sounds like there's significance to that). In the play ''Plutus'', his sight is restored, thus raising hell as he is now able to determine who is most deserving of wealth. From the root of his (and Plouton's) name, we get the words like plutocracy, plutonomics, plutolatry, and plutomania.
1333----
1334* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of wealth.
1335* BadPowersGoodPeople: He is portrayed as a largely innocent child-god, but the longer he hangs around mortals the greedier they tend to get, hence why Zeus crippled and blinded him, so he'd have to keep on the move.
1336* ContinuitySnarl: Even when he is not Hades or Persephone's kid he is still considered Zagreus and Melinoë's brother.
1337* DependingOnTheWriter: We have writings that refer to him as both Demeter and Iasion’s son, and Persephone and Hades’ son. To make things more confusing he is often paired with Demeter, but also with Hades, but is considered the sibling of Melinoë and Zagreus even when he doesn't have the same parents.
1338* GoldFever: He often inadvertently causes unchecked obsessive gold lust, which is why he needs to be on the move.
1339* GoodCapitalismEvilCapitalism: He is in essence the spirit of both, he tries to simply give people a break but if he showers too much fortune on one person he tends to create economic imbalance and run-away-greed.
1340* LegacyCharacter: He is the second god to take up the title of God-of-Wealth after Hades, who is sometime qualified as his father.
1341* DisabledDeity: Plutus is blind, and that's why the rich are usually unworthy, because Plutus can't see whom he bestows his gifts upon.
1342* MeaningfulName: Ploutos is Greek for wealth.
1343* MultipleChoicePast: Usually the son of Demeter and Iasion, but one fable makes him the son of Tyche, the goddess of fortune and luck.
1344* ObliviouslyEvil: He tends to induce greed merely by being in the presence of a mortal too long however he is near-sighted/blind and usually doesn't figure out he's been there too long until he overhears a mortal's abject greed kicking in.
1345* SymbolicMutilation: God of wealth, who passively induces greed if he stays in one place too long, Zeus blinds and cripples him so he can't see who he's blessing and he limps on his way there, but he still has his wings and can quickly take flight - a symbol of financial wind-falls and how unreliable they are. The god of wealth also having blood-tipped wings is also a cynical symbol of capitalism even in ancient times.
1346* PhysicalGod
1347* PowerIncontinence: He can't control his blessing of wealth, merely by being near a mortal he makes them more financially lucky. This also tends to create unchecked greed in mortals though if he stays in one place too long.
1348* TokenMiniMoe: Plutus is usually depicted in art as a toddler or a young child.
1349* WingedHumanoid: He has a set of blood-stained wings he uses to quickly take flight before he induces too much greed in a mortal.
1350[[/folder]]
1351
1352[[folder:Polemos]]
1353!!Πόλεμος
1354Whereas Ares is the god of war, Polemos is best described as its personification. Unlike Ares, he has no known cults or myths because of this. Opposes Dionysus, a god of life, and was the brother of Enyo.
1355----
1356* AnthropomorphicPersonification: of war.
1357* WarGod: Not exactly. Gods like Ares and Athena presided over war, but Polemos was its embodiment.
1358[[/folder]]
1359
1360[[folder:Ponos]]
1361!!Πόνος
1362God of hard labor and toil. Son of Eris, he is that which we all do and hate.
1363----
1364* AKindOfOne: Though sometimes treated as a single god, sometimes Ponos was portrayed as a host of ''ponoi'' spirits that plagued mankind.
1365* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of hard labor.
1366* OddJobGods: God of work and toil.
1367[[/folder]]
1368
1369[[folder:Porus]]
1370!!Πόρος
1371The Greek god of plenty and a son of Metis, making him the half-brother of Athena. He was seduced by Penia at Aphrodite's birthday celebration while drunk, and from that sexual escapade, it's possible that Eros was born. Porus is also a god in the Roman pantheon, the personification of abundance.
1372----
1373* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of plenty.
1374[[/folder]]
1375
1376[[folder:Praxidike]]
1377!!Πραξιδίκη
1378The goddess of judicial punishment and the exactor of vengeance, she is closely related to Nemesis in that regard, and also related to the Horae Dike, also a goddess of order and justice. Her daughters Homonoia and (especially) Arete, are more well known.
1379[[/folder]]
1380
1381[[folder:Priapus / Priapos]]
1382!!Πριαπος
1383A minor fertility god of varying origins--sometimes a son of Dionysus, others a son of Hermes, still others a son of Aphrodite, etc.; wherever he came from, Priapus is usually portrayed as a short, ugly man with very disproportionately large... ''[[BiggerIsBetterInBed equipment]]''. Besides this, his main claim to fame is nearly getting killed by every single Olympian for attempting to assault [[MoralityPet Hestia]] in her sleep.
1384----
1385* AchievementsInIgnorance: Let’s all take a moment to marvel at the achievement of uniting the entire Greek Pantheon to set aside their pronounced differences and work together… to form a divine lynch mob for the only god short sighted enough to try to do the one thing they all agree is horrible, to the one goddess they all universally loved.
1386* AnimalNemesis: All donkeys became this for him after one thwarted his attempts to rape Hestia.
1387* AttemptedRape: In one myth, he tries to rape Hestia in her sleep at a party. Fortunately, she's woken up by a braying donkey before he can do so, and her scream alerts the rest of the Olympians, who all ''immediately'' come to kick Priapus's ass.
1388* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Played for squick rather than fanservice.
1389* FanDisservice: His genitalia was disproportionately huge compared to the rest of his body and it was almost constantly erect.
1390* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The Olympians refused to let him live with them.
1391* {{Gonk}}: As opposed to the other Greek Gods being TheBeautifulElite, barring some exceptions, Priapus is usually depicted as really gross and ugly.
1392* HatedByAll: After he tries to rape Hestia his entire family rally together to try to find and repeatedly murder him; And that includes Priapus’s own, until then, loving mother.
1393* LikeFatherLikeSon: In the versions where his father is either Pan or Hermes, Priapus takes after them in his... well, endowment.
1394* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the myth of him and Hestia, Priapus (smartly) opts to run away rather than face the wrath of the other gods for trying to assault their CoolBigSis.
1395* {{Trope Namer|s}}: For the condition of "priapism" (overly long-lasting erection).
1396[[/folder]]
1397
1398[[folder:Proteus]]
1399!!Πρωτεύς
1400An early Greek sea god, sometimes called the god of "elusive sea change", reflecting the sea's constant changes. Like many gods and goddesses, he suffers from MultipleChoicePast, but he's generally portrayed as a herdsman of Poseidon's seals, and in some versions of the story, is actually one of Poseidon's sons - his ''firstborn'' according to the translation. He has the ability to predict the future, but he constantly changes his shape, so that only those who can catch him will get the prediction. From this, we get the word "protean." He lives on the island of Pharos off the coast of the Nile River Delta and his primary purpose was to be caught by other heroes and used to help them solve their problems.
1401----
1402* AntagonisticOffspring: Two of his sons, Telegonus and Polygonus, were known for being so violent that Proteus himself ''begged'' Poseidon to send him away from the pair until Heracles finally killed them in battle.
1403* ButtMonkey: Mostly known for getting wrestled into submission and forced to tell heroes things.
1404* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: He's on the receiving end of this, courtesy of the mortal heroes who know how to subdue him ''and'' have the fortitude to wrestle a constantly-shapeshifting ocean god into submission. Proteus doesn't appear to have any desire to take revenge on any of them, fortunately.
1405* HalfHumanHybrid: In one iteration of his backstory, he's the son of Poseidon and the mortal princess Phoenice.
1406* HermitGuru: He's possessed of incredible prophetic abilities, but he prefers to live a solitary island life as a shepherd rather than share his knowledge with others. For good measure, people hoping to take advantage of his wisdom will have to capture him first.
1407* InconspicuousImmortal: He's one of the few Greco-Roman deities who hasn't had any adventures of his own, doesn't involve himself in any of the innumerable conflicts, and doesn't appear interested in living it up like his father Poseidon. Instead, he prefers the life of a hermit, spending his days shepherding seals and his afternoons dozing alone on a beach; even [[VoluntaryShapeshifting his famous shapeshifting powers]] are used mainly at work or in emergencies, while his prophetic abilities are only used by heroes who are out to wrestle him for information... and even then, Proteus is so deliberately obscure that, in the ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', Menelaus had to be told about him by the sea god's own daughter before he could even try to capture Proteus.
1408* JerkassGods: Surprisingly averted; Proteus is comparatively benign by the standards of Classical mythology, having no desire to use his powers for wrongdoing and doesn't seek any kind of revenge on the heroes for bothering him. The worst thing that can be said about him is that he's reclusive and secretive, preferring to be left alone more than anything else.
1409* LoserDeity: He's not exactly well-respected by gods or mortals, and it's rare to find a story featuring him that doesn't result in him getting his ass handed to him.
1410* OneSteveLimit: He's known as "The Old Man of the Sea," but this title has also been applied to several other water gods, including Nereus, Triton, and even Pontus.
1411* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Sometimes he's portrayed with the lower body of a sea creature, much like his younger brother Triton; this can be a fishtail, the lower half of a sea serpent, two long tentacles, or even the lower body of a hippocamp.
1412* PerpetuallyProtean: Some works of art, such as "[[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Hoellischer_Proteus.jpg Der höllische Proteus]]", depict him as constantly shapeshifting, portrayed in the act of shifting from man to sea-creature to force of nature simultaneously.
1413* PhysicalGod
1414* PrimalPolymorphs: Eschewed the luxurious life of more prominent gods in favour of deliberate obscurity. He dwelled alone on the shores of a remote island, where he [[FantasticLivestock shepherded seals]] and lay down to sleep in the sunlight... or at least, he ''preferred'' to do that, but human heroes were always trying to capture him in order to use his prophetic wisdom to answer their every question, and no amount of VoluntaryShapeshifting he used could put them off.
1415* SappingTheShapeshifter: Anyone wanting to learn from Proteus would have to ambush him during his afternoon nap and wrestle him into submission while he cycled through multiple forms - no easy task, considering Proteus could transform into just about anything ''including'' [[ElementalShapeshifter fire and water]]. However, if a hero could maintain their grip until Proteus finally tired, the sea god would be forced to answer any of the victor's questions.
1416* {{Seers}}: Proteus can predict the future, but only uses this ability if he's forced into doing so.
1417* ShapeshifterLongevity: The truest example of this trope in the Greek pantheon, known almost exclusively for his shapeshifting powers, to the point that his name gave rise to the word "protean," meaning ever-changing or mutable.
1418* UnscaledMerfolk: Though he sometimes has a fishtail in place of legs, his depictions in art often feature him with everything from snake tails to tentacles.
1419* VoluntaryShapeshifting: One of the more notable examples in Greek Mythology, he can turn into just about anything, including inanimate objects and even fire.
1420[[/folder]]
1421
1422[[folder:Psamathe]]
1423!!Ψαμάθη
1424Minor goddess of sand and one of the Nereids. She was the mother of Phocus by King Aeacus of Aegina and Theoclymenus and Theonoe by Proteus (either the sea god or a king of Egypt).
1425----
1426* BestialityIsDepraved: When Aeacus snuck up on her and began raping her, she tried to shapeshift into a seal to escape. It didn't work, nor did it deter him.
1427* ChildByRape: In some versions, she attempted to escape being raped by Aeacus by shapeshifting into a seal. She was unsuccessful, and Phocus was the result, though she loved him dearly nonetheless.
1428* MeaningfulName:
1429** Her name literally means "sand goddess."
1430** Her son Phocus's name also applies. It means "seal," as he was conceived while his mother was in the form of one and later born by the sea.
1431* YouKilledMyFather: Sent a wolf to attack Peleus's herds after he and his brother Telamon murdered her son.
1432[[/folder]]
1433
1434[[folder:Psyche / Anima]]
1435!!Ψυχή | Anima
1436Former [[PrincessProtagonist mortal princess]] of Miletus, and now [[HappilyMarried wife]] of the God of Love and personification of the Soul. Very [[WorldsMostBeautifulWoman beautiful]] and [[CuriousAsAMonkey insatiably curious]], both traits tend to get her into (and occasionally out of) trouble. [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Gained her immortality]] through [[RedemptionQuest completing]] several [[ImpossibleTask tasks]] on behalf of her [[ObnoxiousInLaws mother-in-law]] after giving into her [[CuriosityIsACrapshoot curiosity]] and betraying her husband’s trust. [[http://www.shmoop.com/cupid-psyche/summary.html Longer synopsis here.]]
1437----
1438* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the Soul.
1439* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence
1440* AttractivenessIsolation: Thought she was the victim of this. Her lack of luck was actually because of a spiteful Goddess of Love.
1441* BabiesEverAfter: Hers and Eros' daughter Hedone / Volupta (means either Delight or Pleasure).
1442* BadassNormal: A mortal with the beauty and guts to challenge Aphrodite herself.
1443* BeastAndBeauty: This tale fits most of the same elements, but acts as a subversion: in a ProphecyTwist, the "[[WingedHumanoid winged]] [[LoveHurts monster]]” she was to marry ended up being the God of Love.
1444* BeautifulDreamer: Why Eros/Cupid [[LoveAtFirstSight falls in love with her]] and cannot go through with his mother's plan.
1445* BewareTheNiceOnes:
1446--> [Psyche] tells her [jealous sister] what had happened, then tricks her sister into believing that Cupid has chosen [the sister] as [his] wife on the mountaintop. Psyche later meets her other sister and deceives her likewise. Each sister goes to the top of the peak and jumps down eagerly, but Zephyrus [the West Wind] does not bear them and they fall to their deaths at the base of the mountain.
1447* ChainedToARock: A variation. She wasn't chained but LeftForDead on a mountain top.
1448* ConflictingLoyalty: Trust her husband or trust her sisters; either way it came down to the protection of her unborn child.
1449* CuriousAsAMonkey: Grownup version.
1450* CuriosityIsACrapshoot: She’s another example from Classical Mythology.
1451* DeityOfHumanOrigin: After quite AWHILE as a beleaguered human she is eventually transformed into a true goddess, [[EarnYourHappyEnding long after it probably would have been more useful (not to mention life saving) to her.]]
1452* {{Determinator}}
1453* DidntThinkThisThrough: Even after all that has happened, she still takes a peek into the Box of Beauty.
1454* DisproportionateRetribution / MisplacedRetribution: Frequent victim of this.
1455* DivineDate: She was still mortal when she married Eros. After her RedemptionQuest she was turned into a goddess and they became GodCouple instead.
1456* DrivenToSuicide: She tries to kill herself a couple of times whilst trying to complete Aphrodite's tasks, either because of the impossibility of the tasks or the tragic thought of never seeing Eros again. Thankfully, a deity, like the river god or Zephyr the wind god, will come to [[InterruptedSuicide stop her]] and help her out. [[FridgeHorror The Personification of the Soul/Mind keeps trying to kill herself.]] Huh.
1457* EarnYourHappyEnding: On one hand, she went through a RedemptionQuest to get him back. On the other, her [[CuriosityIsACrapshoot curiosity]] had her fall into [[FauxDeath eternal sleep]] when she [[ForbiddenFruit opened the box of beauty]]. On a third hand, technically they both needed to earn their happy endings so even if Psyche had finally [[ImpossibleTask gained Aphrodite’s forgiveness and approval]] it would not change a thing if Eros had not forgiven her (he too had to earn his by coming to terms that his wife is fallible and standing up to his mother).
1458* EternalLove: With Eros.
1459* FauxDeath: After opening the [[ShmuckBait Box of Beauty]].
1460* ForbiddenFruit / ShmuckBait: She nearly averted this. When her husband Cupid told her never to look upon his true form, she was perfectly fine with it until her sisters convinced her that he might be a horrible monster (despite that she had previously felt his body and had plenty chance to feel his face). At least she only had to deal with a MamaBear that was already mad at her instead of the DeaderThanDead fate that usually befalls those who look upon undisguised gods.
1461** And then, when she was sent to bring back the beauty of Persephone in a box and despite being counselled against it, [[DidntThinkThisThrough she peeked]].
1462* GodCouple: With Eros by the end.
1463* HappilyEverAfter
1464* HappilyMarried: With Eros.
1465* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: At least when it comes to her sisters (at first).
1466* HumanSacrifice / VirginSacrifice: She and her family thought she was going to be this.
1467* ImpossibleTask: Given these to earn back her husband. The tasks are: 1) Sorting huge piles of grains and lentils in a single night, 2) Retrieving some golden wool from vicious sheep, 3) Retrieving water flowing from an elevated cleft that is impossible to achieve on foot and is also guarded by great serpents, and 4) Retrieving a Box of Beauty from the Queen of the Underworld. She succeeds (with some help); Aphrodite/Venus is [[WhyWontYouDie not pleased]].
1468* IWillFindYou: Even if she has to petition every god in the pantheon to do so (Fortunately, it only took [[RuleOfThree three]]. Unfortunately, number three was [[ObnoxiousInLaws Aphrodite]]).
1469* LoveBeforeFirstSight: She was [[ForbiddenFruit forbidden to look upon her husband]] and still managed to fall for him.
1470* LoveHurts
1471* LoveWillLeadYouBack: And it does. Eventually.
1472* MayflyDecemberRomance: Pre-Immortality.
1473* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She's pretty broken up when she betrays Eros's trust.
1474* ObnoxiousInLaws: With Aphrodite.
1475* PluckyGirl: Believing that her husband is quite possibly a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent winged serpent]], what does she do? Collects a lamp with which to see him and a dagger [[http://mizii.com/mythbook/emyths/greek/fables/graphics/psychcup.gif that appears to be]] no larger than [9”] to cut off his head if this is indeed true. Let me repeat that: Psyche fully intends to decapitate a freaking dragon with basically a steak knife.
1476* PregnantBadass: During her RedemptionQuest, she was in the family way. Not to mention that much of her reasoning to [[ForbiddenFruit look upon her husband]] was to protect her unborn child:
1477--> The two jealous sisters tell Psyche, then pregnant with Cupid's child, that rumour is that she had married a great and terrible serpent who would devour her and her unborn child when the time came for it to be fed.
1478* PrincessProtagonist: She started out the third daughter of a king of Miletus.
1479* ProperLady
1480* ProphecyTwist: Psyche is destined to "marry a [[WingedHumanoid winged]] [[LoveHurts monster]] that [[ThePowerOfLove neither god]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower nor mortal]] [[HeartBeatDown can resist]]". Sound familiar?
1481* RedemptionQuest: She had to go through one to get her husband Eros back.
1482* SilkHidingSteel
1483* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Especially after the Goddess of Love and Beauty [[GreenEyedMonster takes it personally]].
1484* TearsOfRemorse: As Eros flew off, Psyche was “prostrate on the ground, filling the place with mournful lamentations.”
1485* ToHellAndBack: One of only six to succeed, as well as being the only woman and completely mortal (no [[DivineParentage Divine Ancestry]] whatsoever) to do so.
1486* TrueLovesKiss: How she is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyche_Revived_by_Cupid%27s_Kiss awakened]] after her FauxDeath.
1487* WingedHumanoid: Shown with butterfly wings (because "psyche" means "butterfly" as well as "soul).
1488* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: So much so that people started worshiping her instead of Aphrodite. Even the God of Love himself fell for her.
1489* YoungestChildWins
1490[[/folder]]
1491
1492[[folder:Ptocheia]]
1493!!Πτωχεία
1494Greek goddess of beggary, who was a sister of Amechania and Ptocheia. She often traveled around with her sisters
1495----
1496* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of beggary, and distinct from the above goddess of Poverty.
1497[[/folder]]
1498
1499[[folder:Quirinus]]
1500One of the Roman gods who does not have a Greek counterpart. Quirinus was an early god of Rome itself as a city state.
1501----
1502* CaptainPatriotic: He is literally the god of Rome as a culture/city.
1503* DeityOfHumanOrigin: By the end of the first century AD Quirinus had become identified as a deified Romulus.
1504* DemotedToExtra: As imperial state worship declined and more personal gods/beliefs sprung up Quirinus lost popularity and was no longer depicted in art.
1505[[/folder]]
1506
1507[[folder:Rhode]]
1508!!Ῥόδη
1509Sometimes considered a sea nymph, Rhode was the goddess of the Island of Rhodes and daughter of Poseidon. Consort of Helios, she considered the little island under her own protection.
1510----
1511* {{Egopolis}}: The island of Rhodes bore her name. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as it was Helios himself who named the island after his wife.
1512* HappilyMarried: To Helios. [[ContinuitySnarl Though this being Greek mythology]], other traditions give different women as his wife/official consort.
1513* MassiveNumberedSiblings: While not as extreme as other examples found in mythology, she and Helios had eight children together, seven sons and one daughter.
1514* MeaningfulName: Her name means "rose."
1515* MultipleChoicePast: She is either a daughter of Poseidon and Aphrodite, or Poseidon and Amphitrite, or Poseidon and Halia, or Oceanus and Tethys.
1516* OddJobGods: She was the goddess and protector of one island- Rhodes.
1517* OppositesAttract: She is a sea nymph and he is the sun god.
1518* PhysicalGod
1519* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Also called Rhodos.
1520[[/folder]]
1521
1522[[folder:Thanatos / Mors]]
1523!!Θάνατος | Mors / Lētum
1524A personification of Death (considering how his being in chains stopped people from dying in wars he embodies ''both'' peaceful and violent death), son of Nyx and Erebos and twin brother of Hypnos. Because he is Death, he was hated by mortals and even the deathless gods - rather moot since he hated them as well. His Roman counterpart is '''Mors''', although some later authors conflated him with Orcus.
1525----
1526* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of death.
1527* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Sisyphus once managed to cheat death by putting Thanatos in shackles. Eventually, Ares rescued him, and Sisyphus died (though not before managing to cheat death a second time) and was compelled to roll a huge rock up a steep hill. The rock would roll back down, forcing him to begin again...for eternity.
1528* DeathTakesAHoliday: With Thanatos in chains, death was impossible and war became entirely pointless, which is why Ares rescued him.
1529* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Got beaten by Heracles in a wrestling match over Alcestis's life once. He wasn't too bothered by his loss, as it's only postponing Alcestis's inevitable death.
1530* TheGrimReaper: Although some texts give his role as {{Psychopomp}} to Hermes. He also lets his sisters, Keres, take those who died by blood loss.
1531* HatesEveryoneEqually: In the original depictions, he is despised by mortals for being and bringing death and he hates them back, plus he hates the gods because they're immortal and outside his power (and it doesn't help that most of them are {{Jerkass}}es).
1532* HeterosexualLifePartners: He and his twin brother Hypnos were often seen together in art.
1533* PhysicalGod
1534* PrettyBoy: Despite the [[GrimReaper modern depiction]] of Death, Thanatos was generally shown as a handsome, winged, bearded man, or as a handsome, winged, beardless youth, depending on the artist and period.
1535* SiblingTeam: With his twin brother Hypnos.
1536* SleepCute: With his brother, Hypnos sometimes. [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Waterhouse-sleep_and_his_half-brother_death-1874.jpg Awwwww!]]
1537* WingedHumanoid: How he's generally depicted.
1538[[/folder]]
1539
1540[[folder:Thetis]]
1541!!Θέτις
1542An ancient sea goddess within the Greek pantheon, she is most well known for being the mother of the Greek hero, Achilles, whom she had with a mortal, Peleus. Is generally thought to have been a powerful goddess at one time, and it is even mentioned that she helped stop a rebellion against Zeus on Olympus but is not mentioned much in Classical Greek works.
1543----
1544* AbusiveParents: Zigzagged. In certain versions, she tried to perform a ritual to make her son Achilles immortal despite the ritual having killed all six previous children she had with Peleus. It's also said she threw her son to the floor in anger when her husband panicked at seeing the ritual (which involved putting Achilles in a burning fireplace while anointed with ambrosia) and thus prevented her from completing it. In addition, it's generally agreed she [[MissingMom walked out]] on her husband and son when the latter was only an infant (though this is slightly more understandable given her QuestionableConsent to her marriage in the first place). Nevertheless, she does seem to love her son dearly and goes out of her way to try and ensure he lives a long life. When he eventually makes up his mind to go fight at Troy even if he won't return, she still tries her best to support him, including by using her boon from Zeus to turn the war in the Trojans' favor when Achilles has a quarrel with Agamemnon.
1545* ArrangedMarriage: With Peleus. The gods decided she would marry him without any input from her. When she tried to refuse, they instructed Peleus to sneak up on her and wrestle her until she agreed.
1546* AwfulWeddedLife: She was not happy with Peleus and left him to rejoin her parents and siblings in the sea when Achilles was only a baby.
1547* DivorceIsTemporary: In Euripides's ''Andromache'', she reconciles with Peleus decades after she left him and makes him immortal so they may live together forever in her father Nereus's halls. Other versions, however, maintain that she never returned after leaving her husband in a rage and that Peleus eventually died and went to the Isles of the Blessed in Elysium.
1548* NeverMyFault: Gets really mad that her husband didn't trust her and interrupted her as she was performing a ritual to make Achilles immortal, even though said ritual involved ''putting their son in a burning fireplace'' and she never told Peleus about it. It's even worse in versions in which she had already accidentally killed ''six'' of their sons using the same ritual.
1549* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: In one version, she spurned Zeus's advances out of loyalty to his wife Hera, who had raised her. Zeus then spitefully declared that Thetis would marry a mere mortal (which would normally be beneath a goddess like her), leading to her unwilling marriage to Peleus.
1550* PhysicalGod
1551* QuestionableConsent: She initially refused to marry Peleus and only agreed after he snuck up on her, seized hold of her, and refused to release her despite her VoluntaryShapeshifting.
1552* RageBreakingPoint: After reluctantly agreeing to marry Peleus, him interrupting her as she was performing a ritual that would've made their son Achilles immortal proves to be this. Infuriated by her husband's lack of faith in her, she leaves him and their son, never to return.
1553* SappingTheShapeshifter: Thetis naturally refused the ArrangedMarriage with Peleus, but Peleus was able to force her into complying by ambushing her while she was asleep and wrestling her into submission, as was the custom with her father Nereus. Thetis attempted to escape by transforming into fire, water, a lioness, and a serpent, but ultimately had no choice but to revert and accept the "hero's" hand in marriage. For good measure, in Ovid's account of these events, Peleus received instructions on how to do this from Proteus, normally the recipient of such tactics.
1554* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Reaches the end of her patience with Peleus when he interrupts her just as she's about to make their son immortal, finally leaving him to rejoin her family in the sea.
1555* TwoTimingWithTheBestie: Defied. She refused Zeus's advances out of loyalty to Hera, who was her good friend and had even raised her.
1556* UnwantedSpouse: Did not wish to marry Peleus and basically had to be forced into agreeing to it.
1557[[/folder]]
1558
1559[[folder:Triton]]
1560!!Τρίτων
1561[[RunningGag No, not]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 that Triton]]. [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS6E26TheClashOfTriton Especially not that one]]. This Triton is the most famous son of Poseidon. A Greek god, he was a messenger of the sea, similar to how Hermes was a messenger of Olympus. One thing the Disney film got right is that Triton is usually represented as a merman, having a human's upper body and the tail-end of a fish, and he, like his father, carried a trident. He also carried a conch shell, which he blew like a horn to control the waves.
1562
1563He also had a daughter named Pallas (not the same Pallas mentioned farther up) and in some versions of the story, raised Athena as his own daughter. Athena would later accidentally kill Pallas. Triton would be the progenitor of an entire race similar to himself, called Tritons.
1564----
1565* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Triton, and by extension his children, are sometimes portrayed with two fish tails instead of one. Triton is also said to have blue or green skin, which is also true of his children.
1566* ParentalSubstitute: Served as this to Athena, having raised her as his own daughter alongside Pallas, at least in some versions of the story. In other versions, no such relationship exists between the two and Athena's epithet "Triton-born" is just a reference to the fact that she was born at the River Triton or Tritonis Lake.
1567* PhysicalGod
1568[[/folder]]
1569
1570[[folder:Tyche]]
1571!!Τύχη
1572This goddess is a unique one within the pantheon. While every god was usually heavily worshiped only in specific places, such as Athena being the patron god of Athens, Tyche had a unique role, in that was the deity that governed the prosperity and fortune of a city-state (aka, its destiny or fate). As such, she was a tutelary goddess: a protector of specific locations, but every city had their own iconic version of her and considered her their protector. She is believed to have controlled the fortunes of humanity.
1573----
1574* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the prosperity of the city states.
1575[[/folder]]
1576
1577[[folder:Zagreus]]
1578!!Ζαγρευς
1579A very, ''very'' enigmatic god known from fragmentary myths, Zagreus was an important figure to the Orphic Mysteries as the "first-born Dionysus," but there's evidence that he's ''older'' than that, with some sources suggesting he was once on par with ''[[GeniusLoci Gaia]]'' in terms of sheer importance. The most common telling is that he's the son of Persephone, either by Zeus, Hades, or [[ExtraParentConception both]], and that when Hera discovered this, she had him torn apart by the Titans (either out of jealousy or because he was set to inherit Zeus's position as king). His heart was recovered by Athena, who gave it to Zeus, who then either stitched it into his body or gave it to his lover Semele to swallow so that she could give birth to him again, and in the process, Dionysus was born. He has achieved new prominence in the modern day thanks to [[VideoGame/{{Hades}} a certain video game.]]
1580----
1581* AmbiguousSituation: Did he get reborn as Dionysus, or I was he just pushed into the background with the lose of the Mycenaean Greek era? Even the later Greek writers can’t seem to tell.
1582* BloodyMurder: We don't have many writings on him, but what there is strongly associates him with blood-shed - either outright god of slaughter, or possibly more benignly, butchery.
1583* CoolBigBro: He is/was the ultra edgy older brother of Plutus. (Even when the two don’t have the same parents)
1584* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: It's clear that he had some importance in early Greek mythology, but for some reason he lost it and is nowhere to be found in the later myths.
1585* ClassicalHunter: The version that is the son of Hades and Persephone and an Underworld god appears to be a nocturnal hunter of some kind. And apparently doesn't always cook the meat of his kills before he eats it.
1586* CompositeCharacter:
1587** Possibly. It's unclear if Zagreus was ''always'' the first-born Dionysus or if he was syncretized with him later on.
1588** When not portrayed as father and son, Hades and Zagreus are sometimes at least implied to be the same entity.
1589* DeathByAdaptation: In contrast to the "Orphean Dionysus" version of him, the older the "son of Hades and Persephone" version does not appear to have been subject to the same violent end as his counterpart.
1590* MultipleChoicePast: While most versions remembered nowadays claim he was the son of [[ParentalIncest Zeus and Persephone]], a few fragmentary earlier myths claim he was the son of [[HappilyMarried Hades and Persephone]]. There's a theory that the Orphics believed he was ''both'' as there's evidence that they [[CompositeCharacter frequently syncretized Zeus and Hades into the same god]]. Still others suggest he was born alongside Gaia, while others even suggest he and Hades were one and the same.
1591* RealMenEatMeat: A noteworthy trait of his ClassicalHunter characterization is his fondness for eating raw meat.
1592* {{Reincarnation}}: In some versions of the birth of Dionysus, this is essentially what happens; Zagreus is whittled down to a beating heart, and Athena decides to help him out by placing it/him in the womb of Semele to have him reborn whole again as Dionysus - who is considered a whole new identity from Zagreus.
1593[[/folder]]
1594
1595[[folder:Zelus]]
1596!!Ζῆλος
1597Son of Pallas and Styx, brother to Nike, Kratos, and Bia. Had wings like his siblings and was an enforcer for Zeus that stood about his throne. He is the personification of dedication, emulation, eager rivalry, envy, jealousy, and zeal, and the word Zeal is derived from his name.
1598----
1599* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of zeal, dedication, emulation, eager rivalry, envy, and jealousy.
1600* OurAngelsAreDifferent: While he and his siblings are not identified as angels, their job description is not so different from the [[Literature/TheBible Old Testament]] angels.
1601[[/folder]]

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