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Ye Greek & Roman Gods
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We maybe Gods, or like to think so, but there were Gods before us, named
and unnamed. There were so many, even in recorded times as those of Greece
and Rome. But who's who and did what. A but short list to help you (Greek
first ! For Latin first go Here). |
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Greek |
Latin |
What |
As in ... |
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Amphrite |
Salacia |
Goddess |
wife of Poseidon |
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Ananke |
Necessitas |
Goddess |
personification of unalterable destiny, mother to the Moerae, held a spindle |
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Aphrodite |
Venus |
Goddess |
love, beauty, sexual rapture |
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Apollo |
Apollo |
God |
music, prophecy, colonization, archery (not in war or hunt), poetry, dance,
intellectual inquiry and caretaker of herds and flocks. |
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Phoebus Apollo |
God |
radiant and beaming, later identified with the sun-god (also Helios) |
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Apollo Smintaeus |
God |
plague by rats, mice etc & the destroyer of these |
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Apollo Parnopius |
God |
plague by grasshoppers & the destroyer of these |
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Ares |
Mars |
God |
war, battle (for the romans also the periods of peace). usually shown in the
nude as opposed to Virtus (courage) who is shown in full armour |
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Artemis |
Diana |
God |
wilderness, hunt, fertility, childbirth |
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Asklepios |
Aesculapius |
God |
medicine and healing |
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Athena |
Minerva |
Goddess |
wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice and skill |
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Atropos |
Morta |
Goddess |
one of the 3 Moerae, goddesses of fate and destiny, she choose the mechanism
of death. Zeus was also subject to the Moerae |
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Boreas |
Aquilo |
God |
one of the anemoi (wind gods), stood for the north wind, strong and cold, |
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Charites |
Gratiae |
Goddesses |
one of the 3 graces, Charis, Aglaea (beauty), Euphrosyne (mirth), Thalia (Good
Cheer) and Charis (charm and beauty). |
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Chloris |
Flora |
Nymph |
assosciated with spring, flowers and new growth |
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Clotho |
Nona |
Goddess |
one of the 3 Moerae, goddesses of fate and destiny, she spun the thread of
life. Zeus was also subject to the Moerae |
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Cronos |
Saturnus |
God |
corn |
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Cybele |
Magna Mater |
God |
great mother |
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Demeter |
Ceres |
Goddess |
earth, specifically the grains |
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Dikaiosyne |
Aequitas |
Goddess |
for the greeks : justice. for the romans : honesty and fairness (in
contracts & negatiations) |
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Dionysios |
Bacchus |
God |
wine and intoxication |
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Enyo |
Bellona |
Goddess |
in greece one of the 3 graeae (old women) :
war, waster of cities |
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Erinyes |
Furiae (Dirae) |
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the furies, personifications of vengance on those who broke the natural laws |
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Eos |
Aurora |
Goddess |
dawn |
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Eris |
Discordia |
Goddess |
strife and discord. Her opposite number was Homonia |
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Eros |
Cupido |
God |
messenger of venus : love & sexual desire |
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Eurus |
Vulturnus |
God |
one of the Anemoi (Wind Gods). Stood for
east wind, warmth and rain. |
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Gaea / Gaia |
Tellus / Terra |
Goddess |
earth (i.e. The ...) |
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Hades |
Pluto |
God |
the dead and ruler of 'the other side' |
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Hephaistos |
Vulcanus |
God |
patron of all craftsmen |
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Hebe |
Juventas |
Goddes |
youth |
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Hecate |
Trivia |
Goddess |
crossroads, three headed (dog, snake & horse) |
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Helios |
Sol |
God |
sun (disk), note that under later Romans rule also Oriens (i.e.
the rising sun) became popular |
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Hera |
Juno |
Goddess |
married to Zeus/Jupiter : marriage and birth |
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Herakles |
Hercules |
Hero |
strength |
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Hermes |
Mercurius |
God |
travel, shepherds, merchants, weights and measures, oratory, literature,
athletics and thieves |
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Hestia |
Vesta |
Goddess |
hearth fire, domestic life |
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Homonoia |
Concordia |
Goddess |
spirit (daimona) of concord, unanimity, and oneness of
mind. Her opposite number was Eris (Strife). She was sometimes numbered
amongst the goddesses Praxidikai, (Exacters of Justice), who were said to be
daughters of an early Theban King named Ogygos. As such Homonoia was
probably closely identified with the Theban Goddess-Queen Harmonia
(Harmony). |
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Horae, 1st gen. |
ibid ? |
Goddesses |
thallo (spring), auxo (summer) & carpo (autumn) |
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Horae, 2nd gen. |
ibid ? |
Goddesses |
eunomia (good governance), dike (justice) & pax (peace) |
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Horae, 3rd gen. |
ibid ? |
Goddesses |
pherousa (substance), euporia (abundance) & orthosia (prosperity) |
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Hygieia |
Salus |
Goddess |
health |
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Hypnos |
Somnus |
God |
personification of
sleep, twin to Thanatos |
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Lachesis |
Decima |
Goddess |
one of the 3 Moerae, goddesses of fate and destiny, she measured the thread
of life's length. Zeus was also subject to the Moerae |
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Leto |
Latona |
Goddess |
modesty (and avoiding notice) |
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Musae |
Camenae |
Goddesses |
muses |
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Nemesis |
ibid ? |
Goddess |
fate,
divine justice and vengeance |
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Nike |
Victoria |
Goddess |
victory |
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Notus |
Auster |
God |
one of the Anemoi (Wind Gods). Stood for the
south wind, warm and moist |
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Peitho |
Suadela |
Goddess |
persuasion and seduction |
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Persephone |
Prosperina |
Goddess |
married to hades : underworld, seasons |
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Pheme |
Fama |
Goddess |
personification whose favour was fame, wrath was scandalous rumour |
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Poseidon |
Neptunus |
God |
sea and sailors |
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Priapus |
Priapus |
God |
protector of gardens, fruits and domestic animals |
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Rhea |
Ops |
God |
married to cronos : mother of the gods |
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Selene |
Luna |
Goddess |
moon |
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Serapis |
God |
underworld & afterlife |
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Thanatos |
Mors |
God |
personification of death, twin to Hypnos |
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Tyche |
Fortuna |
Goddess |
fortune and chance, later prosperity |
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Uranus (Ouranos) |
Coelus |
God |
sky and heavens |
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Zephyros |
Favonius |
God |
one of the Anemoi (Wind Gods). Stood for the
west wind, protector of flowers and plants |
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Zeus |
Jupiter |
God |
supreme ruler |
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