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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 (Latin
first ! For Greek first go Here). |
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Latin |
Greek |
What |
As in ... |
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Aequitas |
Dikaiosyne |
Goddess |
for the greeks : justice. for the romans : honesty and fairness (in
contracts & negatiations) |
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Aesculapius |
Asklepios |
God |
medicine and healing |
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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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Aquilo |
Boreas |
God |
one of the Venti (Wind Gods). Stood for the
north wind, strong and cold |
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Aurora |
Eos |
Goddess |
dawn |
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Auster |
Notus |
God |
one of the Venti (Wind Gods). Stood for the
south wind, warm and moist |
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Bacchus |
Dionysios |
God |
wine and intoxication |
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Bellona |
Enyo |
Goddess |
in greece one of the 3 graeae (old women) :
war, waster of cities |
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Camenae |
Musae |
Goddesses |
muses |
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Ceres |
Demeter |
Goddess |
earth, specifically the grains |
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Coelus |
Uranus (Ouranos) |
God |
sky and heavens |
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Concordia |
Homonoia |
Goddess |
spirit (daimona) of concord, unanimity, and oneness of
mind. Her opposite number was Discordia (Strife). She was sometimes numbered
amongst the goddesses Praxidicae, (Exacters of Justice), who were said to be
daughters of an early Theban King named Ogygos. As such Concordia was
probably closely identified with the Theban Goddess-Queen Harmonia
(Harmony). |
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Cupido |
Eros |
God |
messenger of venus : love & sexual desire |
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Decima |
Lachesis |
Goddess |
one of the 3 Parcae (Fatae), goddesses of fate and destiny, she measured the
thread of life's length. Jupiter was also subject to them |
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Diana |
Artemis |
God |
wilderness, hunt, fertility, childbirth |
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Discordia |
Eris |
Goddess |
strife and discord. Her opposite number was concordia |
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Fama |
Pheme |
Goddess |
personification whose favour was fame, wrath was scandalous rumour |
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Favonius |
Zephyros |
God |
one of the Venti (Wind Gods). Stood for the
west wind, protector of flowers and plants |
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Flora |
Cloris |
Nymph |
assosciated with spring, flowers and new growth |
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Fortuna |
Tyche |
Goddess |
fortune and chance, later prosperity |
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Furiae (Dirae) |
Erinyes |
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the furies, personifications of vengance on those who broke the natural laws |
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Gratiae |
Charites |
Goddesses |
one of the 3 graces, Charis, Aglaea (beauty), Euphrosyne (mirth), Thalia (Good
Cheer)and Charis (charm and beauty) |
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Hercules |
Herakles |
Hero |
strength |
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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) & irene (peace) |
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Horae, 3rd gen. |
ibid ? |
Goddesses |
pherusa (substance), euporia (abundance) & orthosia (prosperity) |
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Juno |
Hera |
Goddess |
married to Zeus/Jupiter : marriage and birth |
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Jupiter |
Zeus |
God |
supreme ruler |
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Juventas |
Hebe |
Goddes |
youth |
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Latona |
Leto |
Goddess |
modesty (and avoiding notice) |
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Luna |
Selene |
Goddess |
moon |
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Magna Mater |
Cybele |
God |
great mother |
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Mars |
Ares |
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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Mercurius |
Hermes |
God |
travel, shepherds, merchants, weights and measures, oratory, literature,
athletics and thieves |
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Minerva |
Athena |
Goddess |
wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice and skill |
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Morta |
Atropos |
Goddess |
one of the 3 Parcae (Fatae), goddesses of fate and destiny, she choose the
mechanism of death. Jupiter was also subject to them |
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Mors |
Thanatos |
God |
personification of death, twin of Somnus |
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Necessitas |
Ananke |
Goddess |
personification of unalterable destiny, mother to the Parcae (Fatae), held a
spindle |
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Nemesis (?) |
Nemesis |
Goddess |
fate,
divine justice and vengeance |
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Neptunus |
Poseidon |
God |
sea and sailors |
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Nona |
Clotho |
Goddess |
one of the 3 Parcae (Fatae), goddesses of fate and destiny, she spun the
thread of life. Jupiter was also subject to them |
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Pluto |
Hades |
God |
the dead and ruler of 'the other side' |
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Priapus |
Priapus |
God |
protector of gardens, fruits and domestic animals |
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Prosperina |
Persephone |
Goddess |
married to hades : underworld, seasons |
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Ops |
Rhea |
God |
married to saturnus : mother of the gods |
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Salus |
Hygieia |
Goddess |
health |
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Saturnus |
Cronos |
God |
corn |
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Serapis |
God |
underworld & afterlife |
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Salacia |
Amphrite |
Goddess |
wife of Poseidon |
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Sol |
Helios |
God |
sun (disk). Under the romans also Oriens became popular : the rising sun |
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Somnus |
Hypnos |
God |
personification of
sleep, twin to Mors |
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Suadela |
Peitho |
Goddess |
persuasion and seduction |
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Tellus / Terra |
Gaea / Gaia |
Goddess |
earth (i.e. The ...) |
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Trivia |
Hecate |
Goddess |
crossroads, three headed (dog, snake & horse) |
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Uber(i)tas |
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Goddess |
prosperity (fertility?) |
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Venus |
Aphrodite |
Goddess |
love, beauty, sexual rapture |
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Vesta |
Hestia |
Goddess |
hearth fire, domestic life |
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Victoria |
Nike |
Goddess |
victory |
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Vulcanus |
Hephaistos |
God |
patron of all craftsmen |
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Vulturnus |
Eurus |
God |
One of the Venti (Wind Gods). Stood for the
east wind, warmth and rain |
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