List of Greek mythological figures

Primordial deities

Ancient Greek name	English name	Description
Αἰθήρ (Aithḗr)	Aether	The god of the upper air and light.
Ἀνάγκη (Anánkē)	Ananke	The goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity.
Ἔρεβος (Érebos)	Erebos or Erebus	The god of darkness and shadow.
Γαῖα (Gaîa)	Gaia or Gaea or Ge	Personification of the Earth (Mother Earth); mother of the Titans.
Ἡμέρα (Hēméra)	Hemera	Goddess of daylight.
Χάος (Cháos)	Chaos	The nothingness from which all else sprang.
Χρόνος (Chrónos)	Chronos	The god of time. Not to be confused with the Titan Cronus, the father of Zeus.
Nῆσοι (Nē̂soi)	The Nesoi	The goddesses of the islands.
Νύξ (Nýx)	Nyx or Night	The goddess of night.
Οὐρανός (Ouranós)	Uranus	The god of the heavens (Father Sky); father of the Titans.
Οὔρεα (Oúrea)	The Ourea	The gods of mountains.
Φάνης (Phánēs)	Phanes	The god of procreation in the Orphic tradition.
Πόντος (Póntos)	Pontus	The god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures.
Τάρταρος (Tártaros)	Tartarus	The darkest, deepest part of the underworld.
Θάλασσα (Thálassa)	Thalassa	Spirit of the sea and consort of Pontos.

Titans

Greek name	English name	Description
The Twelve Titans
Ὑπερίων (Hyperíōn)	Hyperion	Titan of light. With Theia, he is the father of Helios (the sun), Selene (the moon) and Eos (the dawn).
Ἰαπετός (Iapetós)	Iapetus	Titan of mortality and father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius and Atlas.
Κοῖος (Koîos)	Coeus	Titan of intellect and the axis of heaven around which the constellations revolved.
Κρεῖος (Kreîos)	Crius	The least individualized of the Twelve Titans, he is the father of Astraios, Pallas and Perses.
Κρόνος (Crónos)	Cronus	The leader of the Titans, who overthrew his father Uranus only to be overthrown in turn by his son, Zeus. Not to be confused with Chronos, the god of time.
Mνημοσύνη (Mnēmosýnē)	Mnemosyne	Titan of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses.
Ὠκεανός (Ōceanós)	Oceanus	Titan of the all-encircling river Oceanus around the earth, the font of all the Earth's fresh-water.
Φοίβη (Phoíbē)	Phoebe	Titan of the "bright" intellect and prophecy, and consort of Koios.
Ῥέα (Rhéa)	Rhea	Titan of female fertility, motherhood, and generation. She is the sister and consort of Cronus, and mother of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter and Hestia.
Τηθύς (Tēthýs)	Tethys	Wife of Oceanus, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains and clouds.
Θεία (Theía)	Theia	Titan of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion, and mother of Helios, Selene and Eos.
Θέμις (Thémis)	Themis	Titan of divine law and order.
Other Titans
Ἀστερία (Astería)	Asteria	Titan of nocturnal oracles and falling stars.
Ἀστραῖος (Astraîos)	Astraeus	Titan of stars and planets, and the art of astrology.
Ἄτλας (Átlas)	Atlas	Titan forced to carry the sky upon his shoulders. Also Son of Iapetus.
Αὔρα (Aúra)	Aura	Titan of the breeze and the fresh, cool air of early morning.
Διώνη (Diṓnē)	Dione	Titan of the oracle of Dodona.
Ἠώς (Ēṓs)	Eos	Titan of the dawn.
Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús)	Epimetheus	Titan of afterthought and the father of excuses.
Εὐρυβία (Eurybía)	Eurybia	Titan of the mastery of the seas and consort of Krios.
Εὐρυνόμη (Eurynómē)	Eurynome	Titan of water-meadows and pasturelands, and mother of the three Charites by Zeus.
Ἥλιος (Hḗlios)	Helios	Titan of the sun and guardian of oaths.
Κλυμένη (Clyménē)	Clymene or Asia	Titan of renown, fame and infamy, and wife of Iapetos.
Λήλαντος (Lēlantos)	Lelantos	Titan of air and the hunter's skill of stalking prey. He is the male counterpart of Leto.
Λητώ (Lētṓ)	Leto	Titan of motherhood and mother of Artemis and Apollo.
Μενοίτιος (Menoítios)	Menoetius	Titan of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality. Killed by Zeus.
Μῆτις (Mē̂tis)	Metis	Titan of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness and wisdom, and mother of Athena.
Ὀφίων (Ophíōn)	Ophion	An elder Titan, in some versions of the myth he ruled the Earth with his consort Eurynome before Cronus overthrew him.
Πάλλας (Pállas)	Pallas	Titan of warcraft. He was killed by Athena during the Titanomachy.
Πέρσης (Pérsēs)	Perses	Titan of destruction and peace.
Προμηθεύς (Promētheús)	Prometheus	Titan of forethought and crafty counsel, and creator of mankind.
Σελήνη (Selḗnē)	Selene	Titan of the moon.
Στύξ (Stýx)	Styx	Titan of the Underworld river Styx and personification of hatred.

Gigantes (giants)

• The Hekatoncheires (Ἑκατόγχειρες), or Centimanes (Latin), the Hundred-Handed Ones, giant gods of violent storms and hurricanes. Three sons of Uranus and Gaea, each with their own distinct characters.^[1]
  • Briareus or Aigaion (Βριάρεως), The Vigorous
  • Cottus (Κόττος), The Furious
  • Gyges (Γύγης), The Big-Limbed
• Agrius (Ἄγριος), a man-eating Thracian giant who was half-man and half-bear
• Alcyoneus (Ἀλκυονεύς), the king of the Thracian giants, who was slain by Heracles
• Aloadae (Ἀλῳάδαι), twin giants who attempted to storm heaven
  • Otos (Ότος)
  • Ephialtes (Εφιάλτης)
• Antaeus (Ἀνταῖος), a Libyan giant who wrestled all visitors to the death until he was slain by Heracles
• Argus Panoptes (Ἄργος Πανόπτης), a hundred-eyed giant tasked with guarding over Io
• Cyclopes (Elder), three one-eyed giants who forged the lightning-bolts of Zeus
  • Arges (Ἄργης)
  • Brontes (Βρόντης)
  • Steropes (Στερόπης)
• Cyclopes (Younger), a tribe of one-eyed, man-eating giants who shepherded flocks of sheep on the island of Sicily
  • Polyphemus (Πολύφημος), a cyclops who briefly captured Odysseus and his men, only to be overcome and blinded by the hero
• Enceladus (Ἐγκέλαδος), one of the Thracian giants who made war on the gods
• The Gegenees (Γηγενέες), a tribe of six-armed giants fought by the Argonauts on Bear Mountain in Mysia
• Geryon (Γηρυών), a three-bodied, four-winged giant who dwelt on the red island of Erytheia
• The Laestrygonians (Λαιστρυγόνες), a tribe of man-eating giants encountered by Odysseus on his travels
• Orion (Ὠρίων), a giant huntsman whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion
• Porphyrion (Πορφυρίων), the king of the Gigantes who was struck down by Heracles and Zeus with arrows and lightning-bolts after he attempted to rape Hera
• Talos (Τάλως), a giant forged from bronze by Hephaestus, and gifted by Zeus to his lover Europa as her personal protector
• Tityos (Τίτυος), a giant slain by Apollo and Artemis when he attempted to violate their mother Leto.
• Typhon (Τυφῶν), a monstrous immortal storm-giant who was defeated and imprisoned in the pits of Tartarus