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The Greek pantheon of gods included mortal-born heroes and heroines who were elevated to godhood through a process which the Greeks termed apotheosis. Some of these received the privilege as a reward for their helpfulness to mankind example: Heracles, Asclepius and Aristaeus, others through marriage to gods, example: Ariadne, Tithonus and Psyche, and some by luck or pure chance example: Glaucus.
List
| Name | God/Goddess of | Parents | Married to | Immortal Children | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dionysus | Wine, Festivity, Madness | Zeus (Sky) and Semele | Ariadne (Mazes) | Priapus (Vegetable patchs), Methe (Drunkness), Thysa (The Bacchic frenzy), Telete (The initiation rites of the Bacchic Orgies), Iacchus (The ritual cry of the Eleusinian Mysteries), Pasithea (Rest, relaxation), Charites (Grace, joy, mirth, beauty, glory, dance), Hymenaeus (Weddings, bridal-hymns), Sabazios | Also an Olympian |
| Heracles | Gatekeeper of Olympus | Zeus and Alcmene | Hebe (Youth) | Alexiares and Anicetus ( defence of fortified towns and citadels) | Also the Protector of Mankind and the Patron of Gymnasiums |
| Aeolus | Keeper of the Winds | Hippotes | Cyane | ||
| Ariadne | Mazes | Minos and Pasiphaë (Witchcraft) | Dionysus | ||
| Psyche | The Soul | An unnamed King and Queen | Eros (love) | Hedone (Pleasure) | |
| Leucothea | Protector of Sailors | Cadmus and Harmonia | Athamas | Palaemon (Protector of sailors) | |
| Palaemon | Protector of Sailors | Athamas & Leucothea | Palaemon's sacred animal was the dolphin | ||
| The Dioscuri | Horsemanship and Saint Elmo's Fire | Zeus (Sky), Tyndareus and Leda | Hilaeira and Phoebe (Horses) | Also known to act as the protector of sailors | |
| Ganymede | Cupbearer of the gods | Tros and Callirhoe | Often portrayed as the god of homosexual love | ||
| Asclepius | Medicine | Apollo and Coronis | Epione (Soothing pain) | Hygeia (Good health), Aigle (Radiance), Iaso (Healing), Panakeia (Cure-All), Akeso (Curing) and Telesphorus (convalescence) | Also the god of doctors |
| Amphiaraus | A seer | Oecles | |||
| Aeacus | Judge of the Dead | Zeus and Aegina | Endeïs | ||
| Aristaeus | Shepherds, cheese making, beekeeping, honey and honey-mead, and olive growing | Apollo and Cyrene | Autonoe | Macris | Also the god of oil milling, medicinal herbs, hunting, and the Etesian winds |
| Attis | Eunuchs | Nana and an almond | Cybele | Also the god of vegetation | |
| Autonoe | Cadmus and Harmonia | Aristaeus ( shepherds) | Macris | A maenad | |
| Alabandus | Alabanda | Euippus and Callirhoe | Founded Alabanda | ||
| Bolina | Bolina | Made immortal by Apollo | |||
| Britomartis | Hunting and Fishing | Zeus and Carme | Also the goddess of fowling-nets | ||
| Daimones Khryseoi | Agricultural fertility | Gaia | The masters of the Daimones Argeoi | ||
| Daimones Argeoi | Agricultural fertility | Gaia | Meliae (Ash-trees, honey-sap) | Men | |
| Endymion | Aethlius and Calyce | Selene (Moon) | the Menae (Lunar months) | Granted immortality in eternal sleep | |
| Glaucus | Fishermen | Poseidon | Became immortal after eating a herb which was sowed by Kronos | ||
| Nymphai Hyperboreioi | Archery | Boreas | Servants of Artemis | ||
| Helen of Troy | Zeus and Leda | Menelaus | Helen of Troy lived in Elysium | ||
| Helle | Hellespont | Athamas and Nephele | Poseidon | ||
| Hemithea | Castabus | Staphylus or Apollo | |||
| Hyacinthus | Amyclas and Diomede | Apollo | |||
| Leucippides | Horses | Leucippus or Apollo | The Dioscuri | ||
| Iasion | Agriculture | Zeus and Electra | Demeter | Philomelus (Ploughs, wagons) and Plutus (Wealth, agricultural bounty) | Made immortal by Persephone |
| Orithyia | Mountain gales | Erechtheus and Praxithea | Boreas | Chione (Snow) | |
| Parthenos | Bubastus | Staphylus or Apollo | Follower of Artemis | ||
| Phaethon | The Star Jupiter | Cephalus and Eos (Dawn) | Aphrodite | ||
| Phylonoe | Tyndareus and Leda | Follower of Artemis | |||
| Polyboia | Amyclas and Diomede | Follower of Artemis | |||
| Minos | Judge of the dead | Zeus and Europa | Pasiphaë (Sorcery) | Ariadne (Mazes) | |
| Rhadamanthys | Judge of the Dead | Zeus and Europa | Alcmene | Also the King of Elysium | |
| Tenes | Cycnus and Proclia | Elavated to godhood after his death | |||
| Semele | The Bacchic frenzy | Cadmus and Harmonia | Zeus | Dionysus | Made immortal by her son Dionysus after she died |
| Tithonus | Laomedon of Troy and Strymo | Eos (Dawn) | Memnon | Zeus granted him immortality, but Eos forgot to request eternal youth and her husband shrivelled up with old age | |
| Triptolemos | Sowing, milling | Celeus and Metanira | Follower of Demeter | ||
| Trophonius | A seer | Apollo | |||
| Arethusa | Nereus | Follower of Artemis | |||
| Aspalis | Follower of Artemis | ||||
| Orsilokhia (Mortal name Iphigenia | Helper of Childbirth | King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra | Follower of Artemis | ||
| Acis | River Acis | Pan and Symaethis | Galatea | ||
| Alcyone and Ceyx | halcyon days | Aeolus and Enarete (Alcyone), Eosphorus (Ceyx) | Also king fishers | ||
| Myiagros | Flies | Also the god of Mice | |||
| Cleitus | Mantius | Eos | |||
| Memnon | Eos (Dawn) and Tithonus | Fought in the Trojan War | |||
| Lampsace | Lampsacus | Mandron | |||
| Philoctetes | Macalla | Poeas and Methone | Fought in the Trojan War | ||
| Methe | Drunkenness | Staphylus of Assyria | A follower of Dionysus | ||
| Perseus | Perseus (constellation) | Zeus and Danaë | Andromeda(Andromeda (constellation)) | A Greek hero | |
| Andromeda | Andromeda (constellation) | Cepheus & Cassiopeia | Perseus(Perseus (constellation)) |
References
- "Immortals - Greek Mythology Link". www.maicar.com.