Grace - (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors

deity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force

forest god, satyr - one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns

silenus - any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs)

Olympic god, Olympian - a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans

Aeolus - god of the winds in ancient mythology

Aether - personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and Night or of Chaos and Darkness

Apollo, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo - Greek god of light; god of prophesy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis

Aphrodite, Cytherea - goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus

Ares - (Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars

Eris - (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares

Thanatos - (Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx

Nyx - (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox

Artemis, Cynthia - (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana

Boreas - (Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind; "Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold"

Ate - goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment

Athena, Athene, Pallas, Pallas Athena, Pallas Athene - (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva

Chaos - (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe

Demeter - (Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres

Dionysus - (Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus

Doris - (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids

Erebus - (Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day

Eros - (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid

Gaea, Gaia, Ge - (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology

Hebe - (Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring; wife of Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the Olympian gods

Helios - (Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun; drove his chariot across the sky each day; identified with Roman Sol

Hecate - (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches

Hephaestus, Hephaistos - (Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metal-working in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan

Hermes - (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury

Hermaphroditus - (Greek mythology) son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body

Hygeia - (Greek mythology) the goddess of health

Hera, Here - queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno

Hestia - (Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta

Hymen - (Greek mythology) the god of marriage

Minos - son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld

Ariadne - beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; she fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth

Moirae, Moirai - the 3 goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Roman Parcae and similar to the Norse Norns

Clotho - the Fate who spins the thread of life; identified with Roman Nona