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Greek Heroes • List of Ancient Greek Heroes

December 31, 2018

This is an alphabetically ordered list of Greek mythological figures, including deities and other immortal beings as well as significant legendary mortals.

WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

  • Acestes

  • Achilles

  • Acis

  • Acontius

  • Actaeon

  • Admetus

  • Adonis

  • Aeacus

  • Aedon

  • Aeolus

  • Aethra

  • Agamemnon

  • Aglauros

  • Ajax the Greater

  • Ajax the Lesser

  • Alcestis

  • Alcithoë


  • Alcmaeon

  • Aloadae

  • Amalthaea

  • Amazon

  • Amphion

  • Amphitrite

  • Amphitryon

  • Ananke

  • Ancaeus

  • Anchises

  • Andromache

  • Andromeda

  • Anius

  • Antaeus

  • Antilochus

  • Antiope

  • Aphrodite

  • Apollo

  • Ares

  • Arethusa

  • Argonaut

  • Argus

  • Ariadne

  • Aristaeus

  • Artemis

  • Asclepius

  • Astyanax

  • Atalanta

  • Athamas

  • Athena

  • Atlas

  • Augeas

  • Autolycus


  • Baucis

  • Bellerophon

  • Bendis

  • Biton

  • Boreas

  • Briareus

  • Britomartis

  • Busiris

  • Cabeiri

  • Cadmus

  • Caeneus

  • Calais

  • Calchas

  • Calliope

  • Callisto

  • Cassandra

  • Castalia

  • Cecrops

  • Centaur

  • Cephalus

  • Chaos

  • Charon

  • Chimera

  • Chiron

  • Circe

  • Cleobis

  • Clio

  • Clytemnestra

  • Cotys

  • Cronus

  • Cyclops

  • Cyrene

  • Daedalus

  • Danaus

  • Daphne

  • Daphnis

  • Dardanus

  • Demeter

  • Demophon

  • Deucalion

  • Diomedes

  • Dione

  • Dionysus

  • Dioscuri

  • Echidna

  • Echo

  • Eileithyia

  • Electra

  • Elysium (place)

  • Endymion

  • Eos

  • Erato

  • Erechtheus

  • Erigone

  • Eris

  • Eros

  • Eumolpus

  • Europa

  • Eurydice

  • Euterpe

  • Evander

  • Fama

  • Fate

  • Furies

  • Gaea

  • Galatea

  • Galinthias

  • Ganymede

  • Glaucus

  • Gorgon

  • Grace

  • Great Mother of the Gods

  • Hades

  • Harmonia

  • Harpy

  • Hebe

  • Hecate

  • Hector

  • Hecuba

  • Helen

  • Helenus

  • Helios

  • Hellen

  • Hephaestus

  • Hera

  • Heracles

  • Hermaphroditus

  • Hermes

  • Hero

  • Hesperides

  • Hesperus

  • Hestia

  • Hippolytus

  • Hora

  • Hyacinthus

  • Hyades

  • Hydra

  • Hygieia

  • Hylas

  • Hymen

  • Hyperborean

  • Hypnos

  • Hypsipyle

  • Iacchus



  • Iasion

  • Icarus

  • Idomeneus

  • Ilos

  • Io

  • Iolaus

  • Iphigeneia

  • Iris

  • Ixion

  • Jason

  • Laestrygones

  • Lamia

  • Laocoön

  • Laomedon

  • Leander

  • Leda

  • Lethe

  • Leto

  • Leucothea

  • Linus

  • Lotus-Eater

  • Lucifer

  • Lycaon

  • Manto

  • Marsyas

  • Medea

  • Medusa

  • Melampus

  • Meleager

  • Melpomene

  • Memnon

  • Menelaus

  • Midas

  • Minos

  • Minotaur

  • Mnemosyne

  • Morpheus

  • Muse

  • Myrmidon

  • Naiad

  • Narcissus

  • Nemesis

  • Neoptolemus

  • Nereid

  • Nereus

  • Nestor

  • Nike

  • Ninus

  • Niobe

  • Nisus

  • Nyx


  • Oceanus

  • Odysseus

  • Oedipus

  • Oenone

  • Orestes

  • Orion

  • Orpheus

  • Pan

  • Pandarus

  • Pandora

  • Paris

  • Pegasus

  • Peleus

  • Pelias

  • Pelops

  • Penelope

  • Persephone

  • Perseus

  • Phaethon

  • Philemon

  • Philoctetes

  • Phocus

  • Phoebe

  • Phoenix

  • Pirithous

  • Pleiades

  • Plutus

  • Polymnia

  • Polyphemus

  • Polyxena

  • Poseidon

  • Priam

  • Priapus

  • Procrustes

  • Proetus

  • Prometheus

  • Protesilaus

  • Proteus

  • Psyche

  • Pygmalion

  • Python

  • Rhea

  • Sarpedon

  • Satyr

  • Selene

  • Semele

  • Serapis

  • Seven Against Thebes

  • Silenus

  • Siren

  • Sisyphus

  • Styx

  • Tantalus

  • Tartarus

  • Telegonus

  • Telemachus

  • Tereus

  • Terpsichore

  • Thalia

  • Thamyris

  • Thanatos

  • Themis

  • Theseus

  • Thetis

  • Tiresias

  • Titan

  • Tithonus

  • Triton

  • Troilus

  • Tyche

  • Typhon

  • Urania

  • Uranus

  • Zetes

  • Zethus

  • Zeus

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