1. Lesser Gods and Goddesses of Olympus, Gods of the Waters, and the Underworld

2. Lesser Deities of Olympus

3. Eros, the god of love

4. Son of Aphrodite
In other accounts, he was not Aphrodite’s son, but merely her occasional companion.
Lit the flame of love in the hearts of the gods and men, armed with either a bow and arrows or a flaming torch.
Anteros – avenger of slighted love; may also be the one opposing love
Himeros – god of sexual desire
Hymenaeus – god of the wedding hymn

5. Arrows may be golden, and kindle love in the heart they wound; others are blunt and heavy with lead, and produce aversion to a lover.
Accompanied by Anteros, the avenger of slighted love/ oppose of love, Himeros, the god of sexual desire, and Hymenaeus, the god of the wedding hymn.

6. Hebe, the goddess of youth

7. Daughter of Zeus and Hera
The cupbearer of the gods who served ambrosia at their feasts; sometimes this position is held by Ganymede.
Ganymede was a Trojan prince who was carried off to the heavens by Zeus; often portrayed as the god of homosexual love and as such appears as a playmate of the love gods Eros and Hymen.
Married to Hercules

8. Iris, the goddess of the rainbow

9. A messenger of the gods; either she or Hermes is called upon.
Often described as handmaiden/ personal messenger of Hera

10. The Graces, goddesses of charm and grace

11. Aglaia (Splendor),Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia (Good Cheer)
Daughters of Zeus and Hera or Eurynome, child of Oceanus; or of Helios and Aegle, a daughter of Zeus.
Presided over the pleasures of life including play, amusement, banqueting, floral decoration, happiness, rest and relaxation.

12. Together with the Muses, they were “queens of song” and no banquet without them could please.

13. The Muses, goddesses of the liberal arts and sciences

14. Nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne
Born in Pieria, at the foot of Mount Olympus
They were companions of Apollo, as well as of the Graces.

15. Each Muse had her own special field:
a. Clio was the Muse of history,
b. Urania of astronomy,
c. Melpomene of tragedy,
d. Thalia of comedy,
e. Terpsichore for dance,
f. Calliope for epic poetry,
g. Erato for love-poetry,
h. Polyhymnia for the songs to the gods, and
i. Euterpe of lyric-poetry.

16. Themis, Titan goddess of divine law and order

17. First instructed mankind in the primal laws of justice and morality
An early bride of Zeus and his first counsellor; often represented seated beside his throne advising him on the precepts of divine law and the rules of fate.

18. Dike, goddess of justice, fair judgements and the rights established by custom and law.

19. One of the three Horae – goddesses of the seasons, and keepers of the gates of heaven.
Frequently called the attendant or counselor of Zeus

20. Nemesis, goddess of righteous anger

21. Her name means “she who distributes or deals out”.
Nemesis is the righteous indignation aroused by the sight of wicked men receiving undeserved good fortune.

22. Aidos, goddess of modesty, shame, reverence and respect

23. As a quality, Aidos was the feeling of shame which restrains men from doing wrong.

24. Neither Nemesis nor Aidos had their home with the gods.
Only when men have gone completely wicked will Nemesis and Aidos depart to the company of immortals.

25. Gods of the Waters

26. Poseidon, Olympian god of the seas and earthquakes

27. Son of Cronus and Rhea
The trident is his weapon
His chariot was drawn by a pair of fish-tailed horses called hippocampi
Created horses

28. Oceanus, Titan god of the river Ocean, a great river encircling the earth.

29. His wife is his sister, Tethys.
Their daughters were the Oceanids, the nymphs of the great river.
The Potamoi, the gods of all the rivers on earth were their sons.

30. Pontus, primordial god of the sea.

31. Son of Gaea
He and Gaea were the parents of Nereus.
Pontus was the sea itself, not merely its resident deity, who was born from earth at the dawn of creation.

32. Nereus, god of the sea’s rich bounty

33. Called the Old Man of the Sea (the Mediterranean).
Son of Pontus and Gaea
Doris was his wife, the daughter of Oceanus.
They had fifty daughters called the Nereids. Thetis, Achilles’ mother and Amphitrite, Poseidon’s wife were Nereids.

34. Depicted as an old man with a wooden staff with a coiling fish tail in place of legs.
A master shapeshifter with a prophetic voice.

35. Triton, god of waves and calm seas

36. Son and herald of Poseidon who stilled the waves with his conch-shell trumpet
Amphitrite was his mother

37. Proteus, god of seals

38. A prophetic old sea-god and the herdsman of Poseidon's seals
Sometimes said to be Poseidon’s son, sometimes his attendant
Possessed the ability to foretell the future and to shapeshift

39. Any one wishing to compel him to foretell the future was obliged to catch hold of him; he, would then assume every possible shape in order to escape the necessity of prophesying, but whenever he saw that his endeavors were of no avail, he resumed his usual appearance, and told the truth.

40. Naiads

41. Water nymphs that dwelt in rivers, streams, lakes, marshes, fountains and springs.
In conjunction with Artemis, they were nurses of the young and the protectors of girls, overseeing their safe passage from child to adult. Apollo and the Potamoi were the complimentary guardians of boys.

42. Leucothea, Palaemon, and Glaucus
Leucothea and her son, Palaemon were mortals turned into sea divinities, as did also Glaucus.

43. The underworld

44. The Underworld
Hades (Pluto) and his Queen, Persephone rules the kingdom of the dead.
There are many speculations as to the specific location of this kingdom.
The underworld is sometimes divided into two realms, Tartarus and Erebus.

45. Tartarus, the deeper of the two, serves as the prison of the sons of Earth; Erebus, where the dead pass as soon as they die. Often however, there is no distinction between the two, and either is used as a name for the entire region.

46. In Homer, the underworld is a vague place inhabited by shadows.
Later poets defined the world of the dead more clearly as the place where the wicked are punished and the good rewarded. The Roman poet Virgil is the only poet who gave clearly the geography of the underworld.

47. The path down to it leads to where Acheron, the river of woe, pours into Cocytus, the river of lamentation.
An aged boatman named Charon ferries the souls of the dead across the rivers until they reach the gate of the underworld.
Charon will only receive those souls whose lips are placed with passage money when they died and are duly buried.

48. On guard before the gate sits Cerberus, the three- headed, dragon-tailed dog who permits all spirits to enter, but none to return.
All spirits are brought before three judges: Rhadamanthus, Minos, and Aeacus, who send the wicked to everlasting torment and the good to a place of blessedness called the Elysian Fields.

49. The three other rivers of the underworld besides Acheron and Cocytus:
a. Styx, the river of unbreakable oath,
b. Phlegethon, the river of fire, and
c. Lethe, the river of forgetfulness .

50. The Erinyes, goddesses of vengeance and retribution

51. Tisiphone, Megaera, and Alecto
Punished evildoers in the underworld and pursued sinners on the earth.
Depicted as ugly, winged women with hair, arms and waists entwined with poisonous serpents; they wielded whips and were clothed either in the long black robes of mourners, or the short-length skirts and boots of huntress maidens.

52. Hades, god of the dead and of wealth

53. King of the Underworld
Son of Cronus and Rhea
The bident, a two-pronged spear, is his weapon.
Possessed a helmet which rendered the wearer invisible

54. Persephone, goddess of spring growth

55. Queen of the Underworld, wife of Hades
Daughter of Zeus and Demeter

56. Hypnos, god of sleep

57. Son of Nyx
Dwelt in the underworld and rose into the sky each night in the train of his mother Nyx.
Depicted as a young man with wings on his shoulders or brow.
Objects attributed to him: a horn of sleep-inducing opium, a poppy-stem, a branch dripping water from the river Lethe, or an inverted torch.

58. Dreams ascended from the underworld to men
Dreams ascended from the underworld to men. They passed through gates, one of horn through which true dreams went, one of ivory for false dreams.

59. Thanatos, god of death

60. Son of Nyx; twin brother of Hypnos
Depicted as a winged, bearded old man, or more rarely as a beardless youth; sometimes portrayed as a youth holding a down-turned torch and a wreath or a butterfly which symbolized the soul of the dead.

61. His touch was gentle, likened to that of his twin brother Hypnos; non-violent death is Thanatos’ province.
Violent death is the domain of Thanatos' blood-craving sisters, the Keres, spirits of slaughter and disease.