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GREEK DEITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Greek deity" is a kind of...):
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)
Domain category:
antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Greek deity"):
Pontos; Pontus ((Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus)
Rhadamanthus ((Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld)
Muse (in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science)
Moirae; Moirai (any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Roman Parcae and similar to the Norse Norns)
Aether (personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness)
silenus (any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs))
forest god; satyr (one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns)
Grace ((Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors)
Instance hyponyms:
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)
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)
Clotho; Klotho (the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life)
Lachesis (the Greek goddess of fate who determines the length of the thread of life)
Atropos (the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life)
Momos; Momus (god of blame and mockery)
Nemesis ((Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance)
Nereus ((Greek mythology) a sea god son of Pontus and Gaea; lived in the depths of the sea with his wife Doris and their daughters the Nereids)
Nike ((Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria)
Ouranos; Uranus ((Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology)
goat god; Pan ((Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus)
Pasiphae ((Greek mythology) daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne)
Poseidon ((Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune)
Proteus ((Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will)
Cora; Despoina; Kore; Persephone ((Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina)
Phaethon ((Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth)
Aides; Aidoneus; Hades ((Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone)
Pythia; Pythoness ((Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles)
Selene ((Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna)
Eos ((Greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of Hyperion; identified with Roman Aurora)
Titan ((Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth))
Titaness ((Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology)
Triton ((Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon)
Tyche ((Greek mythology) the goddess of fortune; identified with Roman Fortuna)
Zephyr ((Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind)
Zeus ((Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter)
Olympian; Olympic god (a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans)
Aeolus (god of the winds in ancient mythology)
Apollo; Phoebus; Phoebus Apollo ((Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy 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)
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 metalworking 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; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Panacea)
Panacea ((Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia)
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)
