Greek Mythology Characters
Meet the gods and monsters of GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Three Crowns of Heaven, as told in Hesiod's Theogony. The list centers on three generations of kings: Ouranos, the first king of heaven; Cronus, who seized his throne; and Zeus, the new king. It also covers Gaia, the earth goddess; Rhea, mother of the gods; the Titans; the Hundred-Handers; and monsters such as Medusa and Cerberus. Characters are listed in order of their importance to the story.
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Zeus
King of the gods, wielder of the thunderbolt
Zeus is the king of the gods in Greek mythology, the supreme god of the sky and thunder. The youngest child of Cronus and Rhea, he becomes the center of the Olympian…
Appears in 5 episodes: Episode 4, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9Cronus
The second king, who swallowed his children
Cronus is the Titan god who ruled as king of the gods before Zeus in Greek mythology. The youngest son of Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (Sky), he is a cunning schemer whom…
Appears in 8 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9Gaia (Earth) Gaia
Earth goddess, mother of all
Gaia is the goddess of the earth in Greek mythology, the Earth itself. In Hesiod's Theogony she comes into being right after Chaos (the gap) and is the firm foundation…
Appears in 7 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 8Ouranos (Sky) Ouranos
The starry Sky, first king of the gods
Ouranos is the god of the sky in Greek mythology, the starry sky itself. Gaia (Earth) bore him equal to herself in size, and he covers the earth completely. He is…
Appears in 7 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 8, Episode 9Rhea
Mother goddess who saved Zeus with a stone
Rhea is a Titan goddess in Greek mythology and the wife of Cronus. She is the mother of the future Olympian gods: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus.
Appears in 5 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 5, Episode 6Hesiod
The poet who sang the Theogony
Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet who lived around 700 BC. He is credited as the author of the Theogony, which sings of the birth of the gods, and Works and Days, a poem…
Appears in 9 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9The Muses (Calliope and her sisters) The Muses
Nine goddesses of song and the arts
The Muses are the goddesses of song and the arts in Greek mythology: nine sisters born to Zeus and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. Calliope is said to be the foremost…
Appears in 9 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9The Titans
The elder gods who fought Zeus
The Titans are the older generation of gods in Greek mythology, born of Gaia (Earth) and Ouranos (Sky). At their core are twelve: Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion,…
Appears in 6 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 7, Episode 8, Episode 9The Hundred-Handers (Cottus, Briareus, Gyges) The Hundred-Handers
Three brothers with a hundred arms each
The Hundred-Handers are three brothers in Greek mythology born of Gaia and Ouranos: Cottus, Briareus, and Gyes (also called Gyges). They are giants of immeasurable…
Appears in 3 episodes: Episode 2, Episode 8, Episode 9The Cyclopes (Brontes, Steropes, Arges) The Cyclopes
One-eyed brothers who made the thunderbolt
The Cyclopes are three one-eyed brothers in Greek mythology born of Gaia and Ouranos: Brontes (Thunder), Steropes (Lightning), and Arges (Flash). Each has a single…
Appears in 3 episodes: Episode 2, Episode 6, Episode 9Chaos
The "gap" at the beginning of the world
Chaos is the very first thing to come into being in Greek mythology. The word originally meant "gap" or "yawning chasm," and in Hesiod's Theogony, everything begins…
Appears in 2 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 9Eros
God of love, present from the beginning
Eros is the god of love in Greek mythology. In the Theogony he appears at the very beginning of the world alongside Chaos, Gaia, and Tartarus, and he is called the most…
Appears in 2 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 3Nyx (Night) Nyx
Goddess of Night, mother of Death and Sleep
Nyx is the goddess of night in Greek mythology, Night itself. In the Theogony she is "black Night," born from Chaos together with Erebus, the darkness.
Appears in 3 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 3, Episode 5Tartarus
The deep darkness beneath the earth
Tartarus is a misty, dark place in the deepest depths of the earth in Greek mythology, and also the primordial god who is that place. In the Theogony, he comes into…
Appears in 2 episodes: Episode 1, Episode 9Styx
Underworld river by which the gods swear
Styx is the goddess of a river that flows through the underworld in Greek mythology. She is said to be the foremost of the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 7Nike
Goddess of victory at Zeus's side
Nike is the goddess of victory in Greek mythology. A daughter of Styx and Pallas, she is called "fair-ankled" in the Theogony.
Appears in 2 episodes: Episode 7, Episode 8Hecate
The goddess Zeus honored above all
Hecate is a goddess in Greek mythology, the only daughter of Perses and Asteria. In the Theogony she is praised at length as the goddess whom Zeus honored above all…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 7Medusa
The only mortal Gorgon
Medusa is one of the Gorgons, three monstrous sisters in Greek mythology. She is a daughter of the sea god Phorcys and Ceto, and while her sisters Stheno and Euryale…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 4Echidna
Half-nymph, half-serpent mother of monsters
Echidna is a monster in Greek mythology and the mother of many monsters. Her upper half is a nymph (a female spirit) with glancing eyes and fair cheeks, and her lower…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 4Cerberus
Fifty-headed hound of the underworld
Cerberus is the watchdog that guards the house of Hades, god of the underworld, in Greek mythology. He is the second child of the monsters Echidna and Typhaon, and a…
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 4Pegasus
Winged horse who carries Zeus's thunder
Pegasus is the flying horse of Greek mythology. When the hero Perseus cut off Medusa's head, Pegasus sprang from it together with Chrysaor.
Appears in 1 episode: Episode 4Poseidon
God of the sea and earthquakes
Poseidon is the god of the sea in Greek mythology, and also the god of earthquakes who shakes the earth. A son of Cronus and Rhea and an older brother of Zeus, he is…
Appears in 3 episodes: Episode 4, Episode 5, Episode 6