Greek Mythology

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Stories and legends created by the ancient Greeks. Today these myths are used as an endless source of inspiration for all media.

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Overview

The ancient Greeks were polytheistic in their religious beliefs, meaning they worshipped many gods. Their gods often represented different forms of nature. Their religion had no formal structure with the exception of various festivals held in honor of the Gods; there were no books or code to live by. Many legends of Greek heroes and mortals were also based on mythology such as Achilles and Theseus.

The most powerful gods were known as the Olympians. The ancient Greek believed that the Olympian Gods lived on the highest mountain of Greece, Mount Olympus.

The oldest Greek literary sources are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and the Histories of Herodotus. Greek mythology has exerted an extensive influence on the culture, the arts, and literature of Western civilization and remains part of Western heritage and language.

Greek Gods & Goddesses

• Aphrodite - Goddess of love and beauty.
• Apollo (Character) - God of the sun , music and poetry, twin brother of Artemis.
• Ares (Character) - God of war.
• Artemis (Character) - Goddess of hunting and wilderness, twin sister of Apollo.
• Athena (Character) - Goddess of warfare and wisdom.
• Demeter (Character) - Goddess of fertility and harvest
• Dionysus (Character) - God of wine and pleasure .
• Hades (Character) - God of the Underworld
• Hestia - Goddess of the home and cooking
• Hera - Queen of the Gods, Goddess of the wives and marriage
• Hermes - Messenger of the gods and also the god of trade and undertaker .
• Hephaestus (Character) - God of fire and metalworking.
• Poseidon (Character) - God of the seas and earthquakes.
• Zeus - King of the gods

Heroes and Mortals

• Heracles
• Jason
• Odysseus (Character)
• Achilles (Character)
• Theseus (Character)
• Bellerophon
• Perseus (Character)
• Orpheus
• Cadmus
• Atalanta
• Sisyphus (Character)

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• 12 Labours of Hercules (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules III: Girl Power (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules IV: Mother Nature (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules IX: A Hero's Moonwalk (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules V: Kids of Hellas (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules VI: Race For Olympus (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules VII: Fleecing The Fleece (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules VIII: How I Met Megara (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules X: Greed for Speed (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules XI: Painted Adventure (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules XII: Timeless Adventure (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules XIII: Wonder-ful Builder (Game)
• Age of Mythology (Game)
• Age of Mythology: The Titans (Game)
• Apotheon (Game)
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Game)
• Athena (Game)
• Azusa RP Online (Game)
• Cavequest (Game)
• Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (Game)
• Clash of the Titans (Game)
• Courageous Perseus (Game)
• Cupid Parasite (Game)
• Disney's Animated Storybook: Hercules (Game)
• Disney's Hades Challenge (Game)
• Disney's Hercules (Game)
• Disney's Hercules: Action Game (Game)
• Don't Look Back (Game)
• Exile (Game)
• Freedom Force (Game)
• Funk of Titans (Game)
• Glory of Heracles (Game)
• God of War (Game)
• God of War Collection (Game)
• God of War II (Game)
• God of War III (Game)
• God of War Saga (Game)
• God of War: Ascension (Game)
• God of War: Chains of Olympus (Game)
• God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Game)
• God of War: Sons of Sparta (Game)
• Godfire: Rise of Prometheus (Game)
• Gods Rush (Game)
• Hades (Game)
• Hades II (Game)
• Heracles no Eikou 3: Kamigami no Chinmoku (Game)
• Heracles no Eikou IV: Kamigami kara no Okurimono (Game)
• Heracles: Battle With The Gods (Game)
• Heracles: Chariot Racing (Game)
• Herc's Adventures (Game)
• Hercules (Game)
• Hercules (Game)
• Hercules no Eikou II: Taitan no Metsubou (Game)
• Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (Game)
• Hercules: The True Story (Game)
• Hoplite (Game)
• Immortals: Fenyx Rising (Game)
• Kid Icarus (Game)
• Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters (Game)
• Kid Icarus: Uprising (Game)
• Knightmare (Game)
• Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Game)
• Little Medusa (Game)
• Lucid Dream Adventure (Game)
• Medusa and Her Lover (Game)
• Metamorphic Force (Game)
• Minotaur (Game)
• Momotaro Dentetsu World (Game)
• Mytheon (Game)
• Mythic Blades (Game)
• Mythix: Adventures in Lore (Game)
• Mythmatch (Game)
• Mythwrecked: Ambrosia Island (Game)
• Namco Museum Collection 2 (Game)
• NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits (Game)
• Odyssey RPG (Game)
• Okhlos (Game)
• Olympia Rising (Game)
• Perish (Game)
• Phelios (Game)
• Return of Heracles (Game)
• Ring ni Kakero (Game)
• Rise of the Argonauts (Game)
• Rock of Ages (Game)
• Rome: Total War (Game)
• Rumble Arena (Game)
• Rygar (Game)
• Rygar (Game)
• Rygar: The Battle of Argus (Game)
• Rygar: The Legendary Adventure (Game)
• SNK 40th Anniversary Collection (Game)
• Saint Seiya Cosmo Fantasy (Game)
• Saint Seiya Omega: Ultimate Cosmo (Game)
• Saint Seiya Online (Game)
• Saint Seiya Typing: Ryu Sei Ken (Game)
• Saint Seiya: Awakening (Game)
• Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers (Game)
• Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu (Game)
• Saint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu - Kanketsu Hen (Game)

Concept details

Name

Greek Mythology

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Games

• 12 Labours of Hercules (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules III: Girl Power (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules IV: Mother Nature (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules IX: A Hero's Moonwalk (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules V: Kids of Hellas (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules VI: Race For Olympus (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules VII: Fleecing The Fleece (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules VIII: How I Met Megara (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules X: Greed for Speed (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules XI: Painted Adventure (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules XII: Timeless Adventure (Game)
• 12 Labours of Hercules XIII: Wonder-ful Builder (Game)
• Age of Mythology (Game)
• Age of Mythology: The Titans (Game)
• Apotheon (Game)
• Assassin's Creed Odyssey (Game)
• Athena (Game)
• Azusa RP Online (Game)
• Cavequest (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Megami Tensei (Franchise), Persona (Franchise), Kid Icarus (Franchise), Rygar (Franchise), Age of Empires (Franchise), Age of Mythology (Franchise), Total War (Franchise), XZR (Franchise), Rayman (Franchise), God of War (Franchise), The Chronicles of Narnia (Franchise), Saint Seiya (Franchise), Glory of Heracles (Franchise), Knightmare (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Kratos (Character), Hercules (Character), Hades (Character), Circe (Character), Medusa (Character), Poseidon (Character), Hades (Character), Ajax (Character), Nyx (Character), Ares (Character), Deimos (Character), Charon (Character), Cerberus (Blood) (Character), Echidna (Character), Orthrus (Character), Atropos (Character), Clotho (Character), Lachesis (Character), Orcus (Character), Nemesis (Character), Castor (Character), Cronos (Character), Polydeuces (Character), Io (Character), Athena (Character), Medea (Character), Moros (Character), Thanatos (Character), Athena (Character), Achilles (Character), Patroklos (Character), Perseus (Character), Sisyphus (Character), Hypnos (Character), Persephone (Character), Adonis (Character), Atlas (Character), Demeter (Character), Charon (Character), Artemis (Character), Maia (Character), Fenyx (Character), Hera (Character), Hippolyte (Character), Ladon (Character), Nemean Lion (Character), Prometheus (Character), Theseus (Character), Euryale (Character), Stheno (Character), Eris (Character), Hermes (Character), Apollo (Character), Pan (Character), Dionysus (Character), Iris (Character), Silenus (Character), Python (Character), Hyperion (Character), Asteria (Character), Callisto (Character), Helios (Character), Arkantos (Character), Eos (Character), Gaia (Character), Rhadamanthus (Character), Ouroboros (Character), Heracles (Character), Hephaestus (Character), Aphrodite (Character), Pandora (Character), Talos (Character), Typhon (Character), Eros (Character), Agamemnon (Character), Erinys (Character), Helen (Character), Hektor (Character), Aeneas (Character), Paris (Character), Penthesilea (Character), Palladion (Character), Circe (Character), Scylla (Character), Aeolus (Character), Attis (Character), Cybele (Character), Narcissus (Character), Daphne (Character), Caladrius (Character), Celaeno (Character), Aello (Character), Ocypete (Character), Hecate (Character), Empusa (Character), Hecatoncheires (Character), Arachne (Character), Psyche (Character), Nike (Character), Spartoi (Character), Atalanta (Character), Atalanta (Character), Ariadne (Character), Asterius (Character), Megaera (Character), Alecto (Character), Tisiphone (Character), Pollux and Castor (Character), Strix (Character), Pegasus (Character), Nemesis (Character), Charybdis (Character), Triton (Character), Uranus (Character), Ixion (Character), Tantalus (Character), Europa (Character), Chiron (Character), Chronos (Character), Thalassa (Character), Hebe (Character), Mnemosyne (Character), Themis (Character), Morpheus (Character), Zagreus (Character), Eurydice (Character), Hestia (Character), Boreas (Character), Selene (Character), Eris (Character), Icarus (Character), Zeus (Character), Jason (Character), King Minos (Character), Orpheus (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Europe (Location), Greece (Location), Ancient Greece (Location), Cyprus (Location), Crete (Location), Athens (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: Spear (Object), Crown (Object), Helmet (Object), Cape (Object), Armor (Object), Shield (Object), Flags (Object), Saturn Devouring His Son (Object)

People

• Has people: Joseph Campbell (Person)

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Superhero (Concept), Religion (Concept), God (Concept), Centaurs (Concept), Mythology (Concept), Apocalypse (Concept), Roman Empire (Concept), Hellhound (Concept), Modern Day Mythology (Concept), The Damned (Concept), Phalanx (Concept), Sphinxes (Concept), Hydra (Concept), Harpy (Concept), Minotaurs (Concept), Sirens (Concept), The Furies (Concept), Basilisks (Concept), Miasma (Concept)