List Of Greek Mythological Figures - Greek God Of Agriculture

The following is a list of gods, goddesses and many other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. (The list does not include creatures; for these, see List of Greek mythological creatures.)

Immortals

The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes. A temple would house the statue of a god or goddess, or multiple deities, and might be decorated with relief scenes depicting myths. Divine images were common on coins. Drinking cups and other vessels were painted with scenes from Greek myths.

Major gods and goddesses

Primordial deities

Titans and Titanesses

The Titans and Titanesses are depicted in Greek art less commonly than the Olympians.

Gigantes and other "giants"

Personified concepts

Chthonic deities

Sea deities

Sky deities

Rustic deities

Agricultural deities

Health deities

Other deities

Mortals

Deified mortals

Heroes

Notable women

Kings

Seers/Oracles

Amazons

Inmates of Tartarus

• The Danaides, forty-nine daughters of Danaus who murdered their husbands and were condemned to an eternity of carrying water in leaky jugs
• Ixion, a king of the Lapiths who attempted to rape Hera and was bound to a flaming wheel in Tartarus
• Sisyphus, a king of Thessaly who attempted to cheat death and was sentenced to an eternity of rolling a boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down
• Tantalus, a king of Anatolia who butchered his son Pelops and served him as a meal to the gods; he was punished with the torment of starvation, food and drink eternally dangling just out of reach

Minor figures

See List of minor Greek mythological figures