Greek god

Mount Olympus inhabitant

A Greek god is any of the deities from ancient Greek mythology—Zeus, Apollo, Athena, and the rest of the pantheon.

Informally, a Greek god describes a man of exceptional physical beauty, especially one with a sculpted, athletic build: He emerged from the pool looking like a Greek god.

Olympian

Zeus

Greek sky god

Apollo · Artemis · Ares · Aphrodite · Hephaestus · Hermes · Dionysus · Demeter · Olympus · pantheon

worship

temple

Sacred worship structure

priest · priestess · ritual · libation · offering · prayer · hymn · shrine · cult · Delphi

powers

thunderbolt

Electric sky discharge with boom

immortality · transformation · prophecy · divination · blessing · curse · invisibility · aegis · caduceus · wisdom

mythology

myth

Traditional explanatory tale

  • legendUnverified traditional tale
  • epicImpressively grand in scope
  • HomerAncient Greek epic composer

Iliad · Odyssey · Theogony · hero · demigod · oracle · prophecy · Trojan · Perseus · Heracles

chthonic

Hades

Greek afterlife realm

Charon · Cerberus · underworld · Styx · Erebus · Erinyes · shades · realm · Elysium · netherworld

Titan

Cronus

Titan king, father-devourer

  • RheaGreek divine mother
  • GaiaPrimordial earth deity
  • UranusSideways-spinning outer world

Prometheus · Atlas · Hyperion · Oceanus · Tethys · Mnemosyne · Phoebe · Titaness · primordial · elder

Categories
Opposites
mythological tradition

Greek godRoman god

Divine being from ancient Italy

Roman deity · Norse god · Allah · Yahweh · Chinese deity

divine vs mortal

Greek godmortal

Subject to death

human · earthling · demigod · hero · shade

divine hierarchy within Greek mythology

Greek godTitan

Mythic giant or moon

shade · mortal soul

Family

Greek, Greeks, gods, godly, godlike, godless, godliness, goddess, godhood

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G