List of Roman Mythological Figures
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Achelous | River god; son of Oceanus and Tethys and said to be the father of the Sirens. |
| Acheron | One of several Rivers of Underworld [woe]. |
| Achilles | Greek warrior; slew Hector at Troy; slain by Paris, who wounded him in his vulnerable heel. |
| Actaeon | Hunter; surprised Artemis bathing; changed by her to stag; and killed by his dogs. |
| Admetus | King of Thessaly; his wife, Alcestis, offered to die in his place. |
| Adonis | Beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite. |
| Aeacus | One of three judges of dead in Hades; son of Zeus. |
| Aeëtes | King of Colchis; father of Medea; keeper of Golden Fleece. |
| Aegeus | Father of Theseus; believing Theseus killed in Crete, he drowned himself; Aegean Sea named for him. |
| Aegisthus | Son of Thyestes; slew Atreus; with Clytemnestra, his paramour, slew Agamemnon; slain by Orestes. |
| Aegyptus | Brother of Danaus; his sons, except Lynceus, slain by Danaides. |
| Aeneas | Trojan; son of Anchises and Aphrodite; after fall of Troy, led his followers eventually to Italy; loved and deserted Dido. |
| Aeolus | One of several Winds. |
| Aeson | King of Ioclus; father of Jason; overthrown by his brother Pelias; restored to youth by Medea. |
| Aether | Personification of sky. |
| Aethra | Mother of Theseus. |
| Agamemnon | King of Mycenae; son of Atreus; brother of Menelaus; leader of Greeks against Troy; slain on his return home by Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. |
| Aglaia | One of several Graces. |
| Ajax | Greek warrior; killed himself at Troy because Achilles's armor was awarded to Odysseus. |
| Alcestis | Wife of Admetus; offered to die in his place but saved from death by Hercules. |
| Alcmene | Wife of Amphitryon; mother by Zeus of Hercules. |
| Alcyone | One of several Pleiades. |
| Alecto | One of several Furies. |
| Alectryon | Youth changed by Ares into cock. |
| Althaea | Wife of Oeneus; mother of Meleager. |
| Amazons | Female warriors in Asia Minor; supported Troy against Greeks. |
| Amphion | Musician; husband of Niobe; charmed stones to build fortifications for Thebes. |
| Amphitrite | Sea goddess; wife of Poseidon. |
| Amphitryon | Husband of Alcmene. |
| Anchises | Father of Aeneas. |
| Ancile | Sacred shield that fell from heavens; palladium of Rome. |
| Andraemon | Husband of Dryope. |
| Andromache | Wife of Hector. |
| Andromeda | Daughter of Cepheus; chained to cliff for monster to devour; rescued by Perseus. |
| Anteia | Wife of Proetus; tried to induce Bellerophon to elope with her. |
| Anteros | God who avenged unrequited love. |
| Antigone | Daughter of Oedipus; accompanied him to Colonus; performed burial rite for Polynices and hanged herself. |
| Antinoüs | Leader of suitors of Penelope; slain by Odysseus. |
| Aphrodite | Goddess of love and beauty; daughter of Zeus and Dione; mother of Eros. |
| Apollo | God of beauty, poetry, music; later identified with Helios as Phoebus Apollo; son of Zeus and Leto. |
| Aquilo | One of several Winds. |
| Arachne | Maiden who challenged Athena to weaving contest; changed to spider. |
| Ares | God of war; son of Zeus and Hera. |
| Argo | Ship in which Jason and followers sailed to Colchis for Golden Fleece. |
| Argus | Monster with hundred eyes; slain by Hermes; his eyes placed by Hera into peacock's tail. |
| Ariadne | Daughter of Minos; aided Theseus in slaying Minotaur; deserted by him on island of Naxos and married to Dionysus. |
| Arion | Musician; thrown overboard by pirates but saved by dolphin. |
| Artemis | Goddess of moon; huntress; twin sister of Apollo. |
| Asclepius | Mortal son of Apollo; slain by Zeus for raising dead; later deified as god of medicine. Also known as Asklepios. |
| Astarte | Phoenician goddess of love; variously identified with Aphrodite, Selene, and Artemis. |
| Astraea | Goddess of Justice; daughter of Zeus and Themis. |
| Atalanta | Princess who challenged her suitors to a foot race; Hippomenes won race and married her. |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom; known poetically as Pallas Athene; sprang fully armed from head of Zeus. |
| Atlas | Titan; held world on his shoulders as punishment for warring against Zeus; son of Iapetus. |
| Atreus | King of Mycenae; father of Menelaus and Agamemnon; brother of Thyestes, three of whose sons he slew and served to him at banquet; slain by Aegisthus. |
| Atropos | One of several Fates - Atropos - Cutter of thread) [also called Moirae by the Greeks and Parcae by the Romans]. |
| Auster | One of several Winds. |
| Avernus | Infernal regions; name derived from small vaporous lake near Vesuvius which was fabled to kill birds and vegetation. |
| Bellerophon | Corinthian hero; killed Chimera with aid of Pegasus; tried to reach Olympus on Pegasus and was thrown to his death. |
| Bellona | Roman goddess of war. |
| Boreas | One of several Winds. |
| Briareus | Monster of hundred hands; son of Uranus and Gaea. |
| Briseis | Captive maiden given to Achilles; taken by Agamemnon in exchange for loss of Chryseis, which caused Achilles to cease fighting, until death of Patroclus. |
| Cadmus | Brother of Europa; planter of dragon seeds from which first Thebans sprang. |
| Calliope | One of several Muses. |
| Calypso | Sea nymph; kept Odysseus on her island Ogygia for seven years. |
| Cassandra | Daughter of Priam; prophetess who was never believed; slain with Agamemnon. |
| Castor | One of Dioscuri. |
| Celaeno | One of several Pleiades. |
| Centaurs | Beings half man and half horse; lived in mountains of Thessaly. |
| Cephalus | Hunter; accidentally killed his wife Procris with his spear. |
| Cepheus | King of Ethiopia; father of Andromeda. |
| Cerberus | Three-headed dog guarding entrance to Hades. |
| Chaos | Formless void; personified as first of gods. |
| Charon | Boatman on Styx who carried souls of dead to Hades; son of Erebus. |
| Charybdis | Female monster; personification of whirlpool. |
| Chimera | Female monster with head of lion, body of goat, tail of serpent; killed by Bellerophon. |
| Chiron | Most famous of centaurs. |
| Chronos | Personification of time. |
| Chryseis | Captive maiden given to Agamemnon; his refusal to accept ransom from her father Chryses caused Apollo to send plague on Greeks besieging Troy. |
| Circe | Sorceress; daughter of Helios; changed Odysseus's men into swine. |
| Clio | One of several Muses. |
| Clotho | One of several Fates - Spinner of thread of life. |
| Clytemnestra | Wife of Agamemnon, whom she slew with aid of her paramour, Aegisthus; slain by her son Orestes. |
| Cocytus | One of several Rivers of Underworld [wailing]. |
| Creon | Father of Jocasta; forbade burial of Polynices; ordered burial alive of Antigone. |
| Creusa | Wife of Aeneas; died fleeing Troy. |
| Creüsa | Princess of Corinth, for whom Jason deserted Medea; slain by Medea, who sent her poisoned robe; also known as Glaüke. |
| Cronus | Titan; god of harvests; son of Uranus and Gaea; dethroned by his son Zeus. |
| Cybele | Anatolian nature goddess; adopted by Greeks and identified with Rhea. |
| Cyclopes | Race of one-eyed giants - singular=Cyclops |
| Daedalus | Athenian artificer; father of Icarus; builder of Labyrinth in Crete; devised wings attached with wax for him and Icarus to escape Crete. |
| Danae | Princess of Argos; mother of Perseus by Zeus, who appeared to her in form of golden shower. |
| Danaïdes | Daughters of Danaüs; at his command, all except Hypermnestra slew their husbands, the sons of Aegyptus. |
| Danaüs | Brother of Aegyptus; father of Danaïdes; slain by Lynceus. |
| Daphne | Nymph; pursued by Apollo; changed to laurel tree. |
| Decuma | One of several Fates. |
| Deino | One of several Graeae. |
| Demeter | Goddess of agriculture; mother of Persephone. |
| Dido | Founder and queen of Carthage; stabbed herself when deserted by Aeneas. |
| Diomedes | Greek hero; with Odysseus, entered Troy and carried off Palladium, sacred statue of Athena. |
| Dione | Titan goddess; mother by Zeus of Aphrodite. |
| Dionysus | God of wine; son of Zeus and Semele. |
| Dioscuri | Twins Castor and Pollux; sons of Leda by Zeus. |
| Dryads | Wood nymphs. |
| Dryope | Maiden changed to Hamadryad. |
| Echo | Nymph who fell hopelessly in love with Narcissus; faded away except for her voice. |
| Electra | Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; sister of Orestes; urged Orestes to slay Clytemnestra and Aegisthus. |
| Elysium | Abode of blessed dead. |
| Endymion | Mortal loved by Selene. |
| Enyo | One of several Graeae. |
| Eos | Goddess of dawn. |
| Epimetheus | Brother of Prometheus; husband of Pandora. |
| Erato | One of several Muses. |
| Erebus | Spirit of darkness; son of Chaos. |
| Erinyes | One of several Furies. |
| Eris | Goddess of discord. |
| Eros | God of love; son of Aphrodite. |
| Eteocles | Son of Oedipus, whom he succeeded to rule alternately with Polynices; refused to give up throne at end of year; he and Polynices slew each other. |
| Eumenides | One of several Furies. |
| Euphrosyne | One of several Graces. |
| Europa | Mortal loved by Zeus, who, in form of white bull, carried her off to Crete. |
| Eurus | One of several Winds. |
| Euryale | One of several Gorgons. |
| Eurydice | Nymph; wife of Orpheus. |
| Eurystheus | King of Argos; imposed twelve labors on Hercules. |
| Euterpe | One of several Muses. |
| Fates | Goddesses of destiny. |
| Fauns | Roman deities of woods and groves. |
| Favonius | One of several Winds. |
| Flora | Roman goddess of flowers. |
| Fortuna | Roman goddess of fortune. |
| Furies | Avenging spirits; Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone; known also as Erinyes or Eumenides. |
| Gaea | Goddess of earth; daughter of Chaos; mother of Titans; known also as Ge, Gea, Gaia, etc. |
| Galatea | Statue of maiden carved from ivory by Pygmalion; given life by Aphrodite. |
| Ganymede | Beautiful boy; successor to Hebe as cupbearer of gods. |
| Glaucus | Mortal who became sea divinity by eating magic grass. |
| Golden Fleece | Fleece from ram that flew Phrixos to Colchis; Aeëtes placed it under guard of dragon; carried off by Jason. |
| Gorgons | Female monsters; Euryale, Medusa, and Stheno; had snakes for hair; their glances turned mortals to stone. |
| Graces | Beautiful goddesses| Aglaia, Euphrosyne (Joy), and Thalia (Bloom); daughters of Zeus. |
| Graeae | Sentinels for Gorgons.; Deino, Enyo, and Pephredo; had one eye among them, which passed from one to another. |
| Hades | Name sometimes given Pluto; also, abode of dead, ruled by Pluto. |
| Haemon | Son of Creon; promised husband of Antigone; killed himself in her tomb. |
| Hamadryads | Tree nymphs. |
| Harpies | Monsters with heads of women and bodies of birds. |
| Hebe | Goddess of youth; cupbearer of gods before Ganymede; daughter of Zeus and Hera. |
| Hecate | Goddess of sorcery and witchcraft. |
| Hector | Son of Priam; slayer of Patroclus; slain by Achilles. |
| Hecuba | Wife of Priam. |
| Helen | Fairest woman in world; daughter of Zeus and Leda; wife of Menelaus; carried to Troy by Paris, causing Trojan War. |
| Heliades | Daughters of Helios; mourned for Phaëthon and were changed to poplar trees. |
| Helios | God of sun; later identified with Apollo. |
| Helle | Sister of Phrixos; fell from ram of Golden Fleece; water where she fell named Hellespont. |
| Hephaestus | God of fire; celestial blacksmith; son of Zeus and Hera; husband of Aphrodite. |
| Hera | Queen of heaven; wife of Zeus. |
| Heracles | Hero and strong man; son of Zeus and Alcmene; performed twelve labors or deeds to be free from bondage under Eurystheus; after death, his mortal share was destroyed, and he became immortal. |
| Hermes | God of physicians and thieves; messenger of gods; son of Zeus and Maia. |
| Hero | Priestess of Aphrodite; Leander swam Hellespont nightly to see her; drowned herself at his death. |
| Hesperus | Evening star. |
| Hestia | Goddess of hearth; sister of Zeus. |
| Hippolyte | Queen of Amazons; wife of Theseus. |
| Hippolytus | Son of Theseus and Hippolyte; falsely accused by Phaedra of trying to kidnap her; slain by Poseidon at request of Theseus. |
| Hippomenes | Husband of Atalanta, whom he beat in race by dropping golden apples, which she stopped to pick up. |
| Hyacinthus | Beautiful youth accidentally killed by Apollo, who caused flower to spring up from his blood. |
| Hydra | Nine-headed monster in marsh of Lerna; slain by Hercules. |
| Hygeia | Personification of health. |
| Hymen | God of marriage. |
| Hyperion | Titan; early sun god; father of Helios. |
| Hypermnestra | Daughter of Danaüs; refused to kill her husband Lynceus. |
| Hypnos | God of sleep. |
| Iapetus | Titan; father of Atlas, Epimetheus, and Prometheus. |
| Icarus | Son of Daedalus; flew too near sun with wax-attached wings and fell into sea and was drowned. |
| Io | Mortal maiden loved by Zeus; changed by Hera into heifer. |
| Iobates | King of Lycia; sent Bellerophon to slay Chimera. |
| Iphigenia | Daughter of Agamemnon; offered as sacrifice to Artemis at Aulis; carried by Artemis to Tauris where she became priestess; escaped from there with Orestes. |
| Iris | Goddess of rainbow; messenger of Zeus and Hera. |
| Ismene | Daughter of Oedipus; sister of Antigone. |
| Iulus | Son of Aeneas. |
| Ixion | King of Lapithae; for making love to Hera he was bound to endlessly revolving wheel in Tartarus. |
| Janus | Roman god of gates and doors; represented with two opposite faces. |
| Jason | Son of Aeson; to gain throne of Ioclus from Pelias, went to Colchis and brought back Golden Fleece; married Medea; deserted her for Creüsa. |
| Jocasta | Wife of Laius; mother of Oedipus; unwittingly became wife of Oedipus; hanged herself when relationship was discovered. |
| Lachesis | One of several Fates - Determiner of length. |
| Laius | Father of Oedipus, by whom he was slain. |
| Laocoön | Priest of Apollo at Troy; warned against bringing wooden horse into Troy; destroyed with his two sons by serpents sent by Athena. |
| Lares | Roman ancestral spirits protecting descendants and homes. |
| Lavinia | Wife of Aeneas after defeat of Turnus. |
| Leander | Swam Hellespont nightly to see Hero; drowned in storm. |
| Leda | Mortal loved by Zeus in form of swan; mother of Helen, Clytemnestra, Dioscuri. |
| Lethe | One of several Rivers of Underworld [forgetfulness]. |
| Leto | Mother by Zeus of Artemis and Apollo. |
| Lucina | Roman goddess of childbirth; identified with Juno. |
| Lynceus | Son of Aegyptus; husband of Hypermnestra; slew Danaüs. |
| Maia | Daughter of Atlas; mother of Hermes. |
| Manes | Souls of dead Romans, particularly of ancestors. |
| Marsyas | Shepherd; challenged Apollo to music contest and lost; flayed alive by Apollo. |
| Medea | Sorceress; daughter of Aeëtes; helped Jason obtain Golden Fleece; when deserted by him for Creüsa, killed her children and Creüsa. |
| Medusa | One of several Gorgons. slain by Perseus, who cut off her head. |
| Megaera | One of several Furies. |
| Meleager | Son of Althaea; his life would last as long as brand burning at his birth; Althaea quenched and saved it but destroyed it when Meleager slew his uncles. |
| Melpomene | One of several Muses. |
| Memnon | Ethiopian king; made immortal by Zeus; son of Tithonus and Eos. |
| Menelaus | King of Sparta; son of Atreus; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen. |
| Mentor | Tutor of Telemachus and friend of Odysseus. In the Odyssey, on several occasions, Athena assumes form of Mentor to give advice to Telemachus or Odysseus |
| Merope | One of several Pleiades. Merope is said to have hidden in shame for loving a mortal. |
| Mezentius | Cruel Etruscan king; ally of Turnus against Aeneas; slain by Aeneas. |
| Midas | King of Phrygia; given gift of turning to gold all he touched. |
| Minos | King of Crete; after death, one of three judges of dead in Hades; son of Zeus and Europa. |
| Minotaur | Monster, half man and half beast, kept in Labyrinth in Crete; slain by Theseus. |
| Mnemosyne | Goddess of memory; mother by Zeus of Muses. |
| Moirae | One of several Fates. |
| Momus | God of ridicule. |
| Morpheus | God of dreams. |
| Morta | One of several Fates. |
| Muses | Goddesses presiding over arts and sciences| Calliope, Clio (history), Erato (lyric and love poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polymnia or Polyhymnia (sacred poetry), Terpsichore (choral dance and song), Thalia (comedy and bucolic poetry), Urania (astronomy); daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. |
| Naiads | Nymphs of waters, streams, and fountains. |
| Napaeae | Wood nymphs. |
| Narcissus | Beautiful youth loved by Echo; in punishment for not returning her love, he was made to fall in love with his image reflected in pool; pined away and became flower. |
| Nemesis | Goddess of retribution. |
| Neoptolemus | Son of Achilles; slew Priam; also known as Pyrrhus. |
| Nereids | Sea nymphs; attendants on Poseidon. |
| Nestor | King of Pylos; noted for wise counsel in expedition against Troy. |
| Nike | Goddess of victory. |
| Niobe | Daughter of Tantalus; wife of Amphion; her children slain by Apollo and Artemis; changed to stone but continued to weep her loss. |
| Nona | One of several Fates. |
| Notus | One of several Winds. |
| Nymphs | Beautiful maidens; minor deities of nature. |
| Nyx | Goddess of night. |
| Oceanids | Ocean nymphs; daughters of Oceanus. |
| Oceanus | Eldest of Titans; god of waters. |
| Odysseus | King of Ithaca; husband of Penelope; wandered ten years after fall of Troy before arriving home. |
| Oedipus | King of Thebes; son of Laius and Jocasta; unwittingly murdered Laius and married Jocasta; tore his eyes out when relationship was discovered. |
| Oenone | Nymph of Mount Ida; wife of Paris, who abandoned her; refused to cure him when he was poisoned by arrow of Philoctetes at Troy. |
| Oreads | Mountain nymphs. |
| Orestes | Son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; brother of Electra; slew Clytemnestra and Aegisthus; pursued by Furies until his purification by Apollo. |
| Orion | Hunter; slain by Artemis and made heavenly constellation. |
| Orpheus | Famed musician; son of Apollo and Muse Calliope; husband of Eurydice. |
| Pales | Roman goddess of shepherds and herdsmen. |
| Palinurus | Aeneas' pilot; fell overboard in his sleep and was drowned. |
| Pan | God of woods and fields; part goat; son of Hermes. |
| Pandora | Opener of box containing human ills; mortal wife of Epimetheus. |
| Parcae | One of several Fates. |
| Paris | Son of Priam; gave apple of discord to Aphrodite, for which she enabled him to carry off Helen; slew Achilles at Troy; slain by Philoctetes. |
| Patroclus | Great friend of Achilles; wore Achilles' armor and was slain by Hector. |
| Pegasus | Winged horse that sprang from Medusa's body at her death; ridden by Bellerophon when he slew Chimera. |
| Pelias | King of Ioclus; seized throne from his brother Aeson; sent Jason for Golden Fleece; slain unwittingly by his daughters at instigation of Medea. |
| Pelops | Son of Tantalus; his father cooked and served him to gods; restored to life; Peloponnesus named for him. |
| Penates | Roman household gods. |
| Penelope | Wife of Odysseus; waited faithfully for him for many years while putting off numerous suitors. |
| Pephredo | One of several Graeae. |
| Periphetes | Giant; son of Hephaestus; slain by Theseus. |
| Persephone | Queen of infernal regions; daughter of Zeus and Demeter; wife of Pluto. |
| Perseus | Son of Zeus and Danaë; slew Medusa; rescued Andromeda from monster and married her. |
| Phaedra | Daughter of Minos; wife of Theseus; caused the death of her stepson, Hippolytus. |
| Phaethon | Son of Helios; drove his father's sun chariot and was struck down by Zeus before he set world on fire. |
| Philoctetes | Greek warrior who possessed Hercules' bow and arrows; slew Paris at Troy with poisoned arrow. |
| Phineus | Betrothed of Andromeda; tried to slay Perseus but turned to stone by Medusa's head. |
| Phlegethon | One of several Rivers of Underworld [fire]. |
| Phosphor | Morning star. |
| Phrixos | Brother of Helle; carried by ram of Golden Fleece to Colchis. |
| Pirithous | Son of Ixion; friend of Theseus; tried to carry off Persephone from Hades; bound to enchanted rock by Pluto. |
| Pleiades | Alcyone, Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Merope, Sterope or Asterope, Taygeta; seven daughters of Atlas; transformed into heavenly constellation, of which six stars are visible - Merope is said to have hidden in shame for loving a mortal. |
| Pluto | God of Hades; brother of Zeus. |
| Plutus | God of wealth. |
| Pollux | One of Dioscuri. |
| Polymnia | One of several Muses. |
| Polynices | Son of Oedipus; he and his brother Eteocles killed each other; burial rite, forbidden by Creon, performed by his sister Antigone. |
| Polyphemus | Cyclops; devoured six of Odysseus's men; blinded by Odysseus. |
| Polyxena | Daughter of Priam; betrothed to Achilles, whom Paris slew at their betrothal; sacrificed to shade of Achilles. |
| Pomona | Roman goddess of fruits. |
| Pontus | Sea god; son of Gaea. |
| Poseidon | God of sea; brother of Zeus. |
| Priam | King of Troy; husband of Hecuba; ransomed Hector's body from Achilles; slain by Neoptolemus. |
| Priapus | God of regeneration. |
| Procris | Wife of Cephalus, who accidentally slew her. |
| Procrustes | Giant; stretched or cut off legs of victims to make them fit iron bed; slain by Theseus. |
| Proetus | Husband of Anteia; sent Bellerophon to Iobates to be put to death. |
| Prometheus | Titan; stole fire from heaven for man. Zeus punished him by chaining him to rock in Caucasus where vultures devoured his liver daily. |
| Proteus | Sea god; assumed various shapes when called on to prophesy. |
| Psyche | Beloved of Eros; punished by jealous Aphrodite; made immortal and united with Eros. |
| Pygmalion | King of Cyprus; carved ivory statue of maiden which Aphrodite gave life as Galatea. |
| Pyramus | Babylonian youth; made love to Thisbe through hole in wall; thinking Thisbe slain by lion, killed himself. |
| Python | Serpent born from slime left by Deluge; slain by Apollo. |
| Quirinus | Roman war god. |
| Remus | Brother of Romulus; slain by him. |
| Rhadamanthus | One of three judges of dead in Hades; son of Zeus and Europa. |
| Rhea | Daughter of Uranus and Gaea; wife of Cronus; mother of Zeus; identified with Cybele. |
| Romulus | Founder of Rome; he and Remus suckled in infancy by she-wolf; slew Remus; deified by Romans. |
| Sarpedon | King of Lycia; son of Zeus and Europa; slain by Patroclus at Troy. |
| Satyrs | Hoofed demigods of woods and fields; companions of Dionysus. |
| Sciron | Robber; forced strangers to wash his feet, then hurled them into sea where tortoise devoured them; slain by Theseus. |
| Scylla | Female monster inhabiting rock opposite Charybdis; menaced passing sailors. |
| Selene | Goddess of moon. |
| Semele | Daughter of Cadmus; mother by Zeus of Dionysus; demanded Zeus appear before her in all his splendor and was destroyed by his lightning bolts. |
| Sibyis | Various prophetesses; most famous, Cumaean sibyl, accompanied Aeneas into Hades. |
| Sileni | Minor woodland deities similar to satyrs [singular=silenus]. Sometimes Silenus refers to eldest of satyrs, son of Hermes or of Pan. |
| Silvanus | Roman god of woods and fields. |
| Sinis | Giant; bent pines, with which he hurled victims against side of mountain; slain by Theseus. |
| Sirens | Minor deities who lured sailors to destruction with their singing. |
| Sisyphus | King of Corinth; condemned in Tartarus to roll huge stone to top of hill; it always rolled back down again. |
| Sphinx | Monster of Thebes; killed those who could not answer her riddle; slain by Oedipus. Name also refers to other monsters having body of lion, wings, and head and bust of woman. |
| Sterope | One of several Pleiades. |
| Stheno | One of several Gorgons. |
| Styx | One of several Rivers of Underworld. The souls of the dead were ferried across the Styx by Charon. |
| Symplegades | Clashing rocks at entrance to Black Sea; Argo passed through, causing them to become forever fixed. |
| Syrinx | Nymph pursued by Pan; changed to reeds, from which he made his pipes. |
| Tantalus | Cruel king; father of Pelops and Niobe; condemned in Tartarus to stand chin-deep in lake surrounded by fruit branches; as he tried to eat or drink, water or fruit always receded. |
| Tartarus | Underworld below Hades; often refers to Hades. |
| Taygeta | One of several Pleiades. |
| Telemachus | Son of Odysseus; made unsuccessful journey to find his father. |
| Tellus | Roman goddess of earth. |
| Terminus | Roman god of boundaries and landmarks. |
| Terpsichore | One of several Muses. |
| Terra | Roman earth goddess. |
| Thalia | One of several Graces. Also one of several Muses. |
| Thanatos | God of death. |
| Themis | Titan goddess of laws of physical phenomena; daughter of Uranus; mother of Prometheus. |
| Theseus | Son of Aegeus; slew Minotaur; married and deserted Ariadne; later married Phaedra. |
| Thisbe | Beloved of Pyramus; killed herself at his death. |
| Thyestes | Brother of Atreus; Atreus killed three of his sons and served them to him at banquet. |
| Tiresias | Blind soothsayer of Thebes. |
| Tisiphone | One of several Furies. |
| Titans | Early gods from which Olympian gods were derived; children of Uranus and Gaea. |
| Tithonus | Mortal loved by Eos; changed into grasshopper. |
| Triton | Demigod of sea; son of Poseidon. |
| Turnus | King of Rutuli in Italy; betrothed to Lavinia; slain by Aeneas. |
| Urania | One of several Muses. |
| Uranus | Personification of Heaven; husband of Gaea; father of Titans; dethroned by his son Cronus. |
| Vertumnus | Roman god of fruits and vegetables; husband of Pomona. |
| Zeus | Chief of Olympian gods; son of Cronus and Rhea; husband of Hera. |