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Greek-Latin Correspondences
Names of mythical characters
Greek and Latin versions


Greek

Latin

Ananke

Necessitas (Necessity).


Aphrodite

Venus


Ares

Mars

Argestes

Corus


Ariadne

Libera


Artemis

Diana


Asclepius

Aesculapius


Athena

Minerva


Boreas 1

Aquilo


CHARITES

GRATIAE (GRACES)


Chloris 3

Flora. See NYMPHS.

Cronos

Saturnus


Demeter

Ceres


Dike

Iustitia (Justice)


Dionysus 2

Bacchus, Liber Pater.


Eirene 1

Pax (Peace). One of the HORAE.

Enyo 2

Bellona. See Other Deities.


Eos

Aurora (Dawn)

Eosphorus

Lucifer. See NATURAL PERSONIFICATIONS.

ERINYES

FURIES


Eros

Amor, Cupid.


Gaia

Terra, Tellus (Earth).


Hades

Pluto, Orcus, Dis.


Hebe

Juventas (Youth)

Hecabe 1

Hecuba

Hecate

Trivia


Helius

Sol (Sun)

Greek

Latin


Hephaestus

Vulcan, Mulciber.


Hera

Juno


Heracles 1

Hercules


Hermes

Mercury

Hippolytus 4

Virbius 1. Se Theseus.

Homonia

Concordia (Concord). See ABSTRACTIONS.

HYADES 1

SUCULAE. See NYMPHS.


Hypnos

Somnus (Sleep)

Icarius 2

Arcturus

Ilithyia

Lucina. See Other Deities.

Leto

Latona

Leucothoe 3

Mater Matuta. This is Ino or Leucothea: see Athamas 1.

Maera 2

Canicula. See BESTIARY.

Melicertes

Portunus. See Athamas 1.

MOERAE

PARCAE, FATA (FATES).

Nephele 1

Nebula (Cloud). See Zeus.


Nike

Victoria (Victory)

Notus

Auster


Odysseus

Ulysses


Persephone

Proserpina


Physis

Natura (Nature). See Sidereal & Natural Personifications.

Polydeuces

Pollux


Poseidon

Neptune


Psyche

Anima (Soul)


Rhea 1

Ops. See TITANS and Cronos.


Selene

Luna (Moon)


Thanatos

Mors (Death)


Tyche

Fortuna (Fortune)

Uranus

Caelus (Sky)


Zeus

Jove, Jupiter.


3328: Minerva (Athena), Mars (Ares) and Janus, 1710-15. Statuette by Giovanni Battista Foggini, 1652-1725. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg.


Related sections The Greek Alphabet
Names of Characters in Greek Script