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

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

English	Greek script	Latin
Ananke	Ἀνάγκη	Necessitas (Necessity).
Aphrodite	Ἀφροδίτη	Venus
Ares	Ἄρης	Mars
Argestes	Ἀργέστης	Corus
Ariadne	Ἀριάδνη	Libera
Artemis	Ἄρτεμις	Diana
Asclepius	Ἀσκληπιός	Aesculapius
Athena	Ἀθηνᾶ	Minerva
Boreas₁	Βορέας	Aquilo
CHARITES	Χάριτες	GRATIAE (GRACES)
Chloris₃	Χλῶρις	Flora. See NYMPHS.
Cronos	Κρόνος	Saturnus
Demeter	Δημήτηρ	Ceres
Dike	Δίκη	Iustitia (Justice)
Dionysus₂	Διόνυσος	Bacchus, Liber Pater.
Eirene₁	Εἰρήνη	Pax (Peace). One of the HORAE.
Enyo₂	Ἐνυώ	Bellona. See Other Deities.
Eos	Ἠώς	Aurora (Dawn)
Eosphorus	Ἑωσφόρος	Lucifer. See PERSONIFICATIONS.
ERINYES	Ἐρινύες	FURIES
Eros	Ἔρως	Amor, Cupid.
Gaia	Γαῖα	Terra, Tellus (Earth).
Hades	Ἅιδης	Pluto, Orcus, Dis.
Hebe	Ἥβη	Juventas (Youth)
Hecabe₁	Ἑκάβη	Hecuba
Hecate	Ἑκάτη	Trivia
Helius	Ἥλιος	Sol (Sun)
Hephaestus	Ἥφαιστος	Vulcan, Mulciber.
Hera	Ἥρα	Juno
Heracles₁	Ἡρακλῆς	Hercules
Hermes	Ἑρμῆς	Mercury
Hippolytus₄	Ἱππόλυτος	Virbius₁. Se Theseus.
Homonia	Ὁμόνοια	Concordia (Concord). See PERSONIFICATIONS.
HYADES₁	̓Υάδες	SUCULAE. See NYMPHS.
Hypnos	Ὕπνος	Somnus (Sleep)
Icarius₂	Ἰκάριος	Arcturus
Ilithyia	Εἰλείθυια	Lucina. See Other Deities.
Leto	Λητώ	Latona
Leucothoe₃	Λευκοθόη	Mater Matuta. This is Ino or Leucothea: see Athamas₁.
Maera₂	Μαῖρα	Canicula. See BESTIARY.
Melicertes	Μελικέρτης	Portunus. See Athamas₁.
MOERAE	Μοῖραι	PARCAE, FATA (FATES).
Nephele₁	Νεφέλη	Nebula (Cloud). See Zeus.
Nike	Νίκη	Victoria (Victory)
Notus	Νότος	Auster
Odysseus	Ὀδυσσεύς	Ulysses
Persephone	Περσεφόνη	Proserpina
Physis	Φύσις	Natura (Nature). See PERSONIFICATIONS.
Polydeuces	Πολυδεύκης	Pollux
Poseidon	Ποσειδῶν	Neptune
Psyche	Ψυχή	Anima (Soul)
Rhea₁	Ῥεία	Ops. See TITANS and Cronos.
Selene	Σελήνη	Luna (Moon)
Thanatos	Θάνατος	Mors (Death)
Tyche	Τύχη	Fortuna (Fortune)
Uranus	Οὐρανός	Caelus (Sky)
Zeus	Ζεύς	Jove, Jupiter.


Related sections	The Greek Alphabet Names of Characters in Greek Script