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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

Ἀνάγκη

Necessitas (Necessity).

Ἀφροδίτη

Venus

Ἄρης

Mars

Ἀργέστης

Corus

Ἀριάδνη

Libera

Ἄρτεμις

Diana

Ἀσκληπιός

Aesculapius

Ἀθηνᾶ

Minerva

Βορέας

Aquilo

Χάριτες

GRATIAE (GRACES)

Chloris 3

Χλῶρις

Flora. See NYMPHS.

Κρόνος

Saturnus

Δημήτηρ

Ceres

Δίκη

Iustitia (Justice)

Διόνυσος

Bacchus, Liber Pater.

Εἰρήνη

Pax (Peace). One of the HORAE.

Enyo 2

Ἐνυώ

Bellona. See Other Deities.

Eos

Ἠώς

Aurora (Dawn)

Eosphorus

Ἑωσφόρος

Lucifer. See PERSONIFICATIONS.

Ἐρινύες

FURIES

Ἔρως

Amor, Cupid.

Γαῖα

Terra, Tellus (Earth).

Ἅιδης

Pluto, Orcus, Dis.

Ἥβη

Juventas (Youth)

Ἑκάβη

Hecuba

Ἑκάτη

Trivia

Ἥλιος

Sol (Sun)

Ἥφαιστος
Vulcan, Mulciber.
Ἥρα
Juno
Ἡρακλῆς
Hercules
Ἑρμῆς
Mercury
Hippolytus 4
Ἱππόλυτος
Virbius 1. Se Theseus.
Homonia
Ὁμόνοια
Concordia (Concord). See PERSONIFICATIONS.
̓Υάδες
SUCULAE. See NYMPHS.
Ὕπνος
Somnus (Sleep)
Icarius 2
Ἰκάριος
Arcturus
Ilithyia
Εἰλείθυια
Lucina. See Other Deities.
Λητώ
Latona
Leucothoe 3
Λευκοθόη
Mater Matuta. This is Ino or Leucothea: see Athamas 1.
Maera 2
Μαῖρα
Canicula. See BESTIARY.
Melicertes
Μελικέρτης
Portunus. See Athamas 1.
Μοῖραι
PARCAE, FATA (FATES).
Nephele 1
Νεφέλη
Nebula (Cloud). See Zeus.
Νίκη
Victoria (Victory)
Νότος
Auster
Ὀδυσσεύς
Ulysses
Περσεφόνη
Proserpina
Physis
Φύσις
Natura (Nature). See PERSONIFICATIONS.
Πολυδεύκης
Pollux
Ποσειδῶν
Neptune
Ψυχή
Anima (Soul)
Ῥεία
Ops. See TITANS and Cronos.
Σελήνη
Luna (Moon)
Θάνατος
Mors (Death)
Τύχη
Fortuna (Fortune)
Οὐρανός
Caelus (Sky)
Ζεύς
Jove, Jupiter.

Related sections The Greek Alphabet
Names of Characters in Greek Script