FULL LIST OF DEMIGODS.pptx

INTRODUCTION
Demigods in Greek Mythology
Demigods were the offspring of a deity and mortal,
half-gods, who were invariably renowned for their
courage, leadership and great strength.

Many of the ancient gods, like Zeus, had children as a
result of their romantic involvement with mortals. Demigods,
being part god and part mortal, had great powers and
abilities and often featured in the mythology of the Ancient
Greeks.
The Demigods were fabulous famous heroes such as
Achilles, Hercules, Theseus and Perseus.

ARCHILLES
1. Achilles was a Greek hero, most
famous for his part in the Trojan
War. When he was born, his mother
dipped him in the river Styx to make
him immortal. She held him by the
heel and it did not touch the water -
making it the only part of him that
could be harmed.

AENEAS
2. Aeneas is a Trojan hero in both Greek and
Roman mythology, though he is more
prominent in the Roman tales. His origin
story is told in the Homeric “Hymn to
Aphrodite”. Aphrodite caused Zeus to fall in
love with mortal women, and Zeus decided
to get payback. He provoked her infatuation
with a cattle farmer

PERSEUS
3. Perseus is not the only one to ride the
winged horse, Pegasus. Bellerophon
(Bellerophontes) is also granted the right
to ride the magical steed. Though
prophecies and divine intervention
abound in this man’s life, he still meets a
tragic end due to his careless arrogance.
In Corinth before it is called Corinth,
Bellerophon is born

CASTOR
4. Castor is the twin brother of
Polydeuces (Pollux in Latin), a pair of
demigods. The two in collective are
known as the Dioscuri. The twins
feature in a number of myths, crossing
paths with other notable figures in
Greek Mythology like Jason.

HERACLES
5. Heracles, also known as Hercules in
Greek texts, is one of the most
recognised and famous of the divine
heroes in Greek mythology. The son of
Zeus and the mortal woman Alcmene,
he was considered the greatest of the
heroes, a symbol of masculinity,

MINOS
6. MINOS – KING OF CRETE AND JUDGE
OF THE DEAD
When reading and discussing Greek
mythology, it is common to picture the
grandiose tales of the gods: their
relationships, their squabbles, and their
battles. Humans also played an important
role in many different myths; in fact,
some, like King Minos, were half-god, or
“demigod.” Despite demigods’ mortal
nature, they possessed divine traits and
responsibilities

ORPHEOUS
Orpheus is unique here in Greek
mythology. Most tales involving mortal
heroes revolve around great wars, feats
of physical strength, or acts of immense
bravery. However, Orpheus is different.
He wasn’t known for his skilled fighting.
Instead, he was a musician and poet with
abilities that made even gods melt. He
wasn’t an ordinary artist.

THESEUS
THESEUS
Not many heroes are best known for
their use of silk thread to escape a
crisis, but it is true of Theseus. The
Greek demi-god is known for feats of
strength but is even better remembered
for divine intelligence and wisdom. He
had many great triumphs as a young
man, but he died a king […]

The Seven Immortal Wives Of Zeus
The wives of Zeus were as follows:
THEMIS
MNEMOSYNE
EURYNOME
DEMETER
LETO

DIVINE SONS OF
ZEUS
Acragas (Akragas)
Acragas is not as well known as some of the other names you’ll see
on this list. He doesn’t appear much in Greek mythology, showing up
as nothing more than the product of a brief affair.
His mother is Asterope. She was one of 3,000 OCEANIDS born from
Oceanus and Tethys. The water nymph had a very brief affair with
Zeus and didn’t show up in stories after that.

DIVINE SONS OF
ZEUS
ARES
ARES is, perhaps, one of the most recognizable figures in the Greek
Pantheon. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, ruling alongside his
father, Zeus. He is the son of HERA, and some poets noted that he was
one of the only children born during Hera and Zeus’ marriage.

DIVINE SONS OF
ZEUS
APOLLO
is the Greek god of archery, dance, music, and truth. He is the twin
brother of Artemis, who was the goddess of the hunt.

DIVINE SONS OF
ZEUS
HEPHAESTUS
is another well-known figure, as he is one of the Twelve Olympians.
BORN FROM HERA AND ZEUS, Hephaestus is the the brother of
Ares, Enyo, Eris, and other famous figures. He was also the
blacksmith of the gods. He also presides over metalworking,
artisans, and carpenters.

DIVINE SONS OF
ZEUS
HERMES
is another recognizable figure in the Greek Pantheon. An Olympian,
Hermes was the herald and messenger of the gods. He also acted as
the god of merchants, shepherds, and messengers. His mother was
Maia, who was one of the Pleiades.

DIVINE SONS OF
ZEUS
PAN
is a unique god with a bit of a mysterious background. The exact
lineage of the god of shepherds is unknown. Some accounts state he
is the progeny of Hermes. However, most agree that he comes from
Zeus and Hybris, the goddess of violence.

SONS with Semi-Devine Lovers
Alchanus
Alchanus was the progeny of Zeus and Charidia. Like his nymph
mother before him, not much is known about Alchanus. The two
figures are only briefly mentioned by name, and they are always
mentioned alongside stories of Zeus’ infidelity.

A SMALL SELECTION OF HEROES, KINGS &
VILLAINS
ACHILLES (Akhilleus) The great hero of the Trojan War, a son of Peleus
and the Nereid Thetis. (For the story of his birth see Thetis.)
ACTAEON (Aktaion) A hunter who spied the goddess Artemis bathing and
was transformed into a stag and torn apart by his hounds.
ADONIS A handsome youth loved by the goddess Aphrodite who was
killed by a boar whilst hunting. (Coming soon)

VILLAINS
AMYMONE An Argive princess who was seduced by the god Poseidon
when she came to Lerna in search of water during a drought.
ANDROMEDA A beautiful Ethiopian princess who was chained to the rocks
as a sacrifice for the sea-monster ravaging the coast. She was rescued and
married by the hero Perseus.
ANTIOPE A Boiotian princess seduced by the god Zeus in the guise of a
satyr. She bore him twin sons, Amphion and Zethos.

VILLAINS
ARACHNE (Arakhne) An arrogant weaver who challenged Athena to a contest and was
turned into a spider.
ASCALABUS (Askalabos) An Attican boy who was transformed into a spotted lizard as
punishment for mocking the goddess Demeter when she quaffed a drink to quench her
thirst.
ASCLEPIUS (Asklepios) A physician from Thessalian Tricca who was so skilled in the art
of medicine that he could restore the dead to life. However, since this was a crime against
the natural order, Zeus destroyed him with a thunderbolt. He was later elevated to
godhood.

VILLAINS
ATALANTA An Arcadian huntress, nursed in the wilderness by a bear. She
hunted the Calydonian boar, slew Centaurs, defeated Peleus in wrestling, and
was married by Melanion who defeated her in a race.
BELLEROPHON (Bellerophontes) A Corinthian prince who captured the
winged horse Pegasus and destroyed the monstrous Chimera which was
ravaging the land of Lycia.
BUSIRIS (Bousiris) A king of Egypt who, in accordance with an oracle,
sacrificed foreigners passing through his land to the gods. He was slain by
Heracles when the hero was brought before the altar.

VILLAINS
CALLISTO (Kallisto) An Arcadian princess and hunting companion of the
goddess Artemis. She was loved by Zeus, but when her pregnancy was
revealed was turned into a bear.
CECROPS (Kekrops) An early, earth-born king who founded the city of
Athens. He had a snake's tail in place of legs.
CORONIS (Koronis) A Triccan princess loved by the god Apollo. When she
cheated on him with another man, his sister Artemis slew her with an
arrow.

VILLAINS
CYCNUS OF ITONUS (Kyknos Itonios) A bandit prince of Thessalian Phthiotis
who fought with Heracles, but was slain and transformed into a swan by his
father Ares.
CYCNUS OF LIGURIA (Kyknos Ligyrios) A Ligurian prince skilled in song.
After the death of his close friend Phaethon, he mourned the boy with dirges
on the banks of the river Eridanos, where he was transformed into a swan.
CYCNUS OF THYRIA (Kyknos Thyrios) An Aetolian youth who demanded
many difficult labours of his love Phyllius. When the boy died carrying out one
of these, Cycnus was stricken with remorse, faded away and was transformed
into a swan

VILLAINS
CYPARISSUS (Kyparissos) A handsome youth of the island of Ceos loved by
the god Apollo. He died of grief after accidentally killing his pet stag and was
turned into a cypress tree.
CYRENE (Kyrene) A Thessalian princess and huntress. She was loved by the
god Apollo who first spied her as she was wrestling a lion.
DANAE An Argive princess who was locked in a bronze cell by her father
Acrisius. She was impregnated by Zeus in the form of a golden shower and
bore him the hero Perseus.

VILLAINS
DEUCALION (Deukalion) A King of Thessaly who survived the Great Deluge
sent by Zeus to destroy mankind. He recreated the race after the devastation
with the casting of stones.
DIOMEDES OF THRACE (Diomedes Thrakios) A king of the Thracian Bistones
who fed his mares on human flesh. He was slain by Heracles who was sent to
fetch the horses as one of his twelve labours.
ENDYMION A handsome shepherd prince loved by the moon-goddess Selene.
He was granted immortality and eternal youth in a state of slumber.

VILLAINS
ERYSICHTHON (Erysikhthon) A Thessalian king who chopped down the
sacred grove of the goddess Demeter and was inflicted with insatiable hunger.
ERYX A Sicilian king who stole the finest bull from the herd of Geryon, which
Heracles was herding through the island. He challenged the hero to a
wrestling match but was defeated and killed.
EUROPA A Phoenician princess abducted to the island of Crete by the god
Zeus who carried her across the sea in the guise of a bull.
EVADNE (Euadne) An Arcadian princess loved by the god Apollo, who
abandoned their son Iamus in a bed of violets where he was nursed by bees.

VILLAINS
GANYMEDE A handsome Trojan prince who was carried off to heaven by the
god Zeus in the guise of an eagle where he became the cupbearer of the gods.
GERYON (Geryones) A three-bodied man who kept a fabulous herd of red-
skinned cattle on the island of Erythea. Heracles was sent to fetch these as
one of his twelve labours and slew the king in his quest.
HERACLES The great hero of the Greeks who completed the twelve
impossible Labours assigned him by King Eurystheus.
HiPPOLYTE A Queen of the Amazons, whose belt Heracles was sent to fetch
as one of his twelve labours. She was killed by the hero in his quest.

VILLAINS
HERACLES The great hero of the Greeks who completed the twelve
impossible Labours assigned him by King Eurystheus.
HIPPOLYTE A Queen of the Amazons, whose belt Heracles was sent to
fetch as one of his twelve labours. She was killed by the hero in his quest.
HYACINTHUS (Hyakinthos) A handsome Spartan prince loved by the god
Apollo. The boy was accidentally killed by a discus during a game of
quoits and transformed by the god into the larkspur flower.

VILLAINS
IAMUS (Iamos) A seer of the shrine of Olympia who was nursed by bees on a bed
of violets.
IASION A Samothracian prince loved by the goddess Demeter who was struck
dead by Zeus with a thunderbolt.
ICARIUS (Ikarios) An Attican man instructed in the making of wine by the god
Dionysus. He was killed by local peasants who thought they had been poisoned
by the new beverage.
IO An Argive princess loved by the god Zeus, who turned her into a heifer to hide
her from the jealous gaze of Hera. The goddess set a gadfly to torment her and
she wandered all the way to Egypt where she birthed her son.

VILLAINS
IXION An impious Lapith king who sought to rape the goddess Hera but was
fooled with a phantom cloud. He was chained to a fiery wheel for eternity as
punishment.
JASON (Iason) A Thessalian hero who led the Argonauts in the quest for the
Golden Fleece. In Colchis he won the witch Medea for his bride. (For some of the
Argonaut stories see the Bronze Bulls, the Colchian Dragon, the Golden Fleece,
and the giant Talos.)
LEDA A queen of Sparta who was seduced by Zeus in the guise of swan. She laid
an egg from which was hatched Helen and the Dioscuri twins.
LYCAON (Lykaon) A king of Arcadia who slaughtered a child as a meal for Zeus
and was transformed by the disgusted god into a wolf.

VILLAINS
HERACLES The great hero of the Greeks who completed the twelve impossible Labours
assigned him by King Eurystheus.
HIPPOLYTE A Queen of the Amazons, whose belt Heracles was sent to fetch as one of his
twelve labours. She was killed by the hero in his quLYCURGUS (Lykourgos) A Thracian king
who attacked the company of the god Dionysus driving him to seek refuge the sea. As
punishment for the crime he was driven mad, murdering his wife and sons, before killing
himself by chopping off his own legs.
MELEAGER (Meleagros) A prince of Calydon who led the heroes in the hunt for the giant
Calydonian Boar. (For one tale see the Calydonian Boar Hunt.)
MIDAS A king of Phrygia who kindly entertained Dionysus' companion Silenus when he
became separated from the god's company and as reward was given a golden touch.est.

VILLAINS
MINYADES Three princesses of Orchomenus who scorned the worship of the god Dionysus.
They were driven mad and dismembered one of their sons before being transformed into owls
and bats.
NARCISSUS (Narkissos) An arrogant Boeotian youth who spurned the attention of others and
was cursed to fall in love with his own reflection. Fading away, he was transformed into a
daffodil.
ODYSSEUS A hero of the Trojan War, whose fleet was blown off course in a storm on his
return. (For tales of his wanderings see Polyphemus, Aeolus, the Laestrygones, Circe, the
Underworld, the Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis, Lampetia & Phaethusa, Calypso, Leucothea.)
OEDIPUS (Oidipous) A Boeotian hero who destroyed the Sphinx and was crowned King of
Thebes. Tragedy ensued when he unintentionally killed his father and married his mother. (For
one tale see the Sphinx.)

VILLAINS
ORION A handsome giant and hunter, companion of the goddess Artemis.
Gaea sent a scorpion to destroy him when he boasted he would hunt down
all the animals of the earth.
OTRERA A bride of the war-god Ares and the mother of the Amazon nation.
PANDORA The first woman created by the gods. She delivered evil into the
house of man when she opened a jar containing all of the harmful spirits.

VILLAINS
PASIPHAE A Queen of Crete, the wife of King Minos. She fell in love with a bull
and by means of a wooden cow, coupled with it and gave birth to the Minotaur.
PELOPS A king of Pisa and the Peloponesse.
PENTHESILEA (Penthesileia) An Amazon queen who led her troops to the
Trojan War. She was slain by Achilles.
PERSEUS A hero commanded by King Polydectes of Seriphus to fetch the
Gorgon's head. He returned with the prize and turned the king to stone.

VILLAINS
PHAETHON A child of Helius the sun, who persuaded his father to let him
ride the solar chariot, but lost control and was blasted from the sky by
Zeus.
PSYCHE (Psykhe) A princess loved by Eros, the god of love. He
abandoned her when she tried to discover his true identity, but they were
reconciled after she performed many hard labours in the service of the
goddess Aphrodite.
PYGMALION A Cypriot king who fell in love with an ivory statue. In answer
to his prayers the goddess Aphrodite gave it life.

VILLAINS
PYRRHA The wife of King Deucalion, who with her husband survived the
Great Deluge.
SALMONEUS A king of Salmonia (Pylos) who pretended to be Zeus and was
struck dead by the god with a thunderbolt.
SISYPHUS (Sisyphos) A king of Corinth who tried to cheat death, but was
forcibly carried off to the underworld and condemned to eternal torment.
TANTALUS (Tantalos) A king of Lydia who served his slaughtered son at a
feast of the gods. As punishment he was condemned to eternal torture in
Hades.

VILLAINS
TENNES A king of the island of Tenedos who was killed by Akhilleus in a skirmish on the way to
Troy.
THESEUS The great Athenian hero, slayer of the Minotaur and the bandits of the Isthmus. (For some
of his stories see the Crommyonian Sow, the Marathonian Bull and the Minotaur.)
TITHONUS (Tithonos) A handsome Trojan prince abducted by the goddess Eos for a husband. She
requested immortality for her spouse but neglected to ask for eternal youth, and he shrivelled up
with time.
TRIPTOLEMUS (Triptolemos) An agricultural hero of Eleusis who was given a winged chariot by the
goddess Demeter to spread knowledge of agriculture throughout the world.
TYRO A Thessalian princess who was seduced by the god Poseidon in the guise of the river
Enipeus. She bore him the sons Neleus and Pelias.

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