how many greek myth characters are there?

Question

can you list some? like archilles, hercules....

Answer 1

Olympian deities: Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Haed, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, Poseidon, Zeus

Other deities: Acheron, Alastor, Aristaeus, Attis, Boreas, Caerus, Calypso, Dionysus, Eros, Hecate, Hêlios, Hygeia, Iris, Morpheus, Nemisis, Proteus, Thanatos, Triton

Titans: Atlas, Cronus, Epimetheus, Oceanus, Prometheus, Theia, Themis

Answer 2

There are :The goods (8),The minotaur (1), The heroes (2) so there are 8+2+1=11 characters.
1) Zeus , Athena , Poseidon , Apollo , Hera .....
2) Hercules , Achilles .....

Answer 3

There are like a bizzillion, because only common ones are in mainstream literature. There are gods and goddess (Zeus and Hera et al.), witches (Circe, Medea, Hecate), titans, centaurs and freaky other things (Polyphemus, Nessos).

Not to mention all the legendary people and rulers (Pelops, Oedipus, Antigone, Theseus, Polydorus, Orestes and Electra, etc.!)

I suggest checking out the Oxford Classical Dictionary. (I got it for x-mas whoo!) It has very good sources.

Also watch out for the names if you are looking for JUST Greek myth. For example "Hecules" is Roman, in Greek it's "Heracles". And Aeneas and the Aeneid is Roman as well, so beware.

Another note is that we have a "common" list of gods and goddesses, and we neglect others like Iris, Hebe, Helios, Selene...and the list continues.
Good Luck! =)

Answer 4

There are many, many, many. D'aulauries Book of Greek Myths is a great one. Someone already said a list, so I'll give somethey may have missed.
Persephone
Rhea
Perseus
Theseus
Odysseus
Oedipus
Jason
Medea
Lethe
Pandora
Hector
Paris
Eros
the Minotaur
Daedulys (spelled wrong, I believe)
Icarus
And so many more.

Answer 5

2 many,
i think you meant Achilles,Hercules, Odysseus, Perseus, Aphrodite, Zeus, Ares, Artemis, Hera, Hates, Poseidon

Answer 6

His call became Sisyphus, at one time he became a king in Thessaly and Enarete, and is credited with the starting up of Crointh. Pushing the boulder up the hiss in Tartarus became a punishment for his evil deeds, not the least of which became protecting Thanatos, the god of lack of existence prisonor and suffering with anyting or everyone from lack of life even as the god became despatched to take him to the underwolrd for revealing to a river god taht Zeus had abducted his daughter, then he tricked Hades into letting him go back to earth. He informed his spouse to do not something even as he died, as till the classic alternatives were made he might want to not be considered to really be useless. That became what resulted in this punishment. desire that enables

Answer 7

It's a cast of thousands. Each local area had local gods and heros, and legends around them.

Answer 8

Take a look at the book "Bulfinch's Mythology", and you'll find a good overview.

Answer 9

a lot