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Eros - "Sexual Passion." The god of love, identified with Cupid (Amor). He is portrayed by Hesiod as one of the oldest deities. According to later versions, he was the son of Ares (or Hermes, Zeus) and Aphrodite. Others say he was the son of Iris and Zephyrus. At that time, he was depicted as a naked, winged boy with golden hair, wielding a bow and arrows or a torch, sowing unrest in hearts. He was known as a god who took pleasure in initiating love affairs, piercing the hearts of gods and men with arrows of passion. Eros fell in love and married a mortal woman, Psyche, who was endowed with immortality and eternal youth.

Phoebus, from the Greek Phoibos, from the Latin Phoebus. He was originally a sun deity. After being identified with Apollo, the name Phoebus became an epithet for the son of Leto.

Phorkys - One of many sea deities. Son of Pontus and Gaia. Cleto's husband. Forkys was the father of Forkid, i.e.: Graj (Dejno, Pemfredo and Enio), as well as Gorgon (Stejno, Euriale and Meduza) and Scylla and Echidna.

Glaucus - One of the sea deities. He possessed the gift of prophecy. He was unhappily in love with Scylla.

Hades – "The Invisible"? God of the underworld, ruler of the underworld, gloomy, stern, and merciless. Son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hestia, and Demeter, husband of Persephone. Besides Persephone, Hades courted the nymphs Mente and Leuke. Hades was the most hated deity among the Olympian gods. In Rome, he was Pluto. Hades had no cult or temples. His tree was the cypress, his flower the daffodil, and his sacrificial animal the black sheep. Hades is depicted in a long robe, holding a scepter and keys. One day, peasants gave Hades a helmet that made him invisible, hence his name.

Hephaestus – god of fire and the arts of blacksmithing and goldsmithing, patron of craftsmen. One of the twelve Olympian deities. The ugly and lame son of Zeus and Hera (or simply Hera), husband of Aphrodite and Charis, the embodiment of beauty. Depicted as a bearded man in a cap and short robe, carrying a hammer or tongs. He had been lame ever since Zeus threw him from Olympus to the island of Lemnos. Hephaestus's workshop produced Achilles' armor, Helios' chariot, Zeus's thunderbolts, Eros' arrows, Pandora and her box, and others. He had a forge on Olympus or deep within Mount Etna. When he was a child, Hera threw him from Olympus. Thetis took him in, where he lived and worked for nine years. When Hera learned of Hephaestus's talent, she asked him to return to Olympus, where she set up a magnificent forge for him. Identified with the Roman Vulcan.

Helios – the sun god, the source of sunlight and life. He regulated the course of days and years. Son of Hyperion and Thea, brother of Selene and Eos. Husband of the Oceanid Perseis. Their children included the sorceress Circe from the island of Aeaea, Aeetes, king of Colchis, and Pasiphae, wife of Minos. His second wife was Rhoda. His last wife was Clymene, mother of Phaethon and Heliades. One of Helios' children was Augeas. Each day, riding a golden quadriga drawn by four fiery steeds, he crossed the sky and sank into the ocean. There, he retired to his palace in a garden full of trees bearing golden apples. He was worshiped primarily on the island of Rhodes. His retinue included Days, Months, Years, Hours, Ages, and Seasons. In Roman mythology, he was identified with Sol. The enormous statue of the Colossus of Rhodes, considered one of the 7 Wonders of the World, was a representation of this god, but it collapsed around 226 BC as a result of an earthquake.

Hermes – god of roads and travelers, messenger of the gods. He accompanied the dead on their final journey to Hades. First an usher, later a judge in Hades. Patron of the education of young men, worshiped primarily in gymnasia. Son of Zeus and the Pleiades of Maia. Messenger of Zeus. Clever, cunning, and gifted with numerous skills, he was the patron of inventors, shepherds, merchants, sailors, orators, poets, and thieves. He invented measure, weight, numbers, and the letters of the alphabet. His children from their unions include Abderos, Eresichthon (with Dryope), and Pan (with Oeneis). With his love, Salmatis, he was fused into one. He is usually depicted as a handsome youth wearing a traveling hat, winged sandals, and a caduceus. In Roman mythology, Mercury.

Hesperus - son of the Titan Atlas. Deity personifying the evening star.

Hymenaeus, Hymen – god personifying the wedding song and marriage. Son of Apollo and the muse Calliope. He belonged to Aphrodite's retinue and followed her chariot alongside Peitho. He was most often depicted as a youth with a torch and a wreath or flowers and a veil.

Hypnos – god of sleep. Son of Night and Erebus, brother of Thanatos, father of Morpheus. Hypnos lived in the underworld, the realm of Hades. He was depicted as a winged youth, most often holding a poppy flower. On various occasions, Hera petitioned Hypnos to lull Zeus to sleep so she could launch an attack on Heracles. Hypnos usually refrained from provoking Zeus's wrath, perhaps because he had already been nearly struck by his lightning bolt. He was saved by the protection of Nyx, whose power Zeus always respected. In Roman mythology, he was known as Somnus.

Kronos - "The Raven." The first divine ruler of the world, the youngest and most powerful son of Uranus and Gaia. At his mother's urging, he castrated his father, causing the separation of Heaven from Earth, and seized power using a golden sickle given to him by his mother. Husband of Rhea. Father of Hera, Demeter, Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, and Zeus. Fearing the fulfillment of the prophecy of Uranus and Gaia, he swallowed his children at birth so as not to be deprived of power by his son. However, Zeus, saved by his mother, cast Kronos and his other brothers—the Titans—into Tartarus. In Rome, he was called Saturn.

Momos - god of slander and mockery. Son of Nyx. Brother of the Hesperides.

Morpheus - son of Hypnos. God of dreams, depicted with wings.

Nereus – "Old Man of the Sea." God of the sea. The eldest son of Gaia and Pontus. He was a gentle and kind old man with a long green beard, full of seaweed and shells. He loved the peace and quiet of the sea, and on clear days he emerged from his underwater palace and basked in the sun. His wife was the Oceanid Doris. With her, he had fifty daughters – called the Nereids after him. He had the ability to see the future and could change shape at will.

Okeanos, Oceanus - the god of water as a cosmic element, considered the source of all things and the ancestor of the world. He was a Titan, the eldest son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of Thetis and the father of the rivers Nile, Alpheus, Eridan, Strymon, Scamander, Achelous, as well as the Styx and the sea nymphs - Oceanid, among others. Perseis.

The Okeanos is the longest river in the world, circling the entire planet. Later, the name Okeanos referred only to the Atlantic Ocean.

Paeon, Podaleirius - god of physicians and physician of the gods. Son of Asclepius