Personified concepts
Immortals
Personified concepts
- Achlys
- (Ἀχλύς), spirit of the death-mist
- Adephagia
- (Ἀδηφαγία), spirit of satiety and gluttony
- Adikia
- (Ἀδικία), spirit of injustice and wrong-doing
- Aergia
- (Ἀεργία), spirit of idleness, laziness, indolence and sloth
- Agon
- (Ἀγών), spirit of contest, who possessed an altar at Olympia, site of the Olympic Games.
- Aidos
- (Αἰδώς), spirit of modesty, reverence and respect
- Aisa (Αἴσα), personification of lot and fate
- Alala
- (Ἀλαλά), spirit of the war cry
- Alastor
- (Ἀλάστωρ), spirit of blood feuds and vengeance
- Aletheia
- (Ἀλήθεια), spirit of truth, truthfulness and sincerity
- The Algea (Ἄλγεα), spirits of pain and suffering
- Achos (Ἄχος) "trouble, distress"
- Ania (Ἀνία) "ache, anguish"
- Lupe (Λύπη) "pain, grief, sadness"
- Alke
- (Ἀλκή), spirit of prowess and courage
- Amechania
- (Ἀμηχανία), spirit of helplessness and want of means
- The Amphilogiai (Ἀμφιλογίαι), spirits of disputes, debate and contention
- Anaideia
- (Ἀναίδεια), spirit of ruthlessness, shamelessness, and unforgivingness
- The Androktasiai (Ἀνδροκτασίαι), spirits of battlefield slaughter
- Angelia
- (Ἀγγελία), spirit of messages, tidings and proclamations
- Apate
- (Ἀπάτη), spirit of deceit, guile, fraud and deception
- Apheleia
- (Ἀφέλεια), spirit of simplicity
- Aporia
- (Ἀπορία), spirit of difficulty, perplexity, powerlessness and want of means
- The Arae (Ἀραί), spirits of curses
- Arete
- (Ἀρετή), spirit of virtue, excellence, goodness and valour
- Atë
- (Ἄτη), spirit of delusion, infatuation, blind folly, recklessness and ruin
- Bia
- (Βία), spirit of force, power, bodily strength and compulsion
- Caerus
- (Καιρός), spirit of opportunity
- Corus
- (Κόρος), spirit of surfeit
- Deimos
- (Δεῖμος), spirit of fear, dread and terror
- Dikaiosyne
- (Δικαιοσύνη), spirit of justice and righteousness
- Dike
- (Δίκη), spirit of justice, fair judgements and the rights established by custom and law
- Dolos
- (Δόλος), spirit of trickery, cunning deception, craftiness, treachery and guile
- Dysnomia
- (Δυσνομία), spirit of lawlessness and poor civil constitution
- Dyssebeia
- (Δυσσέβεια), spirit of impiety
- Eirene
- (Εἰρήνη), goddess of peace
- Ekecheiria
- (Ἐκεχειρία), spirit of truce, armistice, and the cessation of all hostilities; honoured at the Olympic Games
- Eleos
- (Ἔλεος), spirit of mercy, pity and compassion
- Elpis
- (Ἐλπίς), spirit of hope and expectation
- Epiphron
- (Ἐπίφρων), spirit of prudence, shrewdness, thoughtfulness, carefulness and sagacity
- Eris
- (Ἔρις), spirit of strife, discord, contention and rivalry
- The Erotes (ἔρωτες)
- Anteros
- (Ἀντέρως), god of requited love
- Eros
- (Ἔρως), god of love and sexual intercourse
- Hedylogos (Ἡδύλογος), god of sweet talk and flattery
- Himeros
- (Ἵμερος), god of sexual desire
- Pothos
- (Πόθος), god of sexual longing, yearning and desire
- Eucleia
- (Εὔκλεια), spirit of good repute and glory
- Eulabeia
- (Εὐλάβεια), spirit of discretion, caution and circumspection
- Eunomia
- (Εὐνομία), goddess of good order and lawful conduct
- Eupheme
- (Εὐφήμη), spirit of words of good omen, acclamation, praise, applause and shouts of triumph
- Eupraxia
- (Eὐπραξία), spirit of well-being
- Eusebeia
- (Eὐσέβεια), spirit of piety, loyalty, duty and filial respect
- Euthenia
- (Εὐθενία), spirit of prosperity, abundance and plenty
- Gelos
- (Γέλως), spirit of laughter
- Geras
- (Γῆρας), spirit of old age
- Harmonia
- (Ἁρμονία), goddess of harmony and concord
- Hebe
- (Ήβη), goddess of youth
- Hedone
- (Ἡδονή), spirit of pleasure, enjoyment and delight
- Heimarmene
- (Εἵμαρμένη), personification of share destined by fate
- Homados
- (Ὅμαδος), spirit of the din of battle
- Homonoia
- (Ὁμόνοια), spirit of concord, unanimity, and oneness of mind
- Horkos
- (Ὅρκος), spirit of oaths
- Horme
- (Ὁρμή), spirit of impulse or effort (to do a thing), eagerness, setting oneself in motion, and starting an action
- Hybris
- (Ὕβρις), spirit of outrageous behaviour
- Hypnos
- (Ὕπνος), god of sleep
- The Hysminai (Ὑσμῖναι), spirits of fighting and combat
- Ioke
- (Ἰωκή), spirit of pursuit in battle
- Kakia
- (Kακία), spirit of vice and moral badness
- Kalokagathia
- (Καλοκαγαθία), spirit of nobility
- The Keres (Κῆρες), spirit of violent or cruel death
- Koalemos
- (Κοάλεμος), spirit of stupidity and foolishness
- Kratos
- (Κράτος), spirit of strength, might, power and sovereign rule
- Kydoimos
- (Κυδοιμός), spirit of the din of battle, confusion, uproar and hubbub
- Lethe
- (Λήθη), spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion, and of the river of the same name
- Limos
- (Λιμός), spirit of hunger and starvation
- The Litae (Λιταί), spirits of prayer
- Lyssa
- (Λύσσα), spirit of rage, fury and rabies in animals
- The Machai (Μάχαι), spirits of fighting and combat
- Mania
- (Μανία), spirit or spirits of madness, insanity and frenzy
- The Moirai, or "Fates" (Μοίραι)
- Clotho
- (Κλωθώ), the spinner of the life thread
- Lachesis
- (Λάχεσις), the measurer of the life thread
- Atropos
- (Άτροπος), the severer of the life thread
- Momus
- (Μῶμος), spirit of mockery, blame, censure and stinging criticism
- Moros
- (Μόρος), spirit of doom
- The Neikea (τὰ Νείκη), spirits of quarrels, feuds and grievances
- Nemesis
- (Νέμεσις), goddess of revenge, balance, righteous indignation and retribution
- Nike
- (Νίκη), goddess of victory
- Nomos
- (Νόμος), spirit of law
- Oizys
- (Ὀϊζύς), spirit of woe and misery
- The Oneiroi (Ὄνειροι), spirits of dreams
- Epiales
- (Ἐπιάλης), spirit of nightmares
- Morpheus
- (Μορφεύς), god of dreams, who takes shape of humans
- Phantasos
- (Φάντασος) spirit of dreams of fantasy, who takes shape of inanimate objects
- Phobetor
- (Φοβήτωρ) or Icelos (Ἴκελος), spirit of nightmares, who takes shape of animals
- Palioxis
- (Παλίωξις), spirit of backrush, flight and retreat from battle
- Peitharchia
- (Πειθαρχία), spirit of obedience
- Peitho
- (Πειθώ), spirit of persuasion and seduction
- Penia
- (Πενία), spirit of poverty and need
- Penthus
- (Πένθος), spirit of grief, mourning and lamentation
- Pepromene
- (Πεπρωμένη), personification of the destined share, similar to Heimarmene
- Pheme
- (Φήμη), spirit of rumour, report and gossip
- Philophrosyne
- (Φιλοφροσύνη), spirit of friendliness, kindness and welcome
- Philotes
- (Φιλότης), spirit of friendship, affection and sexual intercourse
- Phobos
- (Φόβος), spirit of panic fear, flight and battlefield rout
- The Phonoi (Φόνοι), spirits of murder, killing and slaughter
- Phrike
- (Φρίκη), spirit of horror and trembling fear
- Phthonus
- (Φθόνος), spirit of envy and jealousy
- Pistis
- (Πίστις), spirit of trust, honesty and good faith
- Poine
- (Ποίνη), spirit of retribution, vengeance, recompense, punishment and penalty for the crime of murder and manslaughter
- Polemos
- (Πόλεμος), personification of war
- Ponos
- (Πόνος), spirit of hard labour and toil
- Poros
- (Πόρος), spirit of expediency, the means of accomplishing or providing, contrivance and device
- Praxidike
- (Πραξιδίκη), spirit of exacting justice
- Proioxis (Προίωξις), spirit of onrush and battlefield pursuit
- Prophasis (Πρόφασις), spirit of excuses and pleas
- The Pseudologoi, spirits of lies
- Ptocheia (Πτωχεία), spirit of beggary
- Soter (Σωτήρ), male spirit of safety, preservation and deliverance from harm
- Soteria (Σωτηρία), female personification of safety, preservation and deliverance from harm
- Sophrosyne (Σωφροσύνη), spirit of moderation, self-control, temperance, restraint, and discretion
- Techne (Τέχνη), personification of art and skill
- Thanatos (Θάνατος), spirit of death and mortality
- Thrasos (Θράσος), spirit of boldness
- Tyche (Τύχη), goddess of fortune, chance, providence and fate
- Zelos ( Ζῆλος), spirit of eager rivalry, emulation, envy, jealousy and zeal
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