List of characters in Greek mythology / Z

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The list of characters in Greek mythology includes characters from Greek mythology .

All figures known by name through literary or inscribed evidence are recorded. These include gods, demigods, hybrid beings or monsters, as well as human figures or animals that appear in myth. Nicknames, alternative names and group names are also included.

Legend

  • Name: German transcription of the name without accents or length characters. Names whose traditional transcriptions are formed with umlaut or begin with a U are listed here without umlaut and with the transcription Ou . Accordingly, z. B. Oedipus can be found under Oidipus or Uranos under Ouranos .
  • Greek: Ancient Greek spelling of the name.
  • Description: Contains a brief description of the figure in which it is classified as far as possible (god, nymph, satyr, son or daughter of ...).
  • Evidence: The detailed evidence is in the respective article and not in this list.

See also the general notes on the list of characters in Greek mythology .

list

Surname Greek description proof
Zaglaton Ζαγλατόν Name in which Aphrodite is summoned Roscher 6.532.
Zagreus Ζαγρεύς Son of Zeus and Persephone , hidden in a cave, devoured by titans Roscher 6,532-538. Nonnos : Dionysiacs 5.65.
Zaguel Ζαγουήλ mystical name of Helios in a magic recipe Roscher 6,538.
Zakynthos Ζάκυνθος Son of Dardanos , eponym of Zakynthos Roscher 6,539. Pausanias 8.24.2.
Zarachtho Ζαραχθώ Epithet of Helios , equated with the father AIONOS Roscher 6,540.
Zechithoel Ζηχιθοήλ Name by which Selene is summoned Roscher 6,562.
Zelos Ζῆλος God of "eager" striving, son of Pallas and Styx , brother of Kratos , Bia , Nike Roscher 6,562. Hesiod : Theogony 383.
Zelys Ζέλυς a Kyziken killed by Peleus during the Argonaut voyage Roscher 6,562. Apollonios of Rhodes : Argonautika 1.1042.
Zephar Ζηφάρ evil demon Roscher 6,563.
zephyr Ζέφυρος the west wind, an anemoi , "the one who comes from the mountain", son of Astraios and Eos Hesiod : Theogony 378.
Zetes Ζήτης Son of Boreas and Oreithyia , an Argonaut with wings , brother of Kalaïs
Zethos Ζήθος King of Thebes , son of Antiope , brother of Amphion , father of Itylos , Nëis
Zeus Ζεύς highest Olympic god , with thunder and lightning, son of Kronos and Rhea Roscher 6,564-759. Hesiod : Theogony 453.
Zeuxidamos Ζευξίδαμος King of Sparta , a Eurypontid , son of Archidamos, father of Anaxidamos Herodotus : Histories 8,131.
Zeuxippe Ζευξίππη a naiad , wife of Pandion , mother of Prokne and Philomela Roscher 6.759 (1). Libraries of Apollodorus 3,192.
Zeuxippe Ζευξίππη Daughter of King Lamedon , with Sikyon mother of the Chthonophyle Roscher 6.759 (2). Pausanias 2,6,5.
Zeuxippe Ζευξίππη Mother of King Priam of Troy Roscher 6.759 (3). Scholion , Iliad 3,250.
Zeuxippe Ζευξίππη Daughter of the Hippocoon , with Antiphates mother of Oikles Roscher 6.759 (4). Diodorus 4.68.5.
Zeuxippe Ζευξίππη Mother of Menelaus' slave Roscher 6.759 (5). Scholion , Odyssey 4:12.
Zeuxippos Ζεύξιππος King of Sikyon , son of Apollo and the nymph Hyllis Roscher 6.759 (1). Pausanias 2,6,7.
Zeuxippos Ζεύξιππος Son of King Eumelos of Pherai , father of Harmenius Roscher 6.759 (2). Hellanikos : fragment 125.
Zeuxo Ζευξώ Okeanide , daughter of Okeanos and Tethys Hesiod : Theogony 346.
Zminis Ζμῖνις Magician from Tentyra , writer of a magic recipe Roscher 6.762.
Zmyrna Ζμύρνα Spice personified to the goddess, myrrh, invoked in the magic of love Roscher 6.762. Group : Greek Mythology 788.
Zoganes ζωγάνης King of Fools at the Babylonian Festival of the Sautees, which lasts several days Roscher 6.762.
Zygia Ζύγια Nickname of Hera , as patroness of the wedding night
Zygios Ζύγιος Nickname of Zeus , as god and protector of the wedding night
Zyrratel Ζυρρατήλ Angel on a gem Roscher 6,848.