List of characters in Greek mythology / Z
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 |
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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. |