Greek-Latin Correspondences, Greek Mythology Link

Greek-Latin Correspondences

Names of mythical characters—
Greek and Latin versions

Greek	Latin
Ananke	Necessitas (Necessity).
Aphrodite	Venus
Ares	Mars
Argestes	Corus
Ariadne	Libera
Artemis	Diana
Asclepius	Aesculapius
Athena	Minerva
Boreas₁	Aquilo
CHARITES	GRATIAE (GRACES)
Chloris₃	Flora. See NYMPHS.
Cronos	Saturnus
Demeter	Ceres
Dike	Iustitia (Justice)
Dionysus₂	Bacchus, Liber Pater.
Eirene₁	Pax (Peace). One of the HORAE.
Enyo₂	Bellona. See Other Deities.
Eos	Aurora (Dawn)
Eosphorus	Lucifer. See NATURAL PERSONIFICATIONS.
ERINYES	FURIES
Eros	Amor, Cupid.
Gaia	Terra, Tellus (Earth).
Hades	Pluto, Orcus, Dis.
Hebe	Juventas (Youth)
Hecabe₁	Hecuba
Hecate	Trivia
Helius	Sol (Sun)
Hephaestus	Vulcan, Mulciber.
Hera	Juno
Heracles₁	Hercules
Hermes	Mercury
Hippolytus₄	Virbius₁. Se Theseus.
Homonia	Concordia (Concord). See ABSTRACTIONS.
HYADES₁	SUCULAE. See NYMPHS.
Hypnos	Somnus (Sleep)
Icarius₂	Arcturus
Ilithyia	Lucina. See Other Deities.
Leto	Latona
Leucothoe₃	Mater Matuta. This is Ino or Leucothea: see Athamas₁.
Maera₂	Canicula. See BESTIARY.
Melicertes	Portunus. See Athamas₁.
MOERAE	PARCAE, FATA (FATES).
Nephele₁	Nebula (Cloud). See Zeus.
Nike	Victoria (Victory)
Notus	Auster
Odysseus	Ulysses
Persephone	Proserpina
Physis	Natura (Nature). See Sidereal & Natural Personifications.
Polydeuces	Pollux
Poseidon	Neptune
Psyche	Anima (Soul)
Rhea₁	Ops. See TITANS and Cronos.
Selene	Luna (Moon)
Thanatos	Mors (Death)
Tyche	Fortuna (Fortune)
Uranus	Caelus (Sky)
Zeus	Jove, Jupiter.

Mars (Ares), Janus, and Minerva (Athena)

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