Greek Names of the Gods
(c) 1996, Apollonius Sophistes
The following two tables give the usual Greek spellings of the names of
a number of the Gods, in both the nominative and vocative cases, suitable
for use on amulets and in prayers, invocations, etc.
Outline
Names of Olympian Gods
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nominative vocative
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Aphrodite *)AFRODI/TH *)AFRODI/TH
Apollo *)APO/LLWN *)/APOLLON
Ares *)/ARHS *)/ARES
Artemis *)/ARTEMIS *)/ARTEMIS
Asklepios *)ASKLHPIO/S *)ASKLHPIE/
Athena *)AQH/NH or *)AQHNA= *)AQH/NH or *)AQHNA=
Demeter *DHMH/THR *DHMH/THR
Dionysos *DIO/NUSOS *DIO/NUSE
Hephaistos *(/HFAISTOS *(/HFAISTE
Hera *(/HRA or *(/HRH *(/HRA or *(/HRH
Hermes *(ERMH=S *(ERMH=
Hestia *(ESTI/A *(ESTI/A
Poseidon *POSEIDW=N *PO/SEIDON
Zeus *ZEU/S *ZEU=
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Names of Non-Olympian Gods
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nominative vocative
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Dike (Justice) *DI/KH *DI/KH
Eirene (Peace) *)EIRH/NH *)EIRH/NH
Erinues (Furies) *)ERINU/ES *)ERINU/ES
Gaia *GAI=A or GH= *GAI=A or *GH=
Hades *(/AIDHS *(/AIDH
Hecate *(EKA/TH *(EKA/TH
Helios (Sun) *(/HLIOS *(/HLIE
Herakles *(HRAKLH=S *(HRAKLE/ES
Kirke (Circe) *KI/RKH *KI/RKH
Kronos *KRO/NOS *KRO/NE
Muse H( *MOU=SA *MOU=SA
Muses AI( *MOU=SAI *MOU=SAI
Nemesis *NE/MESIS *NE/MESI
Pan *PA/N *PA/N
Persephone *PERSEFO/NH *PERSEFO/NH
Selene (Moon) *SELHNH/ *SELHNH/
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Notes
Beta code
transcriptions of Greek are fairly obvious, except:
Q = theta, C = xi, X = chi, Y = psi, W = omega. The * precedes
an upper case letter, the parens )( represent smooth and rough
breathing, and /\= are the acute, grave and circumflex accents.
Accents and breathing follow lowercase letters but precede upper
case letters.
Note however, that the classical Greeks used only upper case
letters without accents or breathing, so for the purposes of
amulets and the like, *)(/\= can all be ignored.
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Last updated:
Tue Sep 10 01:00:33 EDT 1996