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| title = Ancient Greek religion and mythology
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| title = Religion and religious practice
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| group1 = Main beliefs
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- Ages of Man
- Golden Age
- Heroic Age
- Ancient accounts of Homer
- Apotheosis
- Arete
- Daemon
- Destiny
- Eudaimonia
- Euhemerism
- Eunoia
- Eusebeia
- Golden mean
- Golden Rule
- Greek words for love
- Hemitheos
- Hero cult
- Hubris
- Interpretatio graeca
- Katabasis
- Kleos
- Know thyself
- Metamorphosis
- Metempsychosis
- Nympholepsy
- Paradoxography
- Patron gods
- Pederasty
- Phronesis
- Polytheism
- Sophrosyne
- Soter
- Theia mania
- Xenia
| group2 = Texts / odes /
epic poems
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| group1 = Epic Cycle
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| group2 = Theban Cycle
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| group3 = Others
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- Aesop's Fables
- Aretalogy
- Argonautica
- Bibliotheca
- Catalogue of Women
- Cyranides
- Delphic maxims
- Derveni papyrus
- Dionysiaca
- Golden Verses of Pythagoras
- Greek Magical Papyri
- Homerica
- Homeric Hymns
- Interpretation of Dreams
- Myth of Er
- Oneirocritica
- Orphic Hymns
- Papyrus Graecus Holmiensis
- Sibylline Books
- Sortes Astrampsychi
- Theogony
- Works and Days
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| group3 = Religions
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| group1 = Antecedents
| list1 =
- Minoan religion
- Mycenaean religion
- List of Mycenaean deities
- Paleo-Balkan mythology
- Proto-Indo-European mythology
- Religions of the ancient Near East
| group2 = Expressions
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| group3 = Hellenistic religions
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- Early Christianity
- Christianization
- Relationship with Greek philosophy
- Esoteric systems
- Early alchemy
- Gnosticism
- Hermeticism
- Neoplatonism
- Hellenistic Judaism
- God-fearers
- Syncretic religions
- Alexander
- Ptolemaic cult
- Etruscan religion
- Greco-Buddhism
- Roman religion
- Imperial cult
- Religious views of emperor Julian
| group5 = Mystery religions
and sacred mysteries
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- Arcadian Mysteries
- Delos Mysteries
- Dionysian Mysteries
- Eleusinian Mysteries
- Imbrian Mysteries
- Mithraism
- Mysteries of Isis
- Orphism
- Samothracian Mysteries
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| group4 = Religious practice
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| group2 = Worship
/ rituals
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- Amphidromia
- Arotoi Hieroi
- Astragalomancy
- Baptes
- Cult of Artemis at Brauron
- Daduchos
- Divination
- Funeral and burial practices
- Funeral oration
- Greco-Roman mysteries
- Hero cult
- Heroön
- Hierophany
- Hieros gamos
- Hymns
- Incubation
- Komos
- Nekyia
- Omophagia
- Orgia
- Panegyris
- Prayer
- Sacrifice
- Animal sacrifice
- Hecatomb
- Holocaust
- Libation
- Pharmakos
- Votive offering
- Theatre
| group3 = Religious
offices
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- Amphictyonic league
- Archon basileus
- Basilinna
- Gerarai
- Hiereia
- Hierophant
- Hierophylakes
- Iatromantis
- Kanephoros
- Mystagogue
- Oracle
- Sibyl
- Thiasus
| group4 = Religious
objects
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- Baetyl
- Cult image
- Chryselephantine sculpture
- Xoanon
- Greek terracotta figurines
- Kernos
- Kykeon
- Loutrophoros
- Omphalos
- Panathenaic amphora
- Rhyton
- Sacrificial tripod
- Sceptre
- Thymiaterion
| group5 = Magic
| list5 =
- Apotropaic magic
- Curse tablet
- Divination
- Greek Magical Papyri
- Hermeticism
- Hermetica
- Necromancy
- Philia
| group6 = Events
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| group21 = Festivals
/ feasts
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- Actia
- Adonia
- Agrionia
- Amphidromia
- Anthesteria
- Apellai
- Apaturia
- Aphrodisia
- Arrhephoria
- Ascolia
- Bendidia
- Boedromia
- Brauronia
- Buphonia
- Chalceia
- Diasia
- Delia
- Delphinia
- Dionysia
- Ecdysia
- Elaphebolia
- Gamelia
- Halieia
- Haloa
- Heracleia
- Hermaea
- Hieromenia
- Iolaia
- Kronia
- Lenaia
- Leucophryna
- Lykaia
- Metageitnia
- Munichia
- Oschophoria
- Pamboeotia
- Pandia
- Plynteria
- Ptolemaieia
- Pyanopsia
- Skira
- Synoikia
- Soteria
- Tauropolia
- Thargelia
- Theseia
- Thesmophoria
| group22 = Games
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| group5 = Sacred places
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| group1 = Temples /
sanctuaries
| list1 =
- Asclepieion
- Delphinion
- Mithraeum
- Necromanteion of Acheron
- Nymphaeum
- Panionium
- Parthenon
- Ploutonion
- Telesterion
- Temenos
- Temple of Artemis, Ephesus
- Temple of Zeus, Olympia
| group2 = Oracles
| list2 =
- Amphiareion of Oropos
- Aornum
- Claros
- Delphi
- Didyma
- Dodona
- Oracle of Apollo Thyrxeus at Cyaneae
- Oracle of Apollo at Ptoion
- Oracle of Artemis at Ikaros
- Oracle of Menestheus
- Sanctuary of the Great Gods
- Tegyra
| group3 = Mountains
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| group4 = Caves
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| group5 = Islands
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| group6 = Springs
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| group7 = Others
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- Athenian sacred ships
- Paralus
- Salaminia
- Eleusis
- Hiera Orgas
- Kanathos
- Olympia
- Sacred Way
- Theatre of Dionysus
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| title = Myths and mythology
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| group8 = Deities
(Family tree)
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| group1 = Primordial deities
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|group2 = Titans
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|group1 = First generation
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|group2 = Second generation
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|group3 = Third generation
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| group3 = Twelve Olympians
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|group4 = Water deities
|list4 =
- Amphitrite
- Alpheus
- Ceto
- Glaucus
- Naiads
- Nereids
- Nereus
- Oceanids
- Phorcys
- Poseidon
- Proteus
- River gods
- Scamander
- Thaumas
- Thetis
- Triton
|group5 = Love deities
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| group1 = Erotes
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|group6 = War deities
|list6 =
- Adrestia
- Alala
- Alke
- Amphillogiai
- Androktasiai
- Ares
- Athena
- Bia
- Deimos
- Enyalius
- Enyo
- Eris
- Gynaecothoenas
- Homados
- Hysminai
- Ioke
- Keres
- Kratos
- Kydoimos
- Ma
- Machai
- Nike
- Palioxis
- Pallas
- Perses
- Phobos
- Phonoi
- Polemos
- Proioxis
| group7 = Chthonic deities
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| group1 = Psychopomps
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|group8 = Health deities
|list8 =
- Aceso
- Aegle
- Artemis
- Apollo
- Asclepius
- Chiron
- Darrhon
- Eileithyia
- Epione
- Hebe
- Hygieia
- Iaso
- Paean
- Panacea
- Telesphorus
|group9 = Sleep deities
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|group10 = Messenger deities
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|group11 = Trickster deities
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| group12 = Magic deities
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| group13 = Other major deities
| list13 =
- Anemoi
- Boreas
- Eurus
- Notus
- Zephyrus
- Azone
- Chrysaor
- Cybele
- Eileithyia
- The Erinyes (Furies)
- Harmonia
- The Muses
- Nemesis
- Pan
- Pegasus
- Zelus
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| group9 = Heroes /
heroines
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| group1 = Individuals
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- Abderus
- Achilles
- Actaeon
- Adonis
- Aeneas
- Ajax the Great
- Ajax the Lesser
- Akademos
- Amphiaraus
- Amphitryon
- Antilochus
- Atalanta
- Autolycus
- Bellerophon
- Bouzyges
- Cadmus
- Chrysippus
- Cyamites
- Daedalus
- Diomedes
- Dioscuri (Castor and Polydeuces)
- Echetlus
- Eleusis
- Erechtheus
- Eunostus
- Ganymede
- Hector
- Heracles
- Icarus
- Iolaus
- Jason
- Meleager
- Menelaus
- Narcissus
- Nestor
- Odysseus
- Oedipus
- Orpheus
- Otrera
- Pandion
- Peleus
- Pelops
- Penthesilea
- Perseus
- Theseus
- Triptolemus
| group2 = Groups
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| | group10 = Oracles
/ seers
| list10 =
- Aesacus
- Aleuas
- Amphiaraus
- Amphilochus
- Ampyx
- Anius
- Asbolus
- Bakis
- Branchus
- Calchas
- Carnus
- Carya
- Cassandra
- Elatus
- Ennomus
- Epimenides
- Halitherses
- Helenus
- Iamus
- Idmon
- Manto
- Melampus
- Mopsus
- Munichus
- Phineus
- Polyeidos
- Polypheides
- Pythia
- Sibyls
- Cimmerian
- Cumaean
- Delphic
- Erythraean
- Hellespontine
- Libyan
- Persian
- Phrygian
- Samian
- Telemus
- Theiodamas
- Theoclymenus
- Tiresias
| | group11 = Other
mortals
| list11 =
- Aegeus
- Aegisthus
- Agamemnon
- Andromache
- Andromeda
- Antigone
- Augeas
- Briseis
- Cassiopeia
- Creon of Thebes
- Chryseis
- Chrysothemis
- Clytemnestra
- Damocles
- Deidamia
- Deucalion
- Electra
- Eteocles
- Europa
- Gordias
- Hecuba
- Helen of Troy
- Hellen
- The Heracleidae
- Hermione
- Hippolyta
- Io
- Iphigenia
- Ismene
- Jocasta
- Laius
- Lycian peasants
- Lycaon
- The Maenads
- Memnon
- Messapian shepherds
- Midas
- Minos
- Myrrha
- Neoptolemus
- Niobe
- Orestes
- Paris
- Patroclus
- Penelope
- Philomela
- Phoenix
- Polybus of Corinth
- Polynices
- Priam
- Procne
- Pylades
- Pyrrha
- Telemachus
- Troilus
| group12 = Underworld
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| group1 = Entrances to
the underworld
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| group1 = Rivers
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| group2 = Lakes/swamps
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| group3 = Caves
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- Cave at Cape Matapan
- Cave at Lake Avernus
- Cave at Heraclea Pontica
| group2 = Charoniums
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| group4 = Ploutonion
| list4 =
- Ploutonion at Acharaca
- Ploutonion at Eleusis
- Ploutonion at Hierapolis
| group5 = Necromanteion (necromancy temple)
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| group2 = Places
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| group3 = Judges
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| group4 = Guards
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|group5 = Residents
|list5 =
- Anticlea
- Danaïdes
- Eurydice
- Ixion
- Ocnus
- Salmoneus
- The Shades
- Sisyphus
- Tantalus
- Tiresias
- Titans
- Tityos
|group6 = Visitors
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| group7 = Symbols/objects
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| group8 = Animals, daemons,
and spirits
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| group13 = Mythical
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| group10 = Beings
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|group1 = Lists
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|group2 = Minor spirits
|list2 =
|group3 = Beasts /
creatures
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|list1 =
- Centaur
- Centaurides
- Ichthyocentaur
- Cyclops
- Dragon
- Drakaina
- Echidna
- Giant
- Gorgon
- Harpy
- Hecatonchires
- Hippocampus
- Horses of Helios
- Lamia
- Phoenix
- Python
- Siren
- Scylla and Charybdis
- Sphinx
- Typhon
|group4 = Captured
/ slain by
heroes
|list4 =
- Calydonian boar
- Cerberus
- Cerynian Hind
- Chimera
- Cretan Bull
- Crommyonian Sow
- Erymanthian boar
- Khalkotauroi
- Lernaean Hydra
- Mares of Diomedes
- Medusa
- Minotaur
- Nemean lion
- Orthrus
- Polyphemus
- Stymphalian birds
- Talos
- Teumessian fox
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| group11 = Tribes
| list11 =
- Achaeans
- Amazons
- Anthropophagi
- Bebryces
- Cicones
- Curetes
- Dactyls
- Gargareans
- Halizones
- Korybantes
- Laestrygonians
- Lapiths
- Lotus-eaters
- Myrmidons
- Pygmies
- Spartoi
- Telchines
| group12 = Places
/ Realms
| list12 =
- Aethiopia
- Ara
- Colchis
- Erytheia
- Hyperborea
- Ismarus
- Ithaca
- Libya
- Nysa
- Ogygia
- Panchaia
- Phlegra
- Scheria
- Scythia
- Symplegades
- Tartessos
- Themiscyra
- Thrinacia
- Troy
| group13 = Events
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| list14 =
- Apollo and Daphne
- Calydonian boar hunt
- Eros and Psyche
- Judgment of Paris
- Labours of Heracles
- Orpheus and Eurydice
- Returns from Troy
| group15 = Wars
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| group16 = Objects
| list16 =
- Adamant
- Aegis
- Ambrosia
- Apple of Discord
- Argo
- Dragon's teeth
- Diipetes
- Eidolon
- Galatea
- Girdle of Aphrodite
- Golden apple
- Golden Fleece
- Gordian knot
- Harpe
- Ichor
- Labyrinth
- Lotus tree
- Milk of Hera
- Moly
- Necklace of Harmonia
- Orichalcum
- Palladium
- Panacea
- Pandora's box
- Petasos (Winged helmet)
- Phaeacian ships
- Philosopher's stone
- Shield of Achilles
- Shirt of Nessus
- Sword of Damocles
- Talaria
- Thunderbolt
- Thyrsus
- Trident of Poseidon
- Trojan Horse
- Winnowing Oar
- Wheel of fire
| group18 = Symbols
| list18 =
- Bowl of Hygieia
- Caduceus
- Cornucopia
- Gorgoneion
- Kantharos
- Labrys
- Orphic egg
- Ouroboros
- Owl of Athena
- Rod of Asclepius
- Swan song
- Wind
- East
- West
- North
- South
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| group25 = Modern
treatments
| list25 =
- Classical mythology in western art and literature
- Classicism
- Classics
- Greek mythology in popular culture
- Modern understanding of Greek mythology
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