Deified mortals

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Achilles (Ἀχιλλεύς), hero of the Trojan War

Aiakos (Αἰακός), a king of Aegina, appointed as a Judge of the Dead in the Underworld after his death

Aeolus (Aiolos) (Αἴολος), a king of Thessaly, made the immortal king of the winds by Zeus

Amphiaraus (Ἀμφιάραος), a hero of the war of the Seven Against Thebe who became an oracular spirit of the Underworld after his death

Ariadne (Αριάδνη), a Cretan princess who became the immortal wife of Dionysus

Aristaeus (Ἀρισταῖος), a Thessalian hero, his inventions saw him immortalised as the god of bee-keeping, cheese-making, herding, olive-growing, and hunting

Asclepius (Ἀσκληπιός), a Thessalian physician who was struck down by Zeus, to be later recovered by his father Apollo

Attis (Ἄττις), a consort of Cybele, granted immortality as one of her attendants Bolina (Βολίνα), a mortal woman transformed into an immortal nymph by Apollo

The Dioscuri (Διόσκουροι), divine twins

Castor (Κάστωρ)

Pollux (Πολυδεύκης)

Endymion (Ἐνδυμίων), lover of Selene, granted eternal sleep so as never to age or die

Ganymede (Γανυμήδης), a handsome Trojan prince, abducted by Zeus and made cup-bearer of the gods

Glaucus (Γλαῦκος), the fisherman's sea god, made immortal after eating a magical herb

Hemithea (Ἡμιθέα) and Parthenos (Παρθένος), princesses of the Island of Naxos who leapt into the sea to escape their father's wrath; Apollo transformed them into demi-goddesses

Heracles (Ἡρακλῆς), ascended hero

Athena pouring a drink for Heracles, who wears the skin of the Nemean Lion

Lampsace (Λαμψάκη), a semi-historical Bebrycian princess honored as goddess for her assistance to the Greeks

Minos (Μίνως), a king of Crete, appointed as a Judge of the Dead in the Underworld after his death

Ino (Ἰνώ), a Theban princess who became the sea goddess Leucothea

The Leucippides (Λευκιππίδες), wives of the Dioscuri

Phoebe (Φοίβη), wife of Pollux

Hilaeira (Ἱλάειρα), wife of Castor

Orithyia (Ὠρείθυια), an Athenian princess abducted by Boreas and made the goddess of cold, gusty mountain winds

Palaemon (Παλαίμων), a Theban prince, made into a sea god along with his mother, Ino

Phylonoe (Φυλονόη), daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, made immortal by Artemis

Psyche (Ψυχή), goddess of the soul

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