| Being |
Location |
Example |
Gloss |
| Aeolus |
2H6 III.ii.92 |
Yet Aeolus would not be a murderer |
Greek god of the winds |
| Aesculapius |
MW II.iii.25 |
What says my Aesculapius? |
Roman god of healing; from Greek Asclepius |
| Apollo |
WT III.i.19 |
the oracle, / Thus by Apollo's great divine sealed up |
Greek sun god, often thought of as pulling the sun across the sky in a horse-drawn chariot; god of prophecy (who spoke through the oracle at Delphi), poetry, music, archery, and healing; also known as Phoebus Apollo, or Phoebus  Delphos in WORLD PLACES |
| Astraea |
1H6 I.vi.4 |
Divinest creature, Astraea’s daughter |
Daughter of Zeus and Themis; Greek goddess of justice |
| Ate |
MA II.i.234 |
the infernal Ate |
Greek goddess of discord and vengeance |
| Athene |
TNK III.v.94 |
Pallas inspire me! |
Greek goddess of wisdom and learning; protectress of Athens; also known as Athena, Pallas Athena, or Pallas |
| Aurora |
MND III.ii.380 |
Aurora’s harbinger |
Roman goddess of the dawn |
| Bacchanals |
AC II.vii.102 |
Shall we dance now the tipsy Bacchanals |
Bacchus below |
| Bacchus |
LLL IV.iii.315 |
Love's tongue proves dainty Bacchus gross in taste |
Roman god of wine; associated with drunken revelry; devotees, festivals, and dances were known as Bacchanals |
| Bel |
MA III.iii.131 |
like god Bel’s priests in the old church-window |
Babylonian god, discredited by Daniel (Bible: Apocrypha; or, Daniel 14) |
| Bellona |
TNK I.i.75 |
the helmeted Bellona |
Roman goddess of war |
| Boreas |
TC I.iii.38 |
let the ruffian Boreas once enrage / The gentle Thetis |
Greek god of the north wind |
| Ceres |
Tem IV.i.60 |
Ceres, most bounteous lady, thy rich leas / Of wheat |
Roman goddess of crops and fruit |
| Cupid |
AYL I.iii.1 |
wicked bastard of Venus |
Roman god of love, son of Venus and Mercury; depicted as a winged boy with curved bow and arrows, and blindfolded |
| Cynthia |
Ven 728 |
Cynthia for shame obscures her silver shine |
Roman goddess of the moon; one of the identities of Diana Diana below |
| Cytherea |
PP 4.1 |
Cytherea ... / Did court the lad with many a lovely look |
One of the titles of the Roman goddess of beauty and love |
| Diana, Dian |
1H4 I.ii.25 |
Let us be Diana’s foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon |
Roman goddess associated with the Moon, chastity, and hunting; also known as Cynthia, Luna, and Phoebe |
| Dictynna |
LLL IV.ii.36 |
Dictynna ... A title to Phoebe, to Luna, to the moon |
One of the titles of the Roman goddess of the Moon |
| Dis |
Tem IV.i.89 |
dusky Dis my daughter got |
Roman god of the underworld; another name for Pluto Pluto below |
| Flora |
WT IV.iv.2 |
Flora / Peering in April’s front |
Roman goddess of flowers, who appears with the spring |
| Fortune |
AYL I.ii.30 |
Let us ... mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel |
Roman goddess, often represented as a woman at a spinning wheel, or controlling a rudder, and as blind |
| Ganymede |
AYL I.iii.122 |
Jove’s own page [name adopted by Rosalind] |
beautiful boy, son of a Trojan prince, taken by Jove to be cup-bearer to the gods Jupiter below |
| Graces, Three |
TC I.ii.236 |
Had I a sister were a grace |
daughters of Zeus and Hera; Greek goddesses of grace and beauty |
| Hecat, Hecate |
Mac II.i.52 |
Witchcraft celebrates / Pale Hecat's offerings |
Greek goddess of the underworld; associated with magic, ghosts, witchcraft |
| Hermes |
H5 III.vii.17 |
more musical than the pipe of Hermes |
messenger of the Greek gods, often shown wearing winged shoes; god of science and commerce, inventor of the lyre and flute |
| Hymen |
Ham III.ii.168 |
Hymen did our hands / Unite |
Greek god who led a wedding procession; associated with a torch, a crown of flowers, and a flute; also known as Hymenaeus |
| Hymenaeus |
Tit I.i.328 |
everything / In readiness for Hymenaeus stand |
Hymen above |
| Hyperion |
Tim IV.iii.185 |
Whereon Hyperion's quickening fire doth shine |
Greek god, son of Uranus and Gaia, who fathered the Sun (Helios), Moon (Selene), and Dawn (Eos); often, the Sun itself, associated with a horse-drawn chariot |
| Iris |
TNK IV.i.87 |
as Iris / Newly dropped down from heaven |
Greek goddess of the rainbow; messenger of the gods, especially of Zeus and Hera |
| Isis |
AC I.ii.65 |
let him marry a woman that cannot go, sweet Isis, I beseech thee |
Egyptian goddess of the moon, fertility, and magic; wife of Osiris |
| Janus |
MV I.i.50 |
by two-headed Janus, / Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time |
Roman god who guards gates and doors; depicted with two faces, one at the back of his head |
| Jove |
Luc 568 |
She conjures him by high almighty Jove |
Jupiter below |
| Juno |
WT IV.iv.121 |
sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes |
Roman supreme goddess, wife of Jupiter; associated with the Moon, childbirth, marriage, and female identity |
| Jupiter |
Cym V.v.428 |
Great Jupiter, upon his eagle backed |
Roman supreme god; associated with the heavens and the weather, especially thunder and lightning; also known as Jove |
| Lucina |
Cym V.iv.43 |
Lucina ... took me in my throes |
Roman goddess of childbirth |
| Luna |
LLL IV.ii.39 |
Dictynna ... A title to Phoebe, to Luna, to the moon |
One of the titles of the Roman goddess of the Moon Diana above |
| Mars |
TNK I.iv.17 |
By th'helm of Mars |
Roman god of war, second only to Jupiter |
| Mercury |
Ham III.iv.59 |
the herald Mercury |
messenger of the Roman gods, with the attributes of Hermes; also, god of commerce Hermes above |
| Merops |
TG III.i.153 |
Phaethon – for thou art Merops’ son - / Wilt thou aspire to guide the heavenly car |
husband of Clymene; Phaethon was the son of her union with Helios Phaethon below |
| Minerva |
Cym V.v.164 |
laming ... straight-pight Minerva |
Roman goddess of wisdom, the arts, and trades |
| Muses |
MND V.i.52 |
The thrice three Muses mourning for the death |
the nine goddesses in Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who gave artistic inspiration; also called the Helicons, as they lived on Mt Helicon |
| Nemesis |
E3 III.i.120 |
Steer, angry Nemesis, the happy helm |
Greek goddess of vengeance, especially retribution for human folly, pride, or excessive good fortune |
| Neptune |
MND II.i.126 |
Full often hath she ... sat with me on Neptune's yellow sands |
Roman water-god; chiefly associated with the sea and sea-weather |
| Pallas |
Tit IV.i.65 |
Apollo, Pallas, Jove or Mercury / Inspire me |
Athene above |
| Phaethon, Phaeton |
R2 III.iii.178 |
down I come like glistering Phaethon |
son of Helios, the Greek sun-god, who tried to drive his chariot but was destroyed when he drove it too near Earth; symbol of pride |
| Phoebe |
LLL IV.ii.39 |
Dictynna ... A title to Phoebe, to Luna, to the moon |
One of the titles of the Roman goddess of the Moon Diana above |
| Phoebus |
H5 IV.i.266 |
like a lackey ... / Sweats in the eye of Phoebus |
Latin name for Apollo as the sun-god; also called Phoebus Apollo Apollo above |
| Pluto |
Cor I.iv.36 |
Pluto and hell! |
one of the titles of the Greek god of the underworld, Hades Plutus below |
| Plutus |
AW V.iii.101 |
Plutus ... / That knows the tinct and multiplying medicine |
Greek god of wealth and gold; also known as Pluto |
| Priapus |
Per IV.vi.4 |
She's able to freeze the god Priapus |
Greek god of human and plant fertility |
| Proserpine / Proserpina |
TNK IV.iii.25 |
do nothing all day long but pick flowers with Proserpine |
Roman goddess of the underworld; Hades abducted her while she was picking flowers; associated with springtime |
| Saturn |
Sonn 98.4 |
heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him |
Roman god of seed time and harvest |
| Tellus |
Per IV.i.13 |
I will rob Tellus of her weed [i.e. flowers] |
Roman goddess of the earth |
| Titan |
Ven 177 |
Titan ... with burning eye did hotly overlook them |
one of the titles of the Roman sun-god, Sol |
| Triton |
Cor III.i.89 |
this Triton of the minnows |
minor Greek sea god, the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite |
| Venus |
TNK V.i.74 |
to the goddess Venus / Commend we our proceeding |
Roman goddess of beauty and love Adonis |
| Vulcan |
TN V.i.50 |
As black as Vulcan in the smoke of war |
Roman god of fire, and the gods’ blacksmith; his forge was under Mt Etna, and thus associated with destruction and hell |